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• BLM AFS, USARAK wrap up successful Prescribed Fire Projects

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 18, 2018

  

  The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) in cooperation with local, state, federal and military partners implemented several successful prescribed fire projects this spring to reduce the risk of wildfires on military training areas. There were 31,517… Read More ›

• Decreased fire activity allows firefighters to continue protection work

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 18, 2018

  

  A second day of decreased fire activity allowed firefighters to continue their work Sunday to protect structures threatened by the Zitziana River Fire burning about eight miles south of Manley Hot Springs. Firefighters spent the day mopping up around structures… Read More ›

• Rain Moderates Fire Activity and Smoke on Fires South of Manley Hot Springs

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 17, 2018

  

  After raining off and for 24 hours, smoke and fire activity moderated Saturday on two fires burning south of Manley Hot Springs. This gave fire personnel their first chance to get a good look at the fires since the Zitziana… Read More ›

• Firefighting efforts continue to expand on Zitziana River, Mooseheart fires

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 16, 2018

  

  The number of firefighting personnel working to protect cabins and Native allotments south of Manley Hot Springs continues to expand after the Zitziana River Fire (#133) advanced to the east Friday. There are 130 personnel working on the fire including… Read More ›

• Two new fires burning near Fort Yukon, Livengood

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 15, 2018

  

    The BLM AFS Upper Yukon Zone is managing two new fires that cropped up within two hours of each other. People from Fort Yukon may see smoke from the nearby Toussaint Island Fire (#244) while Elliott Highway motorists may see… Read More ›

• Fire that escaped village dump in southwest Alaska is contained at 28 acres

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 15, 2018

  Wildland firefighters on Friday completed work on a 28-acre fire that escaped from the dump in the village of Kongnignanohk in southwest Alaska. Division of Forestry personnel in McGrath were alerted to the fire by modis imagery on Wednesday and… Read More ›

• Smoky conditions expected to continue in eastern and central Interior

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 15, 2018

  

  Smoke from wildfires in the central and western Interior continues to drift into the Tanana Valley and surrounding areas and is expected to persist into the weekend. The smoke is being produced primarily by the Mooseheart (#204) and Zitziana River… Read More ›

• More firefighters to join efforts on fires south of Manley Hot Springs

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 15, 2018

  

  Two crews will join the efforts to protect cabins and Native allotments that are in the area of the Mooseheart and Zitziana River fires burning south of Manley Hot Springs. The Type 1 BLM AFS Chena Hotshots and the Type… Read More ›

• BLM AFS mobilizing firefighters and aircraft for fires burning south of Manley

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 14, 2018

  

  The BLM AFS is mobilizing firefighters and aircraft to assess the situation in case Native allotments and cabins along the Tanana River and a nearby lake south of Manley Hot Springs need to be protected after the Zitziana River Fire… Read More ›

• Don’t be fooled by the numbers or weather, there’s still time for the 2018 fire season to blow up

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 13, 2018

  

  While the 2018 wildfire season so far has been relatively tame by Alaska standards, there is still time for that to change. All you have to do is look at Alaska’s two biggest fire seasons – 2004 and 2015 –… Read More ›

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