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• Dry conditions in Southcentral Alaska spark wildfires

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 21, 2017

  

  A spate of wildfire activity in Southcentral Alaska on Thursday is proof that wildland fire season has arrived in Alaska, even though much of the northern half of the state remains covered in snow. The Alaska Division of Forestry’s Mat-Su… Read More ›

• 1,900-acre tundra fire continues to burn in Northwest Alaska despite cold and snow

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 20, 2017

  

  April 20, 2017 – Even with cool temperatures and snow lingering in many parts of the state, an estimated 1,900-acre fire continues to burn in an exposed patch of tundra in the Selawik National Refuge in the Northwest Arctic this week…. Read More ›

• BLM AFS, U.S. Army Alaska to Conduct Prescribed Burn near Delta Junction

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 13, 2017

  Starting as early as Saturday and as weather and conditions allow, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) will implement prescribed fires in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA), located approximately five miles south of Delta Junction. Prescribed… Read More ›

• Prescribed Burns Planned for Delta Junction State Bison Range

  By suerodman2014 on April 6, 2017

  The prescribed burns planned for the Delta Junction State Bison Range are expected to begin on Saturday, April 22. Weather and wind conditions will be monitored, along with the moisture in the grass fields. Two weather stations at the respective… Read More ›

• New burn permits required starting April 1

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on March 30, 2017

  

  (Fairbanks, AK) – The Alaska Division of Forestry reminds residents that general burn permits for open debris burning and the use of burn barrels are required starting April 1 in areas under state wildland fire protection. Burn permits are required… Read More ›

• From Boots to Keyboard

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on March 10, 2017

  

  Alaska Native trades a wildland firefighting career for technology in support of fires Among the group of wildland firefighters that converged on the small Interior Alaska community of Allakaket in June to manage efforts on a cluster of fires burning… Read More ›

• BLM Alaska Fire Service offers basic wildland firefighting training to Job Corps students

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on March 8, 2017

  

  (March 8, 2017) PALMER – Alaska Job Corps students got a taste of working on wildfires at a week-long basic wildland firefighting training class offered in the middle of the winter by the BLM Alaska Fire Service. The training, which… Read More ›

• BLM Alaska Fire Service, U.S. Army Alaska to Burn Debris Piles on Military Lands near Delta Junction

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on March 7, 2017

  

  March 7, 2017 FAIRBANKS – The U. S. Army Alaska, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, will burn piles of woody debris created in 2013 in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) on the west side… Read More ›

• Army, BLM Alaska Fire Service fight fire danger with fire

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on December 16, 2016

  

  FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A report released Dec. 15 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that the likelihood of a severe fire season in Alaska, similar to 2015 when more than 5.1 million acres burned, has risen significantly… Read More ›

• Report: Human-caused climate change increases likelihood of severe fire seasons in Alaska

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on December 15, 2016

  A report released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that the likelihood of a severe fire season in Alaska, similar to 2015 when more than 5.1 million acres burned, has risen significantly (34-60%) due to human-caused climate… Read More ›

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