Cripple Creek Subdivision – Alaska Wildland Fire Information

This photograph shows piles of tree slash burning in a cleared forested area.

Forestry wildfire mitigation programs still underway in Alaska’s Interior

By Alaska Division of Forestry on October 3, 2022

The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DOF) has been taking advantage of favorable conditions to continue burning piles of black spruce slash cut in recent years as part of wildfire mitigation programs for the community of Anderson and… Read More ›

In this photograph smoke and flames are visable from piles of burning brush in a cleared forested area.

Good progress burning slash piles in Goldstream Valley area

By Alaska Division of Forestry on August 30, 2022

Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DOF) firefighters are making good progress burning piles of black spruce slash in fuel breaks in the area of Goldstream and Waterford roads. A crew of eight firefighters started last Thursday and, taking… Read More ›

A slash pile smolders in an open snow covered grassy area.

Slash piles near Cripple Creek, Goldstream AK subdivisions to burn

By Alaska Division of Forestry on August 18, 2022

The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DOF) will burn hundreds of piles of black spruce slash cut in recent years as part of a Fairbanks North Star Borough wildfire mitigation program that created fuel breaks next to the… Read More ›

A map showing the location of two subdivisions where Fairbanks Area Forestry will be burning slash piles starting Monday, October 4.

Fairbanks Area Forestry to burn hundreds of slash piles near Cripple Creek, Goldstream AK subdivisions

By Alaska Division of Forestry on September 22, 2021

Weather permitting, the DOF’s Fairbanks Area Forestry office will start burning on October 4 and be done by October 29, said fire management officer Gordon Amundson. There are approximately 2,500 to 3,000 slash piles, each about 10 feet around and four feet tall. Local residents may see smoke from the burning.