(Delta Junction, AK) – The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, in partnership with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, plans to conduct prescribed burns at the Delta Junction Bison Range near Delta Junction beginning in early April… Read More ›
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for most areas north of the Alaska Range to the foothills of the Brooks Range and from the Canadian border to west of McGrath for low humidities, high temperatures and… Read More ›
The residents off the road system and recreational cabins in the Middle Salcha River and Upper Salcha River Zones are in SET status. The lower Salcha River remains in READY status. When evacuation status changes, we will work with emergency… Read More ›
A community meeting is scheduled for 7:00 pm tonight at the Delta Junction Community Center, 2287 Deborah Street, Delta Junction. The meeting will be simulcast on KDHS Radio, 95.5 FM. Along the Salcha River corridor smokejumpers completed structure protection on… Read More ›
A community meeting will be held in Delta Junction on Thursday, July 7 at the Community Center. It will be simulcast on KDHS Radio, 95.5. The Middle Tanana Complex is currently being managed by the Type 2 Northern Rockies Incident… Read More ›
Fire crews responded to a new fire outside Delta Junction the evening of July 2. The South Fork Fire (#427) is burning roughly 10 air miles to the northeast of the city and 7.5 air miles from the mouth of… Read More ›
Don’t let all that snow fool you, Alaska’s wildfire season officially begins on April 1 and Alaskans should prepare accordingly. Alaska’s statutory wildland fire season starts on April 1 and extends through August 31, barring an emergency extension. And like… Read More ›
Containment on the George Lake Fire burning approximately 40 miles southeast of Delta Junction increased to 70 percent on Saturday and the hotshot crew working the 6-acre fire estimates full containment in the next two days. The lightning-caused fire, which… Read More ›
Eight BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers and Helitack firefighters from Tok and Delta worked late into the night Thursday trying to corral a 20-acre, lightning-caused fire that ignited late in the afternoon less than 1 mile from George Lake about… Read More ›
Starting as early as Saturday, BLM AFS and USARAK will implemented prescribed fire in the DTA to reduce the wildfire threat near Delta Junction. Rx burns are fires that are intentionally set under controlled conditions to remove dry and dead grass and to lower the risk that wildfires could impact nearby communities.
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 