The stars aligned Tuesday, April 30th to begin implementation of a carefully planned prescribed burn of the grasses and brush on the State of Alaska’s Delta Junction Bison Range. The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) and Alaska… Read More ›
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Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection to burn slash piles near Vista Gold subdivision in Fairbanks
The Alaska Division of Forestry & 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 ›
State to conduct annual prescribed burns at Creamer’s Field Thursday, May 18
The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) will be partnering with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to conduct multiple prescribed burns at Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge near Fairbanks on Thursday, May 18, weather permitting. They… Read More ›
State Division of Forestry & Fire Protection to perform prescribed burns in Wasilla Wednesday, May 17
MAY 16 UPDATE: PRESCRIBED BURN IN WASILLA POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER. DOF WILL PROCEED WITH THE PRESCRIBED BURN TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY MAY 17 IF WEATHER ALLOWS. The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) will be conducting a small, prescribed… Read More ›
BLM will burn piles near Tanacross for forest health and wildfire management
In early October, the BLM’s Fairbanks District and Alaska Fire Service personnel will burn woody debris piles near Tanacross to reduce the risk of wildfire, to private property community, and to provide a safe space for firefighters to suppress fires in the future.
’99 prescribed fire in Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed stopped Haystack Fire’s spread
The Haystack Fire (#196) is a lightning-caused fire burning in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, managed by the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The watershed is closed to public access, reserving the area for research… Read More ›
Prescribed Fire Training With Local Fire Departments Successful This Week in the Mat-Su Area
Wildland firefighters from the Mat-Su Area Forestry station in Palmer have taken advantage of favorable conditions and have conducted two prescribed burns this week. The first is the Sitze Road 15-acre prescribed burn that initiated during favorable conditions Monday afternoon,… Read More ›
Little Granite Prescribed burn for moose habitat is cancelled for this spring
(Sutton, AK) – As part of a statewide program to enhance moose habitat, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is coordinating with the Division of Forestry (DOF) to plan and implement a series of mechanical vegetation treatments and prescribed… Read More ›