Firefighters are making excellent progress on the Granite Fire (#222), achieving 80% containment on the 36-acre blaze located 15 miles southeast of Delta Junction. As of Sunday, crews have successfully laid hose lines around roughly 90% of the fire’s perimeter. The fire was first… Read More ›
White Mountain Fire Crew
Inside the Annual Creamer’s Field Prescribed Burn
Every spring, residents of Fairbanks might notice a familiar column of smoke rising from the Creamer’s Field Migratory Bird Refuge. For the untrained eye, it might look like cause for alarm, especially during a weekend when a public burn suspension… Read More ›
Like Interior rivers, state forestry firefighters rise to the occasion to help fill sandbags for City of Nenana
While heavy rain last week brought a temporary halt to the wildfire season throughout much of the Interior, it caused rivers to rise dramatically and prompted flood warnings from the National Weather Service in many areas, including Nenana, where the… Read More ›