Prescribed Fire Operations Update
By Mindy Gould on Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News Eastern/Southeast Oregon Top Stories
BURNS/HINES, OR-Fire officials continue to monitor conditions for prescribed fire operations daily.
Emigrant Creek Ranger District will be working on beginning ignitions on hand piles, grapple
piles and landing piles for units in Wolf this week.
Prairie City Ranger District will begin ignitions on hand piles this week on the North end of the
District. Units are located in the Dan’s Creek area along with a unit located near Wiwaanyat
Creek off Forest Service Road 2456. Depending on ignitions, crews may move to hand pile
units located in the Summit Prairie area.
Blue Mountain Ranger District will begin ignitions of hand piles in the Sulphur units this week as
well as assisting other districts with planned pile burning.
For the safety of firefighters and the public, roads and areas of prescribed fire activity will be
signed. Please avoid these areas so as not to interfere with ongoing operations. For safety,
roads, trails and areas may need to close temporarily as firefighter operations are taking place.
Smoky conditions may also reduce visibility to a level that would require additional temporary
closures. During prescribed fire operations, there is potential for impacts to camping and
hunting. Hunters are advised to plan ahead; for their safety, they should not camp in or near an
area of prescribed fire activity.
All prescribed burn activity is weather and condition dependent.
With the potential for smoke to settle in certain areas during active operations, the public can
monitor the smoke and air quality in our area and across the state by visiting
http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/.
Additional information regarding prescribed burning on the Malheur National Forest is available
on InciWeb at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7426, or by viewing the Prescribed Fire
Activity interactive map at USFS R6 Tri-Forest Prescribed Fire Map.
For further information on the Malheur National Forest, please visit us at
www.fs.usda.gov/malheur or call the Supervisor’s Office at 541-575-3000
