Ongoing Fall
2017 Prescribed Fire Projects
Fire
managers within South Central Oregon
Fire Management Partnership
(SCOFMP) are utilizing the warm fall temperatures to continue with prescribed burning
as weather and air conditions permit.
Prescribed burns help
decrease the threat of high-intensity, high-severity
wildfires; reduce the risk of insect
and disease outbreak; recycle nutrients that increase soil productivity; and improve wildlife habitat.
The actual days of ignition for these burn projects will
depend on several factors including appropriate humidity levels, wind speed and
direction, temperature, and fuel moisture. Burns only occur on days when the
Oregon Smoke Management Office indicates suitable weather conditions exist for
smoke dispersal.
Area residents
and visitors may notice smoke on
public lands in
various areas during
the next few months as part of the
continued commitment to protect
communities and natural resources from extreme wildfires.
FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST
Bly
Ranger District
Approximately
500 acres of prescribed burning is planned for the West Spodue Project area,
located 12 miles north of Beatty and just west of Spodue Mountain. An
additional 300 acres are scheduled to be treated within the Long Project area, 15
miles east of the Bly, in the Coleman Rim area. Pile burning has been ongoing
and will continue in various locations throughout the District. For more information, please contact
Bly Ranger District Fire Management Officer Eric Knerr at 541-353-2741 or Bly
Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer Leland Hunter at
541-353-2745.
Chemult
Ranger District
Approximately
500 acres of prescribed burning is planned for the Chemult Town site Project
area, located adjacent to the town of Chemult on Highway 97 and 400 acres in
the Jack Unit area, located 13 miles east of Chemult, near Tea Table Mountain.
700 acres are scheduled to be treated within the Cub Unit area, 25 miles
southwest of Chemult, near Lookout Butte south of Highway 138. Additional pile burning
will continue throughout the winter, 40 miles east of Chemult. For more
information, please contact Chemult Ranger District Assistant Fire Management
Officer Ken Gregor at 541-365-7057 or Engine Captain Dave Varon at 559-202-7345.
Chiloquin
Ranger District
Roughly
300 acres of prescribed burning is planned in the Ninemile Project area located
about five miles east of Chiloquin, south of the Sprague River Road near
Corbell Butte. An additional 75 acres will be treated on the Yoss House Project,
located 15 miles northeast of Chiloquin in the Yoss Ridge area. Pile burning
has been ongoing and will continue in various locations throughout the
District. For additional information,
please contact the Chiloquin Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer,
Evan Wright at 541-783-4056 or District Fire Management Officer Mitch
Wilson 514-783-4066.
Klamath
Ranger District
Approximately
258 acres of prescribed burning is planned for the Raccoon Project Unit,
located 30 miles northwest of Klamath Falls adjacent to Highway 140 in the
Odessa area, near Rocky Point. Another method of reducing fuel is to burn piles of
woody debris which is scheduled
within the Klamath Ranger District. For more information, please contact
Klamath Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer Philp Bordelon at
541-885-3413.
Lakeview
Ranger District
Located
six miles east of Lakeview, 750 acres of prescribed fire is planned in the Burnt
Willow Project area, near Burnt Creek and 400 acres in the West Drews Project
area, west of Drews Reservoir. Pile burning has been ongoing and will continue in
various locations throughout the District.
For additional information, please contact Lakeview Ranger District
Assistant Fire Management Officer Coley Neider at 541-219-2126.
Winter
Rim Zone
Nearly
800 acres of prescribed burning is planned in the Coyote Creek area, which is
25 miles southwest of Silver Lake and 500 acres of prescribed fire is planned
for the Paisley Ranger District, located west of Forest Service Road 33 near
Coffee Pot Flat, 14 miles southwest of Paisley. Pile burning has been ongoing and
will continue in various locations throughout the District. For more information, please contact
Silver Lake Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer Joel Johnson
541-219-0310 or Paisley Ranger District
Assistant Fire Management Officer Sam Tacchini 541-219-2028.
LAKEVIEW DISTRICT BLM
Lakeview
Resource Area
Prescribed
burning of cut juniper, approximately 3,000 acres is planned within the South Warner Project
area, located 16 miles east of Lakeview and five miles southwest of Adel. For
additional information, please contact the Bureau of Land Management
Fire Operations Supervisor Abel Harrington at 541-219-0103.
Klamath
Falls Resource Area
A number of areas
will be burning piles: Approximately 50 acres in the Gerber area is planned 12
miles southeast of Bonanza; 600 acres located four miles north of Malin; Bly
Mountain, located eight miles north of Bonanza; and 40 piles located four miles
northwest of Keno. For
more information, contact Bureau of Land Management Fire Operations
Supervisor Justin Pyle
at 541-885-4177.
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
Sheldon-Hart
National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NWRC)
Approximately
1,500 acres of cut juniper will be treated in the Poker Jim area of NWRC Hart
Mountain National Antelope Refuge. Most of the planned burning on Hart Mountain
is approximately eight to 10 miles east of Plush. For more information, please
contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Office at 541-947-3315 or Bureau of
Land Management Fire Operations Supervisor Abel Harrington at 541-219-0103.
Prescribed burning notices
will be placed at Fremont-Winema National Forest Offices and Lakeview
Interagency Office prior to ignition
and posted online. Fremont-Winema National Forest, BLM Lakeview District,
and NWRC employees
are committed to a safe
and
successful prescribed burning
season for both the
public and employees.
The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership is an
interagency fire management program that provides comprehensive wildland fire
service to south central Oregon and northwest Nevada. The partnership strives
to achieve a more efficient, effective and integrated interagency fire
management program for all participating agencies on the lands administered and
protected by each agency.
Participating agencies include: Fremont-Winema National
Forest, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District, Sheldon-Hart
Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Klamath Basin National Wildlife
Refuge Complex, Crater Lake National Park and Klamath-Lake District Oregon
Department of Forestry (ODF).
Prescribed
burn updates and maps are available online at:
- South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership blog: https://scofmp.blogspot.com/
- Lakeview Interagency Fire Center site: www.scofmp.org/rx_fire.shtml
- Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5165
- Social Media: Twitter @scofmpfireinfo or Facebook http://facebook.com/scofmpfireinfo
For more information, contact
Fire Information Officer Sarah Saarloos with the South Central Oregon Fire Management
Partnership at 541-219-0515 or ssaarloos@fs.fed.us.
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