Baldwin Ranger District: 

Continuing with the piles in the Pleasant Plains Twp, then moving to Idlewild Units 15 & 16, East of Broadway and 72nd St.

Cadillac/Manistee Ranger District:

Chittenden Administrative Site, Pile burning, 1170 Nursery Rd, Wellston, MI 

The Manistee Zone today is planning to conduct operations on the Baldwin Ranger District.
 
General Pile Locations on Baldwin District in Pleasant Plains  VFD Response Area: East of the intersection of M-37 and 96th Street

General Pile Locations on Cadillac-Manistee District in Irons VFD Response Area:  10 ½ Mile Rd and Astor

General Pile Locations on Baldwin District in Pleasant Plains  VFD Response Area:  East of the intersection of M-37 and 96th Street

USFS Huron Zone FIRE may have an opportunity to burn  piles on the Mio Ranger District Monday-Thursday (1/31-2/3/22):

Mio Ranger District:

MON-TUES Kinsey Hunt Fuelbreak, (~150-200 piles) Smith Road Fuelbreak (100+ piles)

WED-THURS Parliament Road RX Unit Piles, (~150-200 piles)

Ignition time will be in the 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. timeframe each day 

USFS Huron Zone FIRE may have an opportunity to burn piles on the Mio Ranger District today and Friday (1/27-1/28):

Mio Ranger District:

THURSDAY
(2 machine piles) Mack Lake Pit (1 machine pile) Weeks Road and F.R. 4460
FRIDAY
(2 piles) Luzerne Fuel Break (30 piles) Big Creek and Deeter

Ignition time will be in the 1200-1500 range.

The following pile burning activity is planned for the Manistee Zone this winter:

Manistee County – 10 acres

Mason County – 13 acres

Lake County – 32 acres

Newaygo County – 8 acres

Mio Ranger District:

Just over 118 acres of pile burning are planned across the district.

F-32 / South River Road Project Area – 50 acres Eldorado Project Area – 20 acres Blockhouse Project Area – 10 acres Lost Creek Project Area – 15 acres Mack Lake Project Area – 11 acres County Line Project Area – 2 acres Big Chase Project Area -10 acres

Huron Shores Ranger District:

No pile burning planned this winter / spring.

 Rolling Pines Fire Update
January 24, 2022
8:00 pm
 
Size: 812 acres
Containment: 100%
Date Started: January 18, 2022 
Cause: Under Investigation 

Local resources remain on the fire perimeter through atleast the end of the week.  Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas Parks and Wildfire Department resources continue to rehabilitate bulldozer containment lines based on input from effected landowners. Bulldozers and maintainers currently onsite are working to decrease berms caused by line creation, establish water bars to limit future erosion, and insure existing private roadways impacted by containment line construction are improved. An excavator is expected to arrive on Monday, January 31st to assist with removing soil and vegetation in natural drainages that was pushed in during line construction. 

 
Rolling Pines Fire Update
January 24, 2022
8:00 pm
 
Size: 812 acres
Containment: 100%
Date Started: January 18, 2022 
Cause: Under Investigation 

Resources have continued to patrol today. All 9 miles of containment line have been secured at this time. Fire behavior remains minimal, with virtually no smokes visible today due to several hours of beneficial rain received. Decreased staffing will remain on the fire perimeter through atleast the end of the week. Working with impacted landowners, Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas Parks and Wildfire Department resources began the process of identifying containment line rehabilitation needs and priorities.
Fog is expected to develop into Tuesday morning with light winds.  Fog persists through majority of Tuesday morning before dissipating in the early afternoon. The rest of Tuesday will see east to northeast winds of around 10 mph under partly sunny skies. Highs of around 60 degrees are expected Tuesday afternoon with min RH values of around 65 percent.

 
Rolling Pines Fire Update
January 22, 2022
7:30 pm
 
Size: 812 acres
Containment: 95%
Date Started: January 18, 2022 
Cause: Under Investigation 

Resources have continued to patrol and improve containment lines today. All 9 miles of containment line have been secured at this time. Fire behavior remains low, with scattered heavy down wooden material smoldering. Today an infrared drone was utilized to guide personnel to heat sources along the lines and finish securing the fire perimeter. Crews will be back in the morning to continue checking heat inside the lines and away from the fire edge. These areas internal of the perimeter may smoke for the next few days as crews work on them. Tomorrow morning there will be a helicopter flight to get an aerial view of the fire and look for any potential challenges to containment.
 Winds are expected to remain below 10 mph through the evening, with moderate humidity recovery overnight. Leadership is continuing to make tactical decisions keeping weather predictions in mind.