Pile burning will continue in the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District and the Salmon/Scott River Ranger District.

Today 10 acres is planned near Greenhorn Creek on the Salmon/Scott River Ranger District.

The Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District plans 30 acres, 6 miles west of the Oak Knoll Work Center. 

Today pile burning will continue on both the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District and the Salmon/Scott River Ranger District.

15 acres is planned for Doggett Creek, along the 12 Road approximately 2 miles northwest of the Oak Knoll Station, project unit 119-100 in the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District.

2 additional acres is planned for today near Greenhorn Creek. This is part of the Craggy Project, Greenhorn Ridge Project area in the Salmon/Scott River Ranger District.

Today pile burning will continue in the same areas as yesterday.

30 acres is planned along the 12 Road near Doggett Creek, in the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll District, approximately 2 miles northwest of the Oak Knoll Station, project unit 119-100. 

5 additional acres is planned in the area of Greenhorn Creek on the Salmon/Scott River District.  This is part of the Craggy Project, Greenhorn Ridge Project area.

Today pile burning is planned for both the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll District and the Salmon/Scott River District.

25 acres is planned along the 12 Road near Doggett Creek, in the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll District, approximately 2 miles northwest of the Oak Knoll Station, project units 119-100.

8 acres is planned in the area of Greenhorn Creek on the Salmon/Scott River District.  This is part of the Craggy Project, Greenhorn Ridge Project area.

Pile burning resumes today with 15 acres planned for the area near Gottville along Highway 96 in the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District.

Please be cautious if driving through smoke.  Slow down and watch for firefighters working within the project area. Smoke may remain for several days after initial ignition. Piles are monitored until called "out". Please do not report.

Due to the storm yesterday, there was no pile burning.

Today 30 acres is planned in the Gottville area on the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District.  Smoke may be visible along Highway 96.  Please be cautious and watch for fire personnel when driving through smoke.

Today 30 acres is also planned for the Greenhorn Ridge area.  Smoke may be visible from Yreka.  Please do not report. 

Two districts plan prescribed fire pile burning today.

The Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District plans to burn 20 acres of piles near Gottville today. 

The Salmon/Scott River Ranger District plans to burn 15 acres on the Greenhorn Ridge Project, in the area of  Greenhorn Creek.

Firefighters have been focused on pile burning throughout the Klamath National Forest since the arrival of wintry conditions last fall. Thousands of piles over hundreds of acres have been burned over the last few months around communities such as Happy Camp, Seiad, Horse Creek, Klamath River, the Elk Creek and O’Neil Creek areas, and Yreka. Additional pile burning has been done in other project areas across the Forest.

This week, if conditions allow, fire managers will be burning hand piles in the Gottville area. These piles were created to reduce hazardous fuels created by the West Side Recovery Project and are located within the 2014 Beaver Fire. The project is part of an effort to reduce fuels around the wildland urban interface to improve firefighter and public safety during future wildfire events, as well as to reduce the likelihood of high severity fire in the area.

160 acres of piles are identified to be burned in the coming days near Gottvile, many of which are adjacent to Highway 96. For the safety of firefighters and the public, motorists are asked to obey traffic control signs and exercise extra caution in areas of smoke, including reducing speeds and turning on headlights.

As long as conditions remain favorable, pile burning will continue across the Klamath National Forest.

The Salmon and Scott River Ranger District will continue to burn up to 200 additional acres of hand piles in the Greenhorn Creek area, within the Craggy Project, which was designed to reduce the threat of wildfire to Yreka and surrounding communities. Additional pile burning is planned for the Incline Ridge area, upriver from Sawyers Bar.

On the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District, fire crews will continue burning piles in the Beaver Creek drainage as long as conditions allow. Pile burning will continue in the O’Neil Gulch project in the vicinity of Horse Creek; the Buckhorn Salvage project in the area of Buckhorn Mountain; and the Gulch Project, also in the Horse Creek area.

In addition to the listed projects, numerous miscellaneous piles are scattered across the Klamath National Forest from ongoing projects. Visitors to the Klamath National Forest may see smoke from these projects over the course of the winter. Although pile burning only occurs on days that allow for good smoke dispersion, residual smoke may be noticeable for a few days following ignition.

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The Salmon/Scott River Ranger District will be burning piles this week in the Greenhorn Ridge Project area, part of the Craggy Vegetation Management Project.

Today 10 acres of piles is planned in Unit 7, approximately 3 miles west of Yreka, in the area of Greenhorn Creek.

Smoke may be visible and may remain in the area for several days after ignition.  All ignited piles are monitored until determined to be "out".  Please do not report. 

Pile burning will continue today in both the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District and the Salmon/Scott River Ranger District.

Salmon/Scott River Ranger District

Burning continues up Greenhorn Road, with 5 acres of hand piles planned for today.

4 acres of hand piles is planned for the Eddy Gulch area south of Sawyer's Bar, part of the Jessup Unit.

Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District

64 acres is planned in the Seiad Creek Unit 9 project area, south of Cook and Green Pass.