Louisiana Statewide Burn Ban:  The State Fire Marshal’s Office’s order prohibiting ALL private burning and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry ban on all agricultural burning, remain in effect. Open burning with exposed flames is prohibited with no exceptions. The use of prescribed fires is also banned. More information is available at http://sfm.dps.louisiana.gov/doc/press/pr_2023-36.pdf

Highlights: Hot and dry conditions and low fuel moistures may produce more active fire behavior with scattered reburning of heavier fuels and needlecast. Fire crews continue to identify and suppress hot spots within 100 feet inside of fire perimeters; patrol and remove needlecast from firelines; and increase fire containment lines along fire perimeters. An increase in lightning activity is forecast for mid-week and this could bring additional new fire starts outside of existing fires. As fire containment line increases, some resources are being shifted from the fires so they are available to assist local resources on initial attack for new fire starts. Those resources reassigned to initial attack remain in the local area and available to respond to changes in fire activity on existing fires as needed.  

Tiger Island Fire: 31,083 acres, no change in acreage | 75% containment up from 71% | 291 personnel assigned

                Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-tiger-island-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TigerIslandFire

Hwy 113 Fire: 17,124 acres, no change in acreage | 72% containment up from 63% | 104 personnel assigned

                InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-hwy-113-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/113andLionsCamp

Lions Camp Road Fire: 785 acres, no change in acreage| 88% containment up from 83% | 13 personnel assigned

                InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-lions-camp-road-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/113andLionsCamp

Elizabeth Fire: 940 acres, no change in acreage | 73% containment up from 72% | 37 personnel assigned

                InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-elizabeth-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethFireLa

Equipment resources assigned to the fires include Type 6 Engines; Dozers; Tractor Plow Units; and Water Tenders. Aerial resources include helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Additional support is being provided by Parish authorities and departments; Sheriff’s Offices; and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

Weather & Fire Behavior: The hot and dry conditions of the last few days will begin to transition with higher afternoon humidity and a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms mid-week. Winds will be generally light and variable. Lightning associated with storms will have the potential to create new fire starts.  Afternoon humidity levels near 30% and very low fuel moistures should also provide favorable conditions for increased fire reburn activity and for new fire starts from lightning outside of areas that receive precipitation.

Air Quality: An increase in fire activity due to reburn and new fire starts may increase smoke in the area. Air quality information is available at the EPA’s Fire and Smoke Map at: https://fire.airnow.gov/ .

Temporary Flight Restriction: A Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is in place over the Tiger Island Fire and Hwy 113 and Elizabeth Fire areas. If you fly, we can’t. Aircraft or drone intrusions into the restricted airspace endangers aircrews conducting fire operations and aerial resources are grounded for safety. This unnecessarily places aircrews and ground fire crews at risk in a dynamic and dangerous fire environment.

Louisiana Statewide Burn Ban:  The State Fire Marshal’s Office’s order prohibiting ALL private burning and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry ban on all agricultural burning, remain in effect. Open burning with exposed flames is prohibited with no exceptions. The use of prescribed fires is also banned. More information is available at http://sfm.dps.louisiana.gov/doc/press/pr_2023-36.pdf

Highlights: Hot and dry conditions and low fuel moistures may produce more active fire behavior with scattered reburning of heavier fuels and needlecast. Fire crews continue to identify and suppress hot spots within 100 feet inside of fire perimeters; patrol and remove needlecast from firelines; and increase fire containment lines along fire perimeters. An increase in lightning activity is forecast for mid-week and this could bring additional new fire starts outside of existing fires. As fire containment line increases, some resources are being shifted from the fires so they are available to assist local resources on initial attack for new fire starts. Those resources reassigned to initial attack remain in the local area and available to respond to changes in fire activity on existing fires as needed.  

Tiger Island Fire: 31,083 acres, no change in acreage | 75% containment up from 71% | 291 personnel assigned

                Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-tiger-island-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TigerIslandFire

Hwy 113 Fire: 17,124 acres, no change in acreage | 72% containment up from 63% | 104 personnel assigned

                InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-hwy-113-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/113andLionsCamp

Lions Camp Road Fire: 785 acres, no change in acreage| 88% containment up from 83% | 13 personnel assigned

                InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-lions-camp-road-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/113andLionsCamp

Elizabeth Fire: 940 acres, no change in acreage | 73% containment up from 72% | 37 personnel assigned

                InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-elizabeth-fire

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethFireLa

Equipment resources assigned to the fires include Type 6 Engines; Dozers; Tractor Plow Units; and Water Tenders. Aerial resources include helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Additional support is being provided by Parish authorities and departments; Sheriff’s Offices; and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

Weather & Fire Behavior: The hot and dry conditions of the last few days will begin to transition with higher afternoon humidity and a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms mid-week. Winds will be generally light and variable. Lightning associated with storms will have the potential to create new fire starts.  Afternoon humidity levels near 30% and very low fuel moistures should also provide favorable conditions for increased fire reburn activity and for new fire starts from lightning outside of areas that receive precipitation.

Air Quality: An increase in fire activity due to reburn and new fire starts may increase smoke in the area. Air quality information is available at the EPA’s Fire and Smoke Map at: https://fire.airnow.gov/ .

Temporary Flight Restriction: A Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is in place over the Tiger Island Fire and Hwy 113 and Elizabeth Fire areas. If you fly, we can’t. Aircraft or drone intrusions into the restricted airspace endangers aircrews conducting fire operations and aerial resources are grounded for safety. This unnecessarily places aircrews and ground fire crews at risk in a dynamic and dangerous fire environment.

Port Angeles, Wash. – The wildfires across Olympic National Park showed minimal activity today as a weak low pressure weather system brought increased clouds and humidity. Firefighters deployed to the Low Divide and Martins Lake Fires reported a trace of rain and firefighters on the Eagle Point Fire experienced cooler temperatures with cloud cover throughout the day.

To map the size of the fires more accurately, due to the steep and rugged terrain they are in, fire mangers had an aerial mapping survey done today. This was critically important because of the difference in fire activity yesterday compared to today; thus, an increase in reported acreage today.

Additionally, a resupply mission and fire crew addition on the Low Divide and Martins Lake Fires was completed as firefighters remain in the wilderness. Their priority task today was to prepare the Low Divide Ranger Station and Glacier Creek Bridge from any unwanted wildfire by increasing the defensible space around those sites. This is done by removing dead and down vegetation adjacent to them such as logs, brush, leaf / needle litter, and any other potentially flammable materials.

The Hurricane Fire is now 95% contained. Fire crews began the preparation of returning the nearly 1.5 miles of fire hose and hundreds of pounds of equipment deployed back up Hurricane Ridge so it can be cleaned and made available for another wildfire.

The Delabarre and Diamond Mountain fires continue to show no activity and remain at the same acreage:

Fire Name

Initial Report

Estimated Size as of 9/5

Location

Hurricane

8/28/23

4 acres

2,000 ft below Hurricane Ridge parking area

Eagle Point

8/28/23

85 acres

~5 miles out Obstruction Point Road

Diamond Mountain

9/1/23

25 acres

3.3 miles NE of

Anderson Pass

Low Divide

9/1/23

60 acres

N. Fork Quinault drainage

Delabarre

9/1/23

1 acre

3 miles SE of Mount Christie

Martins Lake

9/2/23

30 acres

2 miles NE of Mount Christie

Fire is an integral part of the forested ecosystems on the Olympic Peninsula; plants and animals here have evolved with fire for thousands of years. Many factors such as weather, topography, and vegetation influence fire behavior and the effects that fires have on natural resources.

Background Information

All six active fires in Olympic National Park ignited when a series of lightning strikes occurred on the Olympic Peninsula in the afternoon on August 28.

On August 18, Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest implemented a fire ban including charcoal fires. The move to Stage 2 fire restrictions is due to continued hot and dry conditions that are forecasted to continue at least through the end of October as dry conditions in the region persist. One less spark means one less wildfire.

Closures  

Due to wildfire activity the following closures are in effect until further notice: 

The Skyline Trail is closed between the top of the Elip Creek Connector trail and Low Divide until further notice. This closure affects 20 miles of the Skyline Trail and includes both Three Prune and Lake Beauty wilderness campsites. Additionally, the North Fork Quinault Trail from Elip Creek trail junction to Chicago Camp is also now closed and includes the Trapper, Sixteen Mile, and Low Divide wilderness campsites. The Martins Park Trail remains closed.

Obstruction Point Road and the trailhead will be closed until further notice.

Olympic National Park Wilderness Information Center (WIC) will be notifying backcountry permit holders who may be impacted by this closure. Any permit holders who plan to backpack in the above impacted areas should contact the WIC at 360-565-2992 or by emailing OLYM_WIC@nps.gov.

Weather and Fire Behavior

Upper-level ridge will push east today ahead of an approaching weak frontal system. This feature is slated to bring cooler temperatures and a slight chance of light rain showers during the evening. An additional weak disturbance is in line to arrive Monday night into Tuesday with more slight shower chances.

Information for the Eagle Point Fire can be found at: Eagle Point Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)

Information for the Hurricane Fire can be found at: Hurricane Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)

Olympic National Park information: www.nps.gov/olym 
Olympic National Forest information: www.fs.usda.gov/olympic
State and county area burn bans: www.waburnbans.net   

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 Actualización del Incendio del Complejo Cowlitz

13 de Septiembre de 2023

Situación actual: El Complejo Cowlitz está contenido en un 21% con un total de 672 acres y 281 efectivos. El Grassy Mountain Fire produjo humo el martes, pero no hubo movimiento de fuego. Las cuadrillas siguen creando líneas indirectas para mantener el fuego en su huella actual. Un esfuerzo similar está en marcha en el Snagtooth y Spencer Quartz incendios. Los incendios de Jackpot y Adams Fork se encuentran en la fase de "limpieza", que es el proceso de extinción de cualquier punto caliente que pueda reavivarse.

El tiempo: La lluvia cayó sobre el complejo el martes, pero no lo suficiente como para afectar el comportamiento del fuego. El jueves será más cálido y seco, con menos nubosidad. Las máximas de mediados de los 80 son posibles el viernes, lo que podría aumentar la actividad del fuego.

Seguridad en la cacería:Hay varios incendios forestales en la zona y los bomberos están trabajando activamente. Esté atento a las cuadrillas y a los equipos de extinción. Identifique claramente su objetivo antes de disparar. Evite accidentes desafortunados o muertes.

Antecedentes:Hay 30 incendios en el complejo. Los incendios se iniciaron el 25 de agosto tras la caída de un rayo en el bosque nacional de Gifford Pinchot. Mantener el nivel de los recursos de extinción de incendios, la dedicación a la seguridad, y mantener los incendios en su huella actual siguen siendo prioridades, así como seguir siendo listo para cualquier nuevo fuego comienza o se propaga.

Restricciones contra incendios: Siguen vigentes las restricciones sobre incendios. Las hogueras están prohibidas en todo el Bosque Nacional de Gifford Pinchot; sólo se permiten las hogueras de propano, las estufas y las linternas. Encontrará más información en el sitio web del bosque en Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Fire Management (usda.gov). La decisión de levantar o mantener las restricciones contra incendios depende de factores como las condiciones meteorológicas actuales y previstas, la humedad del combustible, el nivel de actividad del incendio y la disponibilidad de recursos de extinción para responder a nuevas igniciones.

Cierres: En previsión de la actividad del fuego en curso en las proximidades del Snagtooth Fire las siguientes carreteras y senderos están cerrados al público para reducir la exposición y ayudar a garantizar la seguridad pública y de los bomberos: Carreteras forestales 9300 y 9341, Boundary Trail #1 (desde Elk Pass hasta la intersección con Summit Prairie), Summit Prairie #2, Craggy Peak #3, Snagtooth #4, Quartz #5, Stabler Camp #17, Wright Meadows #80, Basin Camp #3A, Quartz #5B, Quartz #5C (French Creek), Snyder Pasture #80A. La carretera forestal 8410 está cerrada para los bomberos y la seguridad pública en las inmediaciones del incendio de Pothole, y la carretera forestal 78 está cerrada temporalmente entre el cruce 7802 y el cruce 2278 debido a los escombros peligrosos que ruedan hacia la calzada.

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Port Angeles, Wash. – The wildfires across Olympic National Park showed minimal activity today as a weak low pressure weather system brought increased clouds and humidity. Firefighters deployed to the Low Divide and Martins Lake Fires reported a trace of rain and firefighters on the Eagle Point Fire experienced cooler temperatures with cloud cover throughout the day.

To map the size of the fires more accurately, due to the steep and rugged terrain they are in, fire mangers had an aerial mapping survey done today. This was critically important because of the difference in fire activity yesterday compared to today; thus, an increase in reported acreage today.

Additionally, a resupply mission and fire crew addition on the Low Divide and Martins Lake Fires was completed as firefighters remain in the wilderness. Their priority task today was to prepare the Low Divide Ranger Station and Glacier Creek Bridge from any unwanted wildfire by increasing the defensible space around those sites. This is done by removing dead and down vegetation adjacent to them such as logs, brush, leaf / needle litter, and any other potentially flammable materials.

The Hurricane Fire is now 95% contained. Fire crews began the preparation of returning the nearly 1.5 miles of fire hose and hundreds of pounds of equipment deployed back up Hurricane Ridge so it can be cleaned and made available for another wildfire.

The Delabarre and Diamond Mountain fires continue to show no activity and remain at the same acreage:

Fire Name

Initial Report

Estimated Size as of 9/5

Location

Hurricane

8/28/23

4 acres

2,000 ft below Hurricane Ridge parking area

Eagle Point

8/28/23

85 acres

~5 miles out Obstruction Point Road

Diamond Mountain

9/1/23

25 acres

3.3 miles NE of

Anderson Pass

Low Divide

9/1/23

60 acres

N. Fork Quinault drainage

Delabarre

9/1/23

1 acre

3 miles SE of Mount Christie

Martins Lake

9/2/23

30 acres

2 miles NE of Mount Christie

Fire is an integral part of the forested ecosystems on the Olympic Peninsula; plants and animals here have evolved with fire for thousands of years. Many factors such as weather, topography, and vegetation influence fire behavior and the effects that fires have on natural resources.

Background Information

All six active fires in Olympic National Park ignited when a series of lightning strikes occurred on the Olympic Peninsula in the afternoon on August 28.

On August 18, Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest implemented a fire ban including charcoal fires. The move to Stage 2 fire restrictions is due to continued hot and dry conditions that are forecasted to continue at least through the end of October as dry conditions in the region persist. One less spark means one less wildfire.

Closures  

Due to wildfire activity the following closures are in effect until further notice: 

The Skyline Trail is closed between the top of the Elip Creek Connector trail and Low Divide until further notice. This closure affects 20 miles of the Skyline Trail and includes both Three Prune and Lake Beauty wilderness campsites. Additionally, the North Fork Quinault Trail from Elip Creek trail junction to Chicago Camp is also now closed and includes the Trapper, Sixteen Mile, and Low Divide wilderness campsites. The Martins Park Trail remains closed.

Obstruction Point Road and the trailhead will be closed until further notice.

Olympic National Park Wilderness Information Center (WIC) will be notifying backcountry permit holders who may be impacted by this closure. Any permit holders who plan to backpack in the above impacted areas should contact the WIC at 360-565-2992 or by emailing OLYM_WIC@nps.gov.

Weather and Fire Behavior

Upper-level ridge will push east today ahead of an approaching weak frontal system. This feature is slated to bring cooler temperatures and a slight chance of light rain showers during the evening. An additional weak disturbance is in line to arrive Monday night into Tuesday with more slight shower chances.

Information for the Eagle Point Fire can be found at: Eagle Point Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)

Information for the Hurricane Fire can be found at: Hurricane Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)

Olympic National Park information: www.nps.gov/olym 
Olympic National Forest information: www.fs.usda.gov/olympic
State and county area burn bans: www.waburnbans.net   

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Crews were back on scene today to continue increasing containment, which is now at 58%. Fire behavior has been minimal, but residual heat and isolated smoke were found throughout the burn area. Rainfall did occur in the later afternoon with no observations of flooding.

With minimal fire behavior, fire personnel were able to walk and measure the perimeter, finding the fire’s actual size to be 525 acres, a four-acre difference from when measured by air this weekend.

Forest Roads 207 and 714 are closed to the general public to facilitate firefighter access, however, the roads are open to residents.

Forest Service News Release

Prescribed fires on Lolo National Forest this fall

Missoula, Mont., September 11, 2023—The Lolo National Forest along with their interagency partners and neighbors, are planning fall prescribed fires across the forest. These burns help reduce hazardous fuels, restore wildlife habitat, and create better protection around communities from future wildfires. Prescribed fire operations could begin as soon as this week and may continue throughout the fall on multiple Ranger Districts when fuel and weather conditions become favorable.

“Prescribed fire is an effective tool for reducing hazardous fuels and improving overall forest health,” said Jeff Hayes, Lolo National Forest Fuels Specialist. “Over the coming weeks, we will be conducting prescribed fire operations when weather, fuel conditions, and air quality are favorable.”

Prescribed fires are carefully planned and implemented in accordance with a written burn plan. Prior to implementation, local fire managers coordinate with local cooperators, counties, and partners. When prescription criteria are met, firefighters implement, monitor, and patrol each burn to ensure it meets forest health and public safety goals.

All prescribed fires will be implemented in compliance with Montana air quality standards and coordinated with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the appropriate county health departments to reduce the impacts of smoke to neighbors, cooperators, and surrounding communities. Smoke may settle in valley bottoms and drainages overnight, but it is expected to dissipate within a few days.

Some of these prescribed fires are supported through partnerships with Montana DNRC, Nature Conservancy, Missoula and Frenchtown Rural Fire Departments, Bureau of Land Management, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Mule Deer Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and Upland Game Bird Enhancement Group.

For additional information about these burns follow the Lolo National Forest on Facebook or visit InciWeb.

Order Number: # 23-018-Lolo-D5

U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Lolo National Forest

Plains/Thompson Falls & Superior Ranger Districts

Area, Road & Trail Closures

PROHIBITIONS

Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(a & b), the following is prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) roads in the Plains/Thompson Falls and Superior Ranger Districts of the Lolo National Forest, described below and shown on the attached map incorporated into this Order as Exhibit A (River Road East Fire Closure):

1. 36 C.F.R. § 261.54(e). It is prohibited to be upon National Forest System roads.

EXEMPTIONS

Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:

1. Persons with Forest Service Permit No. FS-7700-48 (Permit for Use of Roads, Trails, or Areas Restricted by Regulation or Order), specifically exempting them from this Order or a written determination by a Forest Service authorized officer that a permit is not required under 36 C.F.R. § 251.50(e)(1) or (2).
2. Any Federal, State, or Local Officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting resource in the performance of an official duty.

CLOSED ROADS: Junction of NFSR #7698 (High Ridge Road), NFSR #508 (Combest Creek Road), and NFSR #7598 (Patricks Knob Road) to the end of NFSR #7598

*NFSR – National Forest System Road

PURPOSE

The purpose of this order is for public health and safety due to hazardous conditions resulting from fire activities.

IMPLEMENTATION

1. This Order will be in effect on September 7th, 2023, 0:01 hours (12:01 am) and shall remain in effect until October 31st, 2023, or until rescinded, whichever comes first.
2. A map identifying the Described Area is attached and made part of this Order as Exhibit A. For a digital version of this Order and Exhibit A, go to: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/lolo/alerts-notices
3. Unless otherwise expressly defined in this Order, the terms used in this Order are defined by the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, 36 C.F.R. Chapter II, Parts 200-299. If there are terms in this Order that are not expressly defined in the Order or 36 C.F.R. Chapter II, Parts 200-299, their meaning shall be determined by their plain language definitions.
4. A violation of the above prohibitions is punishable as a Class B misdemeanor by a fine of not more than $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for organizations, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. 16 U.S.C. § 551; 18 U.S.C.

§§ 3559, 3571, and 3581.

5. Contact the Lolo National Forest Supervisor’s Office in Missoula, MT, (406) 329- 3750 for more information about this Order.
6. This Order supersedes any previous Orders prohibiting the same or similar acts on the same described roads.

Signed and issued on 9/11/23             .

Digitally signedby CAROLYN UPTON

Date: 2023.09.11 14:47:15 -06'00'

As of Sept. 11th the Lane County Sheriff’s Office has lifted the remaining Level 1 (Be Ready) evacuation notices related to the Bedrock Fire.

Please visit the Bedrock Fire Evacuation Information and Resources page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550567511475 for more information.