As of 12:01 a.m. on October 27, 2015, fire season is officially terminated for forestlands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), Northeast Oregon District. This includes private, state, county, municipal, and tribal lands in seven counties: Union, Baker, Wallowa, Umatilla, and small portions of Grant, Malheur, and Morrow. Cooler temperatures and scattered rain showers over the past few days combined with a favorable forecast of more precipitation have prompted fire managers to end fire season. Dennis Perilli, Pendleton Unit Forester, reminds people to continue to use caution “We’ve received some moisture and there is more in the forecast. However, as folks are thinking about whether to burn debris and slash piles, they need to remember that one warm windy day can cause conditions to shift quickly. Each year we respond to escape controlled burns in the fall.” Technical advice for burning and smoke management can be obtained from your local ODF office.
With the termination of fire season, requirements such as providing fire-fighting equipment at logging sites or obtaining a burning permit for burn barrels are no longer in effect. However, terminating fire season does not relieve landowners or forest operators of lawful responsibilities concerning the safe burning of debris or slash.
Specific Smoke Management/Burning Advisory Information:
If you are under the protection of a rural or city fire department, please call and ask what
their burning restrictions are. Burn permits for burn barrels and small amounts of yard debris are not required on lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry. In addition, burning within the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation requires a permit from the CTUIR. Follow all requirements within the permit.
Burning of slash from forestry and logging activities requires a Notification of
Operation/PDM from the Oregon Department of Forestry. In addition to this permit, the
local Oregon Department of Forestry office must be contacted prior to ignition.
Before burning in northeast Oregon, it is important to check weather conditions relative to
smoke management. For smoke management forecasts call (541) 963-9781 or visit the
following website:
http://www.odf.state.or.us/DIVISIONS/protection/fire_protection/Daily/neo.htm.
Slash Burns must be registered with the local Oregon Department of Forestry office at
least 7 days prior to burning and burning accomplishments reported within 7 days after
burning.
The Northeast Oregon District of the Oregon Department of Forestry would like to thank landowners, forest operators and the public for their efforts in fire prevention, detection, and suppression activities this season. Fire Season 2015 brought an active fire year for the Northeast Oregon District. 54,907 acres were burnt across the district in 80 incidents. Additional resources such as helicopters, dozers and single engine air tankers, partially paid for with General Fund monies from the State of Oregon helped to aid firefighting efforts significantly. These additional resources were part of the coordinated effort used by ODF which also included rural fire departments, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, local contractors, landowners, and a long standing relationship with the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
For further information, contact the Oregon Department of Forestry at these local offices:
La Grande Unit (541) 963-3168
Baker City Sub-Unit (541) 523-5831
Wallowa Unit (541) 886-2881
Pendleton Unit (541) 276-3491
To report a fire, call 9-1-1.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Regulated-Use Closure terminated on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Season still in effect
Closure for private forestlands protected by the Northeast Oregon District. This closure and the additional fire
prevention restrictions it included are no longer necessary as a result of changing weather and fuel conditions.
Campfires and warming fires are now allowed with landowner permission. Joe Hessel, La Grande Unit Forester,
cautions “The moisture we received over the weekend has helped lower fire danger. However, the larger fuels are
still relatively dry. Folks still need to be cautious and ensure that campfires are dead out before leaving the
campsite.”
Although fire restrictions have eased, Fire Season remains in effect for private, state, county, municipal, and tribal
lands protected by the Northeast Oregon District. Burn permits are still required for all open fires (except
campfires), debris burns and burn barrels. “The need for a Burn Permit for open burning and barrels will continue
until we enter a sustained trend of wetter weather.” Said Hessel. The Northeast Oregon District includes lands in
the following counties: Union, Baker, Wallowa, Umatilla, and small portions of Grant, Malheur, and Morrow
Counties.
Year to date fire information for lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry Northeast Oregon
District:
Lightning caused: 42 fires Acres burned: 55,608
Human caused: 23 fires Acres burned: 6,472
Note that when traveling from private land onto federal land, fire restrictions may change. Please check
restrictions before conducting activities in the outdoors.
To report a fire, call the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center at (541) 963-7171, or 911.
For further information, contact your local Oregon Department of Forestry office:
La Grande Unit (541) 963-3168
Baker City Sub-Unit (541) 523-5831
Wallowa Unit (541) 886-2881
Pendleton Unit (541) 276-3491
More information can be found at the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center website
http://bmidc.org/index.shtml. Look under fire restrictions.
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Dry Gulch – Eagle
Complex – Cornet/Windy Ridge
Fire Information
Update
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Fire Information: (541) 975-4271
(541) 523-1208
Firefighters Continue to Patrol Fires
As the unseasonably warm, dry weather continues,
firefighters continue to patrol the Dry Gulch, Eagle Complex, and Cornet-Windy
Ridge fires each day, extinguishing the occasional small smokes that appear inside
the fire lines of the fires. All the fire containment lines are holding on
these three fires. Crews are mopping up
smokes they find near the perimeter of the fires, and putting out smokes in the
interior of the fires as needed. A
helicopter is available for reconnaissance flights and water drops with a
bucket if needed.
After a chance of showers with increasing winds
tonight and tomorrow, the weather will return to warm and dry conditions
through the coming week.
Dry Gulch Fire
One engine is patrolling the fire, and
extinguishing any smokes they find along the perimeter of the fire.
Fire suppression repair work on contingency dozer
fire lines is completed. Berm material was pulled back over dozer fire lines,
and brush, limbs and rocks were spread over contingency fire lines that were
constructed by dozers. Water bars were
installed to divert run off water along dozer fire lines on slopes. Suppression repair work on the dozer fire
lines used for control along the perimeter of the Dry Gulch fire will be done
later this fall when those fire lines are no longer needed for fire containment.
The Dry Gulch fire burned 17,823 acres which
includes: 10,396 acres (58%) of Bureau of Land Management land; 2480 acres
(14%) on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; 4814 acres (27%) of other
jurisdictions; and 133 acres (1%) of land protected by the Oregon Department of
Forestry. No structures were lost in the Dry Gulch fire.
Eagle Complex
There will continue to be visible smoke in the
Sullivan Creek area on the east side of the fire until significant
precipitation is received to extinguish it.
An engine is patrolling the Eagle fire each day, putting out smokes
along the perimeter of the fire, mostly on the east side of the fire. Portions of the east perimeter of the fire
have fingers of unburned material, without a clean, wide, solid black line. The fire is creeping and smoldering in the
area between Sullivan Creek and Twin Canyon, slowly burning about 2 or 3 acres
a day in rugged, difficult terrain.
The suppression repair work has been completed on
all the interior and contingency dozer fire lines on the Eagle Complex. Water
bars were installed on dozer lines on slopes to prevent erosion. Berm material was put back in place, and
brush, limbs and rocks were spread over these dozer lines. After the fire suppression is finished this
fall, the fire suppression repair work will be done on the primary dozer fire
lines used for control around the perimeter of the fire.
All road closures on the Eagle Complex were
terminated on September 21st.
Cornet-Windy Ridge
Fire
Engines from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest,
Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon Department of Forestry continue to patrol
the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire each day, to extinguish any smokes they find along
the perimeter of the fire and to put out smoke in the interior of the fire as
needed. Occasional small smokes are
found in the Denny Creek area and in other various scattered locations.
A 10-person crew has been seeding the contingency
and interior dozer fire lines in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest with grass
seed this past week, and should complete this work today. Next week they will start to place mulch on
the contingency and interior dozer fire lines in the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest that are no longer needed for fire suppression.
The area closure on the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest for the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire was terminated on September 28th. The Cornet-Windy Ridge fire is located west
of Durkee, south of Baker City, and northeast of Hereford, OR. It is west of I-84, and south of Highway 7.
Fire
Restrictions and Other Information
Seasonal fire restrictions are in effect
for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Campfires are allowed in the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest with specific requirements for a cleared area,
fire ring, tools and water to make them safe.
For more information please contact any Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
office or visit the website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman/. Information is available at the Blue Mountain
Fire Information BlogSpot at http://bluemountainfireinfo.blogspot.com/.
A regulated closure is in effect on state
and private lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) in northeast
Oregon. Please check with a local Oregon Department of Forestry office for more
complete information on public use fire restrictions on lands protected by ODF,
or visit the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch webpage at: www.bmidc.org.
The Vale District of the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) rescinded their fire restrictions on September 21, 2015. For further information contact a BLM office
or the website at www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale.
Fire season is not over yet, with this
continued warm and dry weather. Please
be extra careful with fire and prevent wildfires.
Fall is a good time to take steps to
make your property more fire safe, better able to survive a wild fire, and to
create defensible space. For further
information visit websites such as: www.firewise.org; www.pnwfac.org; www.oregon.gov/ODF; www.nifc.gov; www.nfpa.org; and www.keeporegongreen.org.
The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is
seeking public comments for proposed fire salvage logging and roadside danger
tree removal in the portions of the Cornet-Windy Ridge, Eldorado, Eagle Complex,
and Dry Gulch fires located on the Whitman Ranger District. Written comments must be submitted by October
16, 2015 to: Whitman District Ranger,
1550 Dewey Ave., Suite A, Baker City, OR 97814.
Comments may be submitted electronically to: comments-pacificnorthwest-wallowa-whitman-whitmanunit@fs.fed.us. For further information call 541-523-1350.
Incident Summary –
Quick Facts
Dry Gulch Fire: It is
17,823 acres, and is 95% contained, with one engine patrolling the
fire. It is located 7 miles northwest of
Richland, OR, and the cause is under investigation. The fire is on Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon Department of Forestry protected
lands.
Eagle Complex: It is 12,763 acres, and is 80% contained, with
one engine patrolling the fire. This
lightning caused fire is located 20 miles northwest of Richland, OR, and is on
the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and lands protected by Oregon Department of
Forestry.
Cornet-Windy Ridge
Fire: It is 103,887 acres, and
is 100% contained, with approximately 16 personnel working on the fire. The east end of this lightning caused fire is
located 4 miles west of Durkee, OR. It
is on Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and lands
protected by Oregon Department of Forestry.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Baker County Code Red Emergency Notification System
Be informed about emergencies or important community
alerts by signing up for Baker County mass notification system "Code
Red". This system enables us to provide you with critical information
quickly for a variety of situations, such as severe weather, unexpected road
closures, missing persons and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods due to
hazardous material events or possible wildland fire situations.
You will receive time-sensitive messages wherever you
specify, such as your home, mobile or business phones, email address, text
messages and more. Please visit the Baker
County 9-1-1 Consolidated Dispatch page at baker911.org. If you need any help signing up please call
us at 541.523.6415.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Dry Gulch – Eagle Complex – Cornet/Windy Ridge
Fire Information Update
Monday, September 28, 2015
Fire Information: (541) 975-4271
(541) 523-1208
Cornet-Windy Ridge Fire Area Closure Rescinded-
Crews Extinguish Small Smokes on the Three Fires
Putting out occasional small smokes that appear inside the fire lines of the Dry Gulch, Eagle Complex, and Cornet-Windy Ridge fires is keeping firefighters busy during this warm and dry weather, which is forecast to continue through the next couple days. All the fire containment lines are holding on these three fires. Crews are monitoring and patrolling the fires every day, and mopping up smokes that pop up near the perimeter of the fires, and putting out smokes in the interior of the fires as needed. A helicopter reconnaissance flight is planned for all three fires today.
Dry Gulch Fire
One 20-person crew and two engines, working out of Halfway, OR, are continuing to patrol the fire line and mop up any hot spots found along the perimeter of the fire. Yesterday they mopped up an area in Summit Creek, and pulled hose and removed a portable water tank that are no longer needed for fire suppression. The crew walked a portion of the fire line on the north perimeter of the fire, and didn’t find any new smokes in that area yesterday. The crew will put in water bars today on hand fire lines on slopes where they have not been previously installed, to prevent erosion from run-off water.
Fire suppression repair work on contingency dozer fire lines is completed. Berm material was pulled back over dozer fire lines, and brush, limbs and rocks were spread over contingency fire lines that were constructed by dozers. Water bars were installed to divert run off water along dozer fire lines on slopes. Suppression repair work on the dozer fire lines used for control along the perimeter of the Dry Gulch fire will be done later this fall when those fire lines are no longer needed for fire containment.
The Dry Gulch fire burned 17,823 acres which includes: 10,396 acres (58%) of Bureau of Land Management land; 2480 acres (14%) on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; 4814 acres (27%) of other jurisdictions; and 133 acres (1%) of land protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. No structures were lost in the Dry Gulch fire.
Eagle Complex
There continues to be smoke in the Sullivan Creek area on the east side of the fire, and in the interior of the fire in other areas. A hotshot crew and two engines are continuing to secure the fire line and mop up smokes along the perimeter of the fire, mostly on the east side of the fire. They are putting out smokes that appear along portions of the east perimeter of the fire that have fingers of unburned material, without a clean, wide, solid black line.
The suppression repair work has been completed on all the interior and contingency dozer fire lines on the Eagle Complex. Water bars were installed on dozer lines on slopes to prevent erosion. Berm material was put back in place, and brush, limbs and rocks were spread over these dozer lines. After the fire suppression is finished this fall, the fire suppression repair work will be done on the primary dozer fire lines used for control around the perimeter of the fire.
All road closures on the Eagle Complex were terminated on September 21st.
Cornet-Windy Ridge Fire
The area closure on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest for the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire is terminated today, September 28th.
Some small smokes are appearing in various locations of the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire, including Alder Creek, Denny Creek, and Stices Gulch areas. Firefighting resources from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon Department of Forestry continue to patrol the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire every day, to extinguish any hot spots they find along the perimeter of the fire and to put out smoke in the interior of the fire as needed. Four engines and a small hand crew mopped up smokes yesterday, and are patrolling the fire today.
The Cornet-Windy Ridge fire is located west of Durkee, south of Baker City, and northeast of Hereford, OR. It is west of I-84, and south of Highway 7.
Fire Restrictions
Seasonal fire restrictions are in effect for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Campfires are allowed in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest with specific requirements for a cleared area, fire ring, tools and water to make them safe. For more information please contact any Wallowa-Whitman National Forest office or visit the website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman/. Information is available at the Blue Mountain Fire Information BlogSpot at http://bluemountainfireinfo.blogspot.com/.
A regulated closure is in effect on state and private lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) in northeast Oregon. Please check with a local Oregon Department of Forestry office for more complete information on public use fire restrictions on lands protected by ODF, or visit the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch webpage at: www.bmidc.org.
The Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rescinded their fire restrictions on September 21, 2015. For further information contact a BLM office or the website at www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale
. Please be careful with fire and prevent wildfires.
Incident Summary – Quick FactsDry Gulch Fire: It is 17,823 acres, and is 90% contained, with approximately 30 personnel working on the fire. It is located 7 miles northwest of Richland, OR, and the cause is under investigation. The fire is on Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon Department of Forestry protected lands.
Eagle Complex: It is 12,763 acres, and is 75% contained, with approximately 27 personnel working on the fire. This lightning caused fire is located 20 miles northwest of Richland, OR, and is on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry.
Cornet-Windy Ridge Fire: It is 103,887 acres, and is 100% contained, with approximately 15 personnel working on the fire. The east end of this lightning caused fire is located 4 miles west of Durkee, OR. It is on Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry.
Cornet-Windy Ridge Fire: It is 103,887 acres, and is 100% contained, with approximately 15 personnel working on the fire. The east end of this lightning caused fire is located 4 miles west of Durkee, OR. It is on Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
BMIDC's Morning Briefing for 9/27/15
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BMIDC BRIEFING
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Sunday, September 27th, 2015
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9/26
(NEW) INITIAL ATTACK
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Fires
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Acres
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Umatilla National Forest
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0
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0
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Wallowa Whitman National Forest
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0
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0
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Vale District BLM Baker Area
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0
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0
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NEO Oregon Department of Forestry
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0
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0
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WA DNR Snake River Unit
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0
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0
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BIA Umatilla
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0
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0
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Total
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0
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0
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INCIDENT
SUMMARY
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9/26
No New IA
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
Dry Gulch – Eagle
Complex – Cornet/Windy Ridge
Fire Information
Update
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015
Fire Information: (541) 975-4271
(541) 523-1208
Crews Continue to Extinguish
Occasional Smokes
Firefighters continue to extinguish occasional
smokes that appear in the Dry Gulch, Eagle Complex, and Cornet-Windy Ridge
fires in this warm, dry weather. Warm
and dry conditions are predicted to continue through the next several days,
with no significant precipitation in the forecast. The fire containment lines continue to hold
on these three fires. Crews are
monitoring and patrolling the fires every day, and mopping up smokes that pop
up near the perimeter of the fire, and putting out smokes in the interior of
the fire as needed. A helicopter reconnaissance
flight is planned over all three fires today to locate smokes and assess the
suppression action required. The
helicopter also has a bucket available for water drops.
Dry Gulch Fire
Resources assigned to the Dry Gulch fire today include 1 crew and 3
engines, working out of Halfway, OR. They
are continuing to patrol the fire line and mop up hot spots along the perimeter
of the fire. They plan to reroute a hose
lay today to get water to another portion of the timbered area on the northern
edge of the fire.
The excavators and dozer have finished repairing
the effects of fire suppression on contingency dozer fire lines, by pulling
back berm material, and spreading brush, limbs and rocks over contingency fire
lines that were constructed by dozers.
Water bars were installed to divert run off water along dozer fire lines
on slopes. Suppression repair work on
the dozer fire lines used for control along the perimeter of the Dry Gulch fire
will be done later this fall when those fire lines are no longer needed for
fire containment.
The Dry Gulch fire burned 17,823 acres which
includes: 10,396 acres (58%) of Bureau of Land Management land; 2480 acres
(14%) on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; 4814 acres (27%) of other
jurisdictions; and 133 acres (1%) of land protected by the Oregon Department of
Forestry. The cause of the fire is under
investigation. No structures were lost
in the Dry Gulch fire. There are no evacuation notices in place for the Dry
Gulch fire.
Eagle Complex
Smoke will continue to be visible in the Sullivan
Creek area on the east side of the fire.
A hotshot crew and an engine are continuing to secure the fire line and
mop up smokes along the perimeter of the fire.
A dozer is repairing the effects of fire suppression on roads in the
Eagle Complex.
The suppression repair work has been completed on
all the interior and contingency dozer fire lines on the Eagle Complex. Water
bars were installed on dozer lines on slopes to prevent erosion. Berm material was put back in place, and
brush, limbs and rocks were spread over these dozer lines. After the fire suppression is finished this
fall, the fire suppression repair work will be done on the primary dozer fire
lines used for control around the perimeter of the fire.
All road closures on the Eagle Complex were
terminated on September 21st.
Cornet-Windy Ridge
Fire
Occasional smoke is appearing in various locations
of the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire. Resources from the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon Department of Forestry continue
to patrol and monitor the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire every day, to extinguish any
hot spots they find along the perimeter of the fire and to put out smoke in the
interior of the fire as needed. Four
engines and a small hand crew are working on the fire today.
The Cornet-Windy Ridge fire is located west of Durkee,
south of Baker City, and northeast of Hereford, OR. It is west of I-84, and south of Highway 7.
Fire
Restrictions
Seasonal fire restrictions are in effect
for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Campfires are allowed in the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest with specific requirements for a cleared area,
fire ring, tools and water to make them safe.
For more detailed information please contact any Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest office or visit the website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman/. Information is also available at the Blue
Mountain Fire Information BlogSpot at http://bluemountainfireinfo.blogspot.com/.
A regulated closure is in effect on state
and private lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) in northeast
Oregon. Please check with a local Oregon Department of Forestry office for more
complete information on public use fire restrictions on lands protected by ODF,
or visit the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch webpage at: www.bmidc.org.
Fire prevention orders are also in
effect for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). For further information contact a BLM office
or the website at www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale.
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Dry Gulch Fire:
17,823 Acres
90% Containment
36 Personnel
Cause-Under
investigation
7 miles NW
of Richland, OR
OR Dept. of
Forestry
Wallowa-Whitman NF
Bureau of
Land Mgt.
Eagle Valley RFPD
Pine Valley
RFPD
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Eagle Complex::
12,763 Acres
75% Containment
27 Personnel
Cause – Lightning
20 Miles NW of Richland, OR
Wallowa-Whitman NF
OR Dept. of Forestry
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Cornet-Windy Ridge Fire:
103,887 Acres
100%
Containment
15 Personnel approx.
Cause
– Lightning
4 Miles west of Durkee
OR
Dept. of Forestry
Wallowa-Whitman NF
Bureau of Land Mgt.
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