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...2-square-mile blaze in a remote area of Denali National Park and Preserve.Larry Weddle, a National Park Service fire management officer, said the closest weather station from the fire is 40 miles away. He said precipitation was recorded at that...
...types of treatment that we would do in and around the refuge lands near those communities," Doug Newbould, fire management officer for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, told the Peninsula Clarion.The report examines the effect forest fires...
...Alaska. "We just don't want that fire moving up and down that highway all summer long," said Tom Kurth, fire management officer for Alaska Division of Forestry. "There's a lot of traffic moving up and down there."
...needed," said Division of Forestry Regional Fire Management Officer John See. Though snowfall was close to average...Doug Newbould, a Kenai National Wildlife Refuge fire management officer. Newbould said it is important to educate people...
...acres went up in smoke. "I think people are exercising more caution with fire in the woods," said John See, a fire management officer with the Division of Forestry in Anchorage. Experts said the slow start could change in a matter of a few lightning...
...potentially hazardous. Such restrictions have become all too familiar in Alaska, said John Gould, Alaska Fire Service fire management officer for military lands. ``We've been out fighting fires and noticed explosions in areas where there aren't...
...tundra starts burning,'' said Tom Kurth, a fire management officer with the state Division of Forestry in Fairbanks...percent above normal,'' said John LeClair, a fire management officer with the state Division of Forestry. Another...
...firefighting efforts. Larry Traw was also issued a warning by the state Division of Forestry, said Lynn Wilcock, state fire management officer for the Mat-Su area. The warning does not involve any penalties or fines. ``If another event arises, it...
...officials are hoping to begin the burns as early as this week if weather conditions are right, said Robert Schmoll, fire management officer for the Division of Forestry in Fairbanks. Debris piles are located in three areas where firefighters have cut...
...of folks are bound to head outdoors for camping, hunting and other recreational activities. Brian Sines, a fire management officer with the Tongass National Forest, is asking recreationists to exercise a extra caution with campfires, especially...