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Prescribed burning

Prescribed burn closes Upper Bear Creek Campground

May 30, 2019 by Methow Valley News

WDFW — The Methow Wildlife Area’s Bear Creek #1 campground is closed for a prescribed burn being performed under the direction of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). This area is also commonly referred to as the Upper Bear Creek campground. The prescribed burn will continue through the week, weather permitting, and the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Prescribed burning, Washington Department of Fish & WIldlife

Prescribed burning planned on over 5,300 acres across eastern Cascades

September 26, 2018 by Methow Valley News

Starting this month, fire managers plan to begin prescribed burning on 5,300 acres of U.S. Forest Service land on the east slope of the Cascades, with almost half of the total amount of acreage in the Methow Valley Ranger District.

Fewer acres may be burned if conditions are not favorable, said Rob Allen, forest fire staff officer with the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.

Filed Under: Fire, NEWS Tagged With: Fire, Prescribed burning

Where’s there’s smoke, there are threats to everyone’s health

July 17, 2018 by Methow Valley News

By Elizabeth Walker On May 21, our email and phone lines started blowing up. As the front house for the Methow Valley Clean Air Project, Dr. Raleigh Bowden and I frequently advise on air quality issues. And the issues are almost always about smoke. In this case, valley residents were calling for information regarding smoke […]

Filed Under: My Turn Tagged With: Methow Valley Clean Air Project, Prescribed burning

DNR revises timber-thinning plan for Virginia Ridge sale

May 25, 2018 by Methow Valley News

Because of the record volume of comments, the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has revised a forest treatment for Virginia Ridge and postponed the timber sale until next year.

It’s important to coordinate forest health treatments and timber sales with the local communities, particularly as the agency launches…

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Department of Natural Resources, Forest restoration, Prescribed burning, Timber

A forest health prescription

May 25, 2018 by Methow Valley News

The U.S. Forest Service truck shuddered over the dirt road as Sara Billings, fuels assistant fire management officer at the Methow Valley Ranger District, drove up into the Okanogan/Wenatchee National Forest outside of Winthrop last week. She was visiting a prescribed burn that was underway in …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Methow Valley Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Prescribed burning, U.S. Forest Service

New comment period on Mission Forest Restoration Project

July 5, 2017 by Methow Valley News

A new public comment period on the Mission Forest Restoration Project has been opened by the U.S. Forest Service, specifically related to a proposed amendment to the Okanogan National Forest Plan. The 30-day comment period began June 30.

The Mission Project proposes commercial and …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Forest restoration, Mission Project, Prescribed burning, U.S. Forest Service

USFS issues draft environmental assessment for Mission project

February 2, 2017 by Methow Valley News

A draft Environmental Assessment (EA) has been released by the U.S. Forest Service for the Mission Restoration Project, which proposes thinning, prescribed burning, soil treatments and changes to roads on 50,200 acres of national forest land in …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Forest restoration, Methow Valley Ranger District, Mission Project, Prescribed burning

USFS proposes forest thinning on McClure Mountain

January 25, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Forest thinning is proposed on about 300 acres near McClure Mountain to protect communications equipment on the peak. McClure Mountain, south of Twisp, is the primary communications hub for the majority of emergency and non-emergency communication within the Methow Valley, and has been identified as critical communications infrastructure by the Methow Valley Long Term Recovery […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Prescribed burning, U.S. Forest Service

Rx for fire-prone forests: more-extensive prescribed burning

October 20, 2016 by Methow Valley News

From a vantage point high on Buck Mountain overlooking the Eightmile Creek drainage, green forests carpet the mountains as far as the eye can see.

To most people, it probably looks like a healthy landscape. But to forest specialists like Matt Ellis, fire …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Forest restoration, Methow Valley Ranger District, Prescribed burning

Cantwell backs aggressive fuel-reduction efforts to contain fires

September 22, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Longer and more intense wildfire seasons of recent years will only become more extreme as a result of climate change, and that has fueled efforts by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, to increase fuels reduction projects in forests to prevent large-scale forest fires.

Cantwell was joined by four climate and forestry…

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: hazardous fuels reduction, Prescribed burning, Wildfire

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