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PRESCRIBED FIRES FOR 2008
 Several landscape scale prescribed fires are planned for ignition anywhere from mid-August through September of 2008. Click on the map for a larger version and see below for more detailed maps. The units planned for 2008 are part of larger prescribed burn projects named on the map. Units planned for 2008 are circled. Other units shown on the map are either completed or planned for future years.
These fires will be ignited only when the burn units are within prescription and because moisture and weather conditions can change rapidly they may be ignited on short notice. Some roads and trails will be closed for public safety when the burns are igntited and active. Maps below show the trails and roads that will be affected. Note that these trails and roads are not closed at this time but are expected to be closed during the burns. See the Travel Information page for the latest status.
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Most of the Guard Station unit of the Weitas Creek project was ignited on August 17 and 18. A few areas will be ignited later after the effects of precipitation on August 19 and 20 wear off.
Photos: Aug 18 Looking Upstream , Aug 18 Looking Downstream
Lean-To Ridge Road 555 beyond the Weitas Creek bridge and Weitas Creek Trail 20 from Johnny Creek to the junction with Road 555 and Bugle Point Trail 580 from Trail 20 to Bugle Point will re-open to traffic by Wednesday August 27. |
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Four units of the Toboggan Ridge project are being burned in 2008. Ignition started in part of Unit 10 in the upper Cayuse Creek drainage on Sunday August 17th and the other units were ignited over the following several days.
Photos: Aug 18 Unit 9, Aug 18 Unit 10 Ignition, Aug 18 Unit 10, Aug 18 Unit 6 Ignition, Aug 18 Unit 6
Toboggan Ridge Road 581 from the Blacklead junction to Toboggan Hill and Lunde Ridge - Rock Garden Trail 534 from just north of Cayuse Airstrip to Lunde Saddle are now OPEN as of Aug 22. |
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Ten North Lochsa Face Units were ignited starting Saturday August 16.
Photos: Aug 16 Willow Ridge Ignition, Aug 16 Willow Ridge Burning,
Aug 17 NL Face Area
The Willow Ridge section of Lewis Clark Trail 25 is closed while the burns in the area are active as well as part of Fish Creek Trail 2240 and all of Sherman Creek Trail 203, Fish Butte Trail 2230 and Fish Butte Saddle Trail 229.
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Several of the units in the Middle Black project near Canyon Work Center are scheduled for ignition in 2008 but are temporarily delayed by wet weather. No National Forest system roads or trails should be affected. |
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Several of the units in the Middle Black project along Pierce Superior Road 250 east and north of Kelly Forks Work Center will be burned later in 2008. No National Forest system Trails should be affected but there may be smoky conditions along Road 250 at times. |
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Unit 2 of the Pollock Ridge project is expected to be in 2008 but has been delayed by wet weather. Osier Ridge Trail 429 will be closed while the burn is active. |
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RECENT PRESCRIBED FIRES and PARTNERS 
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has been a critical partner for the Clearwater NF prescribed fire program for many years furnishing considerable funding to implement projects that contribute to elk habitat improvement.
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The pictures at left and right are from the Vanderbilt Hill unit of the Upper North Fork project. The burn was completed in fall 2003 and these pictures show the unit in June 2005. A dense shrubfield with scattered conifers covered this unit. Note the big game browsing on the resprouted shrubs at right. |
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