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2023 Umatilla NF Prescribed Fire

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Unit Information

72510 Coyote Road 
Pendleton, 
Oregon 
97801 
72510 Coyote Road 
Pendleton, 
Oregon 
97801 

Incident Contacts

  • Andrew Stinchfield
    Email:
    astinchfield@fs.fed.us
    Phone:
    541-278-3852
    Hours:
    M- F, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

News

Little George RX Update
Updated On: 06/03/2021
Crews continue to mop up the burned area today and tomorrow. Mopping up includes searching for pockets of heat, digging out the heat source, and cooling with water. Personnel plan to patrol the burned area through the weekend.
Little George RX Update
Updated On: 06/02/2021
Crews on the Pomeroy Ranger District completed ignitions on the Little George Prescribed Fire yesterday.  Smoke may still be seen in the area as firefighters mop-up and cool the perimeter of the burn.  No further ignitions are planned for the day. #GoodFire 
Fire management officials on the Pomeroy Ranger District are implementing a 22-acre prescribed burn within the Little George project area, located approximately 31 miles south of Asotin, Washington.    
Learn about the benefits of prescribed burning and follow our progress online this spring on our interactive mapJOHN DAY, PENDLETON and BAKER CITY, Ore. (April 7, 2021) – Fire management officials on the Malheur, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests are preparing to implement spring prescribed burning activities. Prescribed fire is an important way to maintain and improve forest conditions with “good fire” as we reduce the risk of severe wildfire in the future.
Fire management officials on the Pomeroy Ranger District are planning to implement a prescribed burn on Triple Ridge (4302-040 road) today.  
Fire management officials on the Heppner Ranger District are implementing a prescribed natural fuel burn today, which is one of two units planned this week.
In partnership with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Blue Mountain Elk Initiative and Oregon Department of Forestry, fire management officials on the Heppner Ranger District are implementing a large-scale prescribed natural fuel burn today.