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PENDLETON, Ore. – With the recent warmer and drier weather, fire management officials on the Umatilla National Forest are preparing to implement early season prescribed burning activities as soon as Monday, May 13, across portions of the Forest.

Fire management officials on the North Fork John Day Ranger District are implementing a 1,000 acre prescribed burn within the Meadowbrook FT0 D and G burn units, located southwest from Dale, Oregon and north of Meadowbrook Summit. The burn units are on the 3963 Rd in the Hinton Creek drainage. Smoke may be visible along Highway 395.

Fire management officials on the Pomeroy Ranger District will be implementing activities fuels and pile burnin

Fire management officials on the Walla Walla Ranger District are implementing a 150 acre prescribed burn within the Alder Creek burn unit, located approximately 22 miles North of Elgin, OR.

With the extended dry period and no rain, the Pomeroy Ranger District’s Dark Canyon Prescribed Burn is continuing to creep and smolder in steep timber stringers.

Fire management officials on the Pomeroy Ranger District are implementing a large-scale prescribed natural fuel burn today.

PENDLETON, Ore. - Fire management officials on the Heppner Ranger District are preparing to implement a 250-acre prescribed burn as early as Thursday, April 26 near Sunflower Flat, approximately 20 miles south of Heppner.