Fire
A fire burns into the night

How fuel breaks helped wildfire agencies contain the Grove 2 Fire in eastern San Diego County

During an intense fire season in summer 2024, lightning strikes ignited numerous fires across California and on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Desert District. At the end of July 2024, BLM fire staff were on high alert monitoring lightning activity, when they received an urgent call from northeastern San Diego County.
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Military to Civilian - A pathway to success comes full circle

BLM Alaska Fire Service collaboration with U.S. Army allows transitioning soldiers to continue service to their country
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Montana/Dakotas Firefighters Complete Annual Fitness Challenge

Submitted by Karly DeMars, State Fire Planner, and Chris Barth, State Fire Mitigation & Education Specialist

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A person in a hard hat and black backpack ignites fire on open grassland with a driptorch

Interagency groups complete prescribed burn in support of big game habitat

Interagency groups completed a prescribed burn in Whitman County, Washington which will support big game habitat restoration along the Rock Creek corridor.
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Weathered logs lie across a flowing stream in a green forest

Fires, forests, and fish

A team of experts in the BLM Oregon Salem District utilized hazard trees from the Beachie Creek Fire as a crucial piece of a salmon habitat restoration project.
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Helicopter sits stationary in a desert lands scape with short vegetation in the area (helispot). A large plume of smoke is visible behind the helicopter in the distance.

Fire Management Feature: Arizona's Moki and Weaver Mountain helitack modules

BLM Arizona’s two helitack crews, Moki and Weaver Mountain helitack modules, have had a very busy summer in 2021.
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