Fire

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Proactive work paying off: How forest management made a difference on the Lick Gulch Fire

Thanks to proactive forest management, including dead tree removal and improved firefighter access, crews were able to catch the Lick Gulch Fire at just 1/8 of an acre.

Monday, July 7, 2025

At the woodland’s edge: Restoration and complexity in Colorado’s Piceance Basin

Fuels management is not only important for sagebrush-dependent species. It’s also a critical tool in Colorado’s fight against the abnormally intense wildfires that have become more and more common in the West.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

a firefighter wearing a hard hat and Nomex poses in front of a smokey landscape of hills

Wildland fire requires different degree of business management

An often unseen but vitally important team member of any fire unit is the Fire Management and Program Analyst

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

A jeep is parked next to a tent on a desert landscape, with a mountain in the background and the setting sun turning the sky and clouds pink and blue.

Ooh and aah over nature's beauty, not fireworks on BLM public lands this July 4

This 4th of July, let's celebrate nature's beauty, not wildfires!

Monday, June 30, 2025

Pila Malolo, WDD AFMO, and Dan Walton, Tooele County Fire Warden, shake hands in front of a Type-6 engine.

BLM transfers wildland fire engine to Tooele County Fire District

The Bureau of Land Management West Desert District is pleased to announce the successful transfer of a Type 6 wildland fire engine to the Tooele County Fire Department as part of the BLM’s Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) Program. The official handoff ceremony was held Monday, June 30, 2025, with leadership from the BLM and Tooele County representatives in attendance at the Tooele County Fire District – South Rim location.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Smiling group of people pose behind a metal statue of a firefighter

Vale District BLM Fire, Fuels, and ESR Program honored with Pulaski Award

The BLM Oregon/Washington Vale District Fire, Fuels, and Emergency Stabilization and Repair (ESR) program were honored with a Pulaski Award in a ceremony on June 24, 2025.