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.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

BLM Utah's Bonneville Hotshots join BLM Arizona to proactively protect communities and respond to wildfires in Arizona

BLM Utah's Bonneville Interagency Hotshot Crew, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, joined the BLM Arizona’s Colorado River District fire program to complete fuels reduction work in the Hualapai Mountains, near Kingman.

Friday, March 27, 2020

The BLM-ES Fire and Aviation Program Conducts Prescribed Fire in Lathrop Bayou

The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) Fire and Aviation Program conducted a prescribed fire on 536 acres of the Lathrop Bayou Ma

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

BLM dispatch center spreads its wings

Life was easy in 2009 when the Anchorage Interagency Dispatch Center tracked, at most, a daily aviation schedule of four flights written on a whiteboard.

Monday, March 23, 2020

BLM Redding Prepares for Wildland Fire

Wildland fires have always been a natural component of California's landscape. Fire is crucially important for many ecosystem processes and overall forest health.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Cold Winter Cache

Last summer, more than 606 miles of hose was used on fires throughout Alaska. That’s more than the distance between Fairbanks and Homer (580 miles) or Grand Junction and Las Vegas (507 miles).