Fire

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

Beth Ipsen

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.

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.

Beth Ipsen

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).