By Grace Veenstra This article can also be found in UAF’s Aurora magazine in the Fall 2022 issue, and in the IAWF’s Wildfire magazine in the 2023 Q1 issue. Dynamic. That is how Alaska smokejumper Pat Johnson describes wildland fire in Alaska. “It may be relatively calm, a little smokey,” Johnson said. “The fire is […]
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There’s an upcoming webinar on Tuesday, November 15 @ 11:00 AM AKDT! Climate specialist Rick Thoman from the ACCAP and plant biologist JJ Frost will be giving a talk on the 2022 Alaska Fire Season, focusing on Southwest Alaska which experienced record breaking fires that impacted local communities and challenged resource management. This webinar will
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The Tatlawiksuk Fire, 41 miles south of McGrath, has been burning steadily (as of posting) since June 4th, sparked by the recent lightning storms in Southwest Alaska last week. These VIIRS animations of DayLandCloudFire (left) and the i04 band (right) show the change of the fire perimeter (in bright red) from June 8th to June
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