on Chetco Bar Fire in Oregon quadruples in four days, approaches 100,000 acres on Chetco Bar Fire in Oregon quadruples in four days, approaches 100,000 acres on Buckskin Fire burning in footprint of 2002 Biscuit Fire on Buckskin Fire burning in footprint of 2002 Biscuit Fire Burn scar of the Biscuit Fire, Oregon. Firefighters are  improving existing trails on the west side of the fire for a potential contingency containment line. As the largest forest fire in Oregon’s recorded history, the Biscuit became a national focal point for key issues relating to post-fire management including uncertain forest regeneration, fuel succession, and post-fire (salvage) logging. Winds light and variable.Smoke plumes rise on Aug. 1, 2002, in the hills east of the community of Agness, situated at lower center, where the rivers intersect. Scott Hall of the Rogue River Hotshots, out of Prospect, chops down an oak tree that was blocking the road Aug. 1, 2002, in the Siskiyou National Forest west of Selma. From the satellite photo above, it appears to be in the center of the old Biscuit Fire.Firefighters are assessing the situation, contemplating strategies for the fire on steep slopes with an abundance of snags. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. 2013. Two of these fires began on “Biscuit Hill”, located within the 180,000 acre Kalmiopsis Wilderness, which in turn is located within the Siskiyou National Forest. Residents there are on a 24-hour evacuation notice in case the fire moves closer to the tiny town along the Rogue River on the north side of the fire.Coos Forest Protective Association Officer Bill Woosley talks about the Biscuit Fire at a community meeting in the Wilderness Retreat subdivision near Brookings on Aug. 11, 2002. Campbell, W.D. In the true-color images from early September, forests appear dark green, and the burn scar appears dark brown. The U.S. Forest Service dubbed it the Biscuit Fire. Law. 2006. …Anthropogenic (human-caused) fire was a major component of the Native system of land and resource management in what is now Oregon. Mostly cloudy this evening, then becoming foggy and damp after midnight.

Our group is one of few who had have been actively investigating the ecological effects of the Biscuit from the time it occurred to its current state, 12 years later.Heckman, K., J.L. Nearly 13,000 firefighters are battling wildfires burning on more than 438,610 acres in Oregon.

Snags kill firefighters.The fire has burned about 1,200 acres 10 miles southwest of Cave Junction, Oregon, and five miles north of the California border. One veteran Department of Forestry fire manager went to his Salem office …

After waiting 48 hours for favorable winds, fire crews finally ignited a burnout, intended to take fuel away from the Florence fire.Dark, colorful smoke fills the sky over a Selma home as the Florence Fire continues to burn near the town on Aug. 2, 2002.Oregon Gov.

“The Biscuit Fire generated an enormous amount of controversy,” Spies notes. Former U.S. Forest Service chief Jack Ward Thomas said Wednesday, another "quick fix" of environmental laws to overhaul management of national forests so they are less susceptible to wildfire has a poor chance of longterm success.The Buckskin Fire has many reflecting on the Biscuit Fire that tore up the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in 2002. It showed consistent north-northeast winds Saturday afternoon which jives with the satellite image above showing the  smoke plume drifting to the southwest.A wildfire in southwest Oregon is bringing back memories of a huge fire that burned the same area 13 years ago.


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