WILDFIRES -- Be careful out there. High winds forecast for Saturday pose a major hazard to people in the vicinity of the numerous wildfires throughout the region. I've listed in my blog this morning's updates on many of the fires and fire complexes. I'm not...
WILDFIRES -- The Parker Ridge Fire in the Idaho Selkirks northwest of Bonners Ferry continues to slowly advance after being started by lightning on July 27, but forecast high winds could expand the fire from its current 6,250 acres. The fire impacts the popular Long…
WILDFIRES -- Numerous fires totalling 80,000 acres are burning across the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, many of which are being grouped together and managed as complexes. Updates and notices are posted here. See details for the Clearwater, Motorway, Selway, and Municipal Fire Complexes is at...
WILDFIRES – The Grizzly Bear Complex Fires straddling the Washington-Oregon border in and around the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness about 20 miles southeast of Dayton have expanded to 72,421-acres -- and stronger winds are forecast for today. Umatilla National Forest, states and private land are involved. The…
WILDFIRES -- The Carpenter Road Fire in Stevens County and the Spokane Indian Reservation has expanded overnight to 55,886 acres. See details and updates on InciWeb. The latest map (above) does not show the significant expansion in the past 24 hours. For mapping updates, see...
WILDFIRES -- Thursday’s winds did not affect the Stickpin and three other fires in the Kettle Complex as much as other fires in the region. Smoke blanketed most of the fires, and once again, air resources were grounded due to the poor visibility. See details...
WILDFIRES -- Extreme fire behavior stoked throughout the 150 mile perimeter of the North Star Fire in the past 24 hours and crews are working to protect the Republic area and the town of Nespelem on the Colville Indian Reservation. See InciWeb updates and details....
WILDFIRES -- The Kaniksu Complex fires, which include the Tower Fire, at more than 16,000 acres, and six smaller fires between the Pend Oreille River in Washington east toward Idaho has expanded to 18,500 acres, but Priest Lake-area businesses are open and so is Highway...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.