Sierra Fire Updates
I’m dragging a little on my fire updates, so here we go. There are currently 3 fires burning in the Sierra.
The first is the Clover Fire. It is burning in Jeffery and Pinyon pine 8 mile north of Kennedy Meadows in the Southern Sierra. The fire is %0 contained and is currently at 1917 acres. This is a lightning caused fire that started on 05-31-08. You can view maps of the fire HERE
The second fire is the Honeybee Fire. It is a Wild Fire Use (WFU) managed fire. It’s %80 contained and at 1235 acres. Here is what the InciWeb site says about it.
The Honeybee Fire is being managed as Wildland Fire Use, and is burning in the South Sierra Wilderness between Olancha Pass and Haiwee Pass on the Kern Plateau and between 7600 and 9300 feet elevation along the spectacular Sierra Crest. The fire, which was sparked by lightning on May 5th, 2008, has grown to over 1200 acres. The fire is mostly burning on the Inyo National Forest, but crossed the South Fork of the Kern River on May 14th, and has burned approximately 50 acres on the Sequoia National Forest. As of June 7th, the fire has not spread during the strong winds that have occurred since May 20th. The fire is being managed jointly between the Inyo National Forest and the Sequoia National Forest, and is burning according to well-managed resource objectives.
The third fire is in Yosemite and is a prescribed burn in the Foresta area. Here’s a summery of this fire from InciWeb.
The National Park Service is currently conducting a prescribed fire in the Foresta area of Yosemite National Park. The prescribed burn is scheduled to last through June 6, 2008, weather and air quality conditions permitting, with additional mop-up and monitoring happening through the weekend. This project totals approximately 75 acres and is located southwest of Foresta, along the park’s boundary with the Stanislaus National Forest. A specific goal of this project is to provide community protection to Foresta by reducing unnatural fuel loads. This project is strategically located adjacent to homes in the community, which provides protection from fire originating in the Merced River canyon.
Now that fire season is here I will try to keep up to date on the fires burning in the Sierra and report them to you guys as I get info.
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Yesterday evening I drove thru the San Joaquin Valley from Firebaugh to Visalia and there was quite a bit of high-altitude smoke hanging around - though I think much of it was from the huge Indians Fire burning in the Ventana Wilderness in the coast range - southeast of the Big Sur area. That fire has been frequently visible on the weather satellite. Fingers are crossed for an un-eventful fire season this year.
The smoke is pretty bad on the Yosemite cam this morning. Bishop looks good. Looked like the Clover fire picked up speed yesterday. The smoke laying over the mountains looks worse today too. Steven notice all the dead pines on that cam site? How sad…
Maybe all that smoke is coming from your new love life. Just stopped by to see if you were married yet
Are you through shoveling snow way out east yet???
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