2008 SPRING LEASELAND BURNING. Refuge firefighters are making preparations to begin treating approximately 17,000 acres of stubble fields with prescribed fire at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges.

Burning started April 2nd and will continue through May as necessary conditions permit. Refuge Fire Managers coordinate daily with Siskiyou County Air Pollution Control District to comply with smoke management regulations. Nearby residents and refuge visitors should expect smoke in the vicinity of any prescribed fire activity and drivers should heed extra attention while traveling through or adjacent to burn area.

Refuge employees will be lighting on Lower Klamath Refuge this week in Area K and on the Co-op Fields. No ignitions are planned for the weekend.

• October 03 - South Marsh prescribed fire planned
• October 01 - Refuge plans 2,000 - 3,000 acres fall stuble burning
• September 30 - Eight fires burn this summer on refuges
• July 10 - Refuge sends help to Tahoe
• March 19 - Refuge begins spring field burning
• more

• Fire Whirls 01 - 7.62 mb
• Klamath Hills Fire Tanker Drop - 6.25 mb
• Bear Valley NWR Slashbusting 03 - 2.47 mb
• Under Burning 2006-02 - 4.40 mb
• more

• Leaseland Burning
• Bear Valley Treatments
• Refuge RAWS Stations
• Wildfire History Project