The Tiger Creek prescribed burn is anticipated to take 2-5 days to complete and primarily consists of grass and timber. The objective of the burn is to improve foraging habitat for big game, reduce long-term wildfire risk through reductions in existing fuel loading, to restore the ecological functions of a fire adapted ecosystem to the area, and to kill germinated invasive annual grasses. Hunters and forest visitors are encouraged to plan ahead and avoid the area during prescribed burning activities.
Additional information about
this prescribed burn is available by visiting the Umatilla National Forest’s prescribed
fire interactive map. This map displays burning activities and the
interactive map allows the user to zoom in on certain areas and click on a burn
unit for more information (such as acreage, status, etc). When burning
operations begin the interactive map will be updated to display which burn
units are actively burning.
Maps of the proposed
prescribed burns are also located on InciWeb at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5808/.
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