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Rogue River Closure Update - Corrected (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Sunday, August 11, 2013 – 2:00 p.m. PDT Fire Status UpdateA previously posted update incorrectly stated that Rainey Falls trail would open. Rainey falls will remain closed for the time being. Rogue...

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Closure Order Rescinded With Use Restrictions Enacted (Big Windy Complex...

The Medford District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is giving notice that the Rogue River Wild and Scenic Corridor Closure Order, dated July 30, 2013, is hereby rescinded. Public use restrictions are...

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Air Quality Summary August 12, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Saturday’s rains resulted in a significant reduction of fire activity in SW Oregon on Sunday and air quality was Good to Moderate over the entire area. A few data processing glitches lead to some delay...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 13, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex The closure that was in place on the BLM portion of the Rogue River’s Wild Section, from Grave Creek to Mule Creek, was lifted yesterday but some restrictions are still in place. For...

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Air Quality Summary August 12, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Air quality levels in SW Oregon continued to be Good to Moderate to start the week. A significant amount of smoke is visible aloft due to very active fires in northern California, as well as some...

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Operational Update 8/13/13 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Firefighters on Big Windy Complex are using both aerial and hand ignition to burn-out along the southeast perimeter. Burnout is one of the tools used for strengthening firelines. It involves burning...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 14, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex: The wild section of the Rogue River is now open with restrictions. For questions about river operations, please contact the Smullin Visitor Center at 541-479-3735. Yesterday’s Fire...

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Air Quality Summary August 14, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Air quality levels in SW Oregon degraded a bit yesterday, although most reporting stations maintained levels in the Good to Moderate range. Maximum PM2.5 readings increased, especially in Glendale,...

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Operational Update August 14, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Firefighters are making good progress with this afternoon’s burnout. They are using hand ignition on the southeast flank of the fire to strengthen the fireline. There was some isolated tree torching...

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Rogue River Closure Update August 14, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Although the Grave Creek boat launch is open, boaters and visitors are asked to avoid the area when possible. For the next several days, it is recommended that boaters floating the recreation section...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 15, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex: The wild section of the Rogue River is now open with restrictions. Rogue River recreationalists are strongly encouraged to launch from Argo rather than Grave Creek to reduce...

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Air Quality Summary August 15, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Air quality levels in much of SW Oregon continued a slow degradation yesterday, although all reporting stations still maintained levels in the Good to Moderate range. Hard hit locations without...

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Operational Update August 15, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Hand ignition burnout along the east perimeter went well today. Smoke in Howard creek kept firefighters from beginning helitorching operations earlier, but conditions have improved and helitorching,...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 16, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex: The percentage of containment does not accurately reflect the amount of work that has been accomplished to date. A significant effort has gone into line construction; however, an...

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Air Quality Summary August 16, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Thursday’s air quality levels at the SW Oregon monitoring locations remained in the Good to Moderate categories with the exception of Crater Lake (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) which due to its...

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Operational Update August 16, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Burnout operations are ongoing this afternoon on the Big Windy Fire. The objective is put fire on the ground and allow it to creep downhill; adding depth to the

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Fireline Construction on Big Windy (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Many miles of fireline have been constructed on the Big Windy Complex, but there is a lot more work to accomplish before the fire will be contained. “The percentage of containment does not reflect the...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 17, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex: A community meeting will be held at the Galice Community Hall, located at 10821 Galice Road, at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, 2013. Members of Pacific Northwest Team 3 will provide...

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Community Meeting Sunday August 18 at Galice Community Center (Big Windy...

A community meeting will be held at the Galice Community Hall, located at 10821 Galice Road, at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, 2013. Local agency representatives and members of Pacific Northwest Team...

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Air Quality Summary August 17, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Thursday’s air quality levels at the SW Oregon monitoring locations remained in the Good to Moderate categories, however, smoke was definitely present during the afternoon and evening in some areas...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 18, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex: A community meeting will be held today at 3:00 PM at the Galice Community Hall, located at 10821 Galice Road. Members of Pacific Northwest Team 3 will provide an overview of the fire...

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Air Quality Summary August 18, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Saturday’s air quality levels at the SW Oregon monitoring locations remained Good to Moderate, although a few sites were approaching the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category. Smoke drifted south and...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 19, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex: The Rogue River is open with some restrictions. Please be aware that firefighters are working on the roads and near the river. Boaters are encouraged to use Argo or Almeda Dock for...

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Air Quality Summary August 19, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Sunday’s air quality levels at the SW Oregon monitoring locations averaged at Good to Moderate levels over the 24-hr period. The day was characterized by short periods of poor air quality followed by...

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Operational Update August 19, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Activity is increasing this afternoon on the Big Windy Complex as the predicted north winds push the fire. Crews are working to contain a small, one-third acre, spot fire that was found outside...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 20, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex: The Rogue Wild & Scenic River remains open with some restrictions, despite rumors to the contrary. Please contact the Smullin Visitor Center at 541-479-3735 if you have questions...

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Air Quality Summary August 20, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Monday’s air quality levels at the SW Oregon monitoring locations averaged Good to Moderate over the 24-hr period. The upper Rogue Valley above Shady Cove and the northeast areas of Jackson County saw...

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Operational Update August 20, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Fire is pushing the line in Division I on the west edge near Drop Point 36. Currently, resources are holding. All aviation assets are engaged on Division I and in supporting the effort in Howard Creek...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 21, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Yesterday’s Fire Operations: It was a good day for the fire fighters and they made progress despite the dry, windy conditions which made burnout operations challenging. Crews completed some burnout on...

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Air Quality Summary - August 21, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Air Quality Summary: Tuesday’s air quality levels in SW Oregon remained in the Good to Moderate range. Average concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from yesterday, August 20...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 22, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Yesterday’s Fire Operations: It was a good day yesterday and the Big Windy Complex is now 30 percent contained. There was active fire spread with torching and short crown runs. No containment lines...

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Wild & Scenic Rogue River Float Restrictions for 8/22/13 (Big Windy Complex...

The Rogue River re-opened to commercial and public floating with the following restrictions (see map): 1. All river transit from Grave Creek to Mule Creek must be accomplished in no more than two days....

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Air Quality Summary August 22, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Air Quality Summary: Yesterday, air quality deteriorated in The Dalles and Dufor due to smoke from the Government Flats Complex in north central Oregon. Smoke remained in the “good” to “moderate”...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 23, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Yesterday’s Fire Operations: The Big Windy Complex received approximately 1/10” of rain yesterday morning when thunderstorms moved over the fire area. Due to the wetting from the light rain no burnout...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 23, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Yesterday’s Fire Operations: The small amount of rain that fell on Thursday was enough to hamper burnout operations in most areas again yesterday. Crews took advantage of the quieter conditions to...

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Costs for Fighting Wildfires (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Providing for public and firefighter safety while minimizing acres burned continues to be the primary goal of fire managers on the Big Windy Complex Fire. Meeting these objectives is paramount, but...

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Big Windy Fire Update August 25, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

BIG WINDY COMPLEX FIRE INFORMATION 541-476-1252 Yesterday’s Fire Operations: Fuels dried out to the point that burnout operations reconvened on the southwest and west flanks of the Big Windy Fire on...

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Fire Update – 08/26/2013 9:00 AM PDT (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Yesterday’s Fire Operations: The fire received from one to three tenths inches of rain yesterday. This additional moisture, especially on the eastern flank, will help the hotshot crews scout and build...

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Big Windy Complex Fire Update, August 27, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex Fire Update, August 27, 2013: Yesterday’s Fire Operations: The fire received rain on Sunday, moderating fire activity and allowing crews to re-evaluate their strategy. Crews scouted...

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Community Meeting: August 28 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Community Meeting Big Windy Complex Fire Update 3:00 pm on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 @ Galice Community

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Community Meeting: August 28 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Community Meeting Big Windy Complex Fire Update 3:00 pm on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 @ Galice Community

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Big Windy Fire Update, August 28, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Fire Update – 08/28/2013 9:00 a.m. PDT Yesterday’s Fire Operations: Crews took advantage of last weekend’s rain by building fireline closer to the fire’s edge on the west flank of the Big Windy Fire....

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Rogue River Trail Reopens (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

In cooperation with Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Forestry and US Forest Service, Tony Wilder, Incident Commander of Southern Area Incident Management Team released the following...

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Big Windy Update August 29, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Yesterday’s Fire Operations: Containment lines were completed on the west side of the fire. Mop-up continued on west side of fire. Greg Chandler, Operations Section Chief stated, “We feel this river...

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Bear Camp and Burnt Ridge Roads to Remain Closed (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

August 29, 2013 at 8:30 A.M. Closures of Bear Camp Road and Burnt Ridge Road Extended Due to Continued Fire Danger Southern OR—Due to continued fire danger and fire traffic associated with the Big...

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Big Windy Complex August 30, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex August 30, 2013 Yesterday’s Fire Operations: Fire crews continued to monitor and patrol the fire and mop-up within 200 feet of fire containment lines. They also began repairing roads...

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Big Windy Complex Fire Update: August 31, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex Fire Update: August 31, 2013 Yesterday’s Fire Operations: Fire crews focused on monitoring and patrolling the fire and mopping-up within 200 feet of fire containment lines. They also...

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Big Windy Complex Update Sunday, September 1 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex Update Sunday, September 1, 2013 Yesterday’s Fire Operations: Fire crews were busy retrieving approximately 82 miles of hose and over 60 water pumps that were used during fire...

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Big Windy Complex Update Monday, September 2, 2013 (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex Update Monday, September 2, 2013 This is the last update for Southern Area Red Team on the Big Windy Complex. The Incident Command Post closes on 9/2 and calling 541-476-1252 will no...

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News Relase - Bear Camp Road Re-Opening (Big Windy Complex Wildfire)

Big Windy Complex - News Release - Bear Camp Road Re-opening Monday, September 2, 2013 at 1300 In cooperation with US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, Tony Wilder, Incident Commander...

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