Six Rivers and Klamath national forests are among nine in California that will remain closed indefinitely due to “unprecedented and historic fire conditions,” the U.S. Forest Service announced this morning. The closures will be reevaluated daily as conditions change, according to a press release. “Right now, there are three large wildfires burning on the Six […]
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SR 36 Likely to Close Tomorrow Morning and Remain Closed Through the Weekend
The August Complex continues to move north and firefighters will likely have to close State Route 36 tomorrow. The California Highway Patrol issued the following statement Thursday afternoon: The CHP is anticipating a closure of State Route 36 from State Route 3 to South Fork Mountain Summit in Trinity County for fire fighting operations related […]
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House Passes Huffman Amendment on Klamath Dams
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, which included the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement Tribal Fairness amendment, led by North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman. The amendment aims to safeguard Tribal communities against further harm to the Klamath River and its ecosystem and to remediate existing problems in […]
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Red Salmon Complex and Slater-Devil Fire Updates
Red Salmon Complex Fire: 108,165 acres with 27 percent containment. Firefighters are continuing with structural defense work in all active fire areas and burn out operations using drones in the Knownothing Creek area. Today’s report states that upcoming weather is a critical component for firing/burn-out operations. With a high-pressure system moving into some of the […]
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Updates on Red Salmon and Slater-Devil Fires
Red Salmon Complex: 104,667 acres with 28 percent containment. Firefighters continue to take advantage of favorable weather in order to secure active areas of the Red Salmon Complex fire, using firing/burn-out operations and containment line construction to control the advancement of the fire, according to this morning’s update. “We had some rain last Friday, which […]
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‘Unhealthy’ Air Advisory For Trinity, Coast is Clear
The communties of Hayfork, Ruth, Zenia-Kettenpom and Trinity Pines areas in Trinity County may experience ‘unhealthy’ conditions in the next 24 hours due to wildfire smoke, according to this morning’s air quality advisory from the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District. Coastal communities from Trinidad to Rio Dell will continue to experience ‘good’ conditions. There are no […]
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Warmer Temps Bring Increased Fire Activity, Smoke
Red Salmon Complex: 103,276 acres and 20 percent containment. Warmer temperatures and low humidity have returned making the fire more active than it has been in the past couple days, according to this morning’s update. Along with the increase in fire activity comes an increase of smoke. Heavy smoke may affect Hoopa Valley this afternoon with some […]
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All Road Closures In Humboldt Lifted
The Humboldt Office of Emergency Services announced that all Humboldt County roads that were closed in the August Complex west zone have been lifted. People should use caution when entering roads and areas affected by the fire. For other county road closures not related to wildfire activity, please visit http://humboldtgov.org/roads See the Humboldt OES Twitter […]
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Red Salmon Complex Fire Update
The Red Salmon Complex fire is now at 99,310 acres but still at 17 percent containment. The Red Salmon Complex is burning on the Klamath, Six Rivers, and Shasta-Trinity National Forests within Humboldt, Siskiyou, and Trinity Counties. “People in Forks of Salmon have active fire to their south and are worried,” said Incident Commander Mike […]
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NCJ Preview: Smoke, Fire and Risking Live Shows in a Pandemic
Fire everywhere and smoke all over Humboldt. We’ll break down what’s happening with the closes wildfires and why even places some distance away were blanketed with smoke and orange haze last week. Plus what the future of the North Coast looks like in terms of climate and fire. We’re also talking about venues that are […]
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Humboldt County’s Air quality Has Been Up and Down. Here’s Where to Find the Clearest Information, T-S reports
The Times-Standard is reporting where Humboldt County residents can find the most reliable air quality index. In the report, Brian Wilson, a local air pollution control officer who works at North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District says that some air quality outlook websites use different formulas to assess the air quality. Wilson says that people should […]
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HSU to House Firefighters in Residence Halls
Humboldt State University will provide housing for firefighters in unused residence halls on campus this fire season. The university has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to offer quarantine housing for those fighting fires in and surrounding Humboldt County. In the event that the fire crews test positive for COVID-19, HSU has set aside two […]