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Two Delta Junction wildfires in monitor status; two near full containment
Over here, you got two fires. Over here you got two fires. That's four fires. What are you gonna do with four fires? Maybe just stick to two fires.
by Alaska News3d ago1 min readAIDelta Junction, Alaska
Granite Fire near Delta Junction reaches 100% containment
The Granite Fire near Delta Junction is fully contained after crews extinguished the 36-acre blaze, though a flight restriction remains in effect.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min readAIDelta Junction, Alaska
Alaska wants to clear 1,000 more acres for the Delta bison herd
Alaska Fish and Game wants to clear 1,000 acres in the Delta Junction Bison Range to grow more grass for the herd, expanding a decades-old effort to keep bison away from farmland.
by Alaska News3w ago3 min readAIDelta Junction
Lightning Lights Up Delta Junction, Then the Rain Comes
Monday's 7,400 lightning strikes ignited at least 11 new fires near Delta Junction, with the Shaw Fire exploding from 550 to 2,483 acres in four hours and the Buffalo Fire burning untouched inside a military impact area where unexploded ordnance blocks ground crews.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAIInterior Alaska
Delta Junction faces back-to-back Red Flag days with 55 mph gusts
Delta Junction faces Red Flag Warnings Saturday and Sunday with 55 mph gusts, 20 percent humidity, and dry grass ready to burn. Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection urges residents to skip burning this weekend.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min readAIAlaska
ADF&G closes Tanana king salmon sport fishing through September
Alaska closed all king salmon sport fishing in the Tanana River drainage through September 2026 because Yukon River king salmon runs are forecast below average, the second consecutive year of this closure.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAITanana River drainage
Delta Fire Prevention Area burn permits suspended for third time since late April
State say, no fire near Delta.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAIDelta Fire Prevention Area
Alaska raises wildfire alert as dry grass fuels 63 early-season fires
Alaska raised wildfire alert to Level 2 as 63 early-season fires burn 368 acres in dry grass. • Most fires are human-caused in Interior Alaska where snow melted but plants haven't greened. • Smokeyjumpers deployed to Sawmill Creek Fire near Delta Junction after campfire start. • Agency urges caution and debris clearing as fire season starts earlier due to climate change.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAIDelta Junction
