by News Staff | Oct 15, 2020 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, United States Forest Service
California’s wildfire season is not yet over. In the interest of the safety of firefighters and visitors to the national forests in the Pacific Southwest Region, fire restrictions are being kept in place to prevent further fires from being started and overtaxing...
by Community Reports/Events | Sep 29, 2020 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, News Releases, Press Release, Town of Mammoth Lakes, United States Forest Service
Join representatives from the Creek Fire Incident Management Team, the United States Forest Service, Mammoth Lakes Fire Protection District, Mono County Sheriff and the Town of Mammoth Lakes tonight, September 29, from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. to receive a presentation and to...
by News Staff | Sep 24, 2020 | Fire, News Releases, United States Forest Service
[U.S. Forest Service Press Release – Sept. 24, 2020] Lake Isabella, CA – The Sequoia National Forest and Incident Commanders of the Sequoia Complex fires are excited to welcome 100 wildland firefighters from Mexico as they arrive at the East Castle Zone Incident...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | CAL Fire, Fire, Heavy Smoke, News Releases, Public Health, United States Forest Service
Message from John “Pancho” Smith, Acting Forest Supervisor, Inyo National Forest” Good morning: Over the past few days, the Inyo National Forest has been looking at options to re-open the Forest in a modified manner and we have shared that tentative...
by Community Reports/Events | Sep 23, 2020 | CAL Fire, Fire, United States Forest Service
A firefighter who died fighting the El Dorado Fire last Thursday, Sept. 17, has been identified by officials on Monday, Sept. 21, as Charlie Morton, 39 years old. Morton worked as a firefighter for 18 years, starting in 2002. He was a leader of the Big Bear...
by Deb Murphy | Sep 22, 2020 | CAL Fire, Fire, Heavy Smoke, Public Health, Town of Mammoth Lakes, United States Forest Service
The Town of Mammoth Lakes hosted a zoom update on the Creek Fire with representatives from all the involved agencies Tuesday evening. CLICK TO WATCH. In a nutshell: Things are looking better than they did late last week as the northeast edge of the fire is behaving...
