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Lakeview District BLM to Conduct Aerial Herbicide Applications Lakeview, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District will be performing aerial herbicide applications across 8,622 acres of the 2020 Brattain Fire starting April 12, 2021, and is expected to be completed by April 24, depending on weather conditions. The BLM is spraying the Brattain Fire area to control and prevent invasions of invasive annual grasses. The non-native annual grasses out complete native species by g...

Americas year of wildfires Vehicles are seen along Interstate 80 as flames from the LNU Lighting Complex Fire are seen on both sides on the outskirts of Vacaville, California, August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Reuters / Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Vehicles are seen along Interstate 80 as flames from the LNU Lighting Complex Fire are seen on both sides on ...

Firefighters return to Michigan after helping with historic western wildfire season Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Paul Dunn and Ben Osterland, two Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters, drove an off-road fire truck from Michigan to California to help with the Lake Fire outside of Los Angeles. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources/Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Support vehicles parked along Pine Can...

Showcasing the DNR: Firefighters return to Michigan after assisting with historic western wildfire season Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Dec. 10, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Support vehicles parked along Pine Canyon Road, north of Los Angeles, California, while the Lake Fire is visible in the background. (Judy Nathan/U.S. Forest Service Photo) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Paul Dunn and Ben Osterland, two Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters, drove an o...

Firefighters from an unidentified crew working along the Lake Fire in Los Angeles County, California in August. (InciWeb photo) By Kathleen Lavey, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Paul Dunn has been fighting wildfires in Michigan for 15 years, the last two of them as a full-time firefighter for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Late this summer, he got his first chance to go west, driving a DNR Type 6 off-road engine with colleague Ben Osterland, arriving at the Lake Fire n...