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Researchers roll out erosion tracking tech in Bristol Bay June 3rd 11:15 am | Tyler Thompson, KDLG News   Researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks traveled to Dillingham last week to continue erosion research in 11 of Bristol Bays coastal communities. An ongoing project that started in 2016 as "Stakes for Stakeholders," it aims to help residents monitor erosion with affordable time-lapse cameras and survey equipment on wooden stakes in 10 communities. In Ekuk, environmental coo...

Crews fully contain 2 Southwest fires June 3rd 10:49 am | Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News     Two fires burning in Southwest Alaska last week have both been fully contained, the Division of Forestry said Saturday. The Pilot Point fire was fully contained around 7:30 p.m. Friday with a total of 3,750 acres burned, said Division of Forestry spokesman Tim Mowry. The fire, which started at a local dump and spread across the tundra, was first reported Monday. Twenty-six firefighters...

Firefighters are wrapping up work on two human-caused wildfires smoldering in rural Southwest Alaska, one near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak on the Kuskokwim River The Pilot Point Fire (#104) approximately 2 miles north of Pilot Point was 85 percent contained as of Friday…

Crews make progress on 2 remote wildfires

The Pilot Point Fire (#104) near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula was declared fully contained at 7:33 p.m. Friday. Burned acreage remains at an estimated 3,750 acres. The 26 firefighting personnel working on the fire will continue to grid the fire for any remaining hot spots today. A drone equipped with an infrared camera will be flown over the fire today to help identify any remaining sources of heat that need to be extinguished. A full demobilization of firefighting person...

Firefighters are making good progress in containing two human-caused fires burning in Southwest Alaska, one near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak on the Kuskokwim River. A picture of the fish camp taken by a local pilot on Monday evening, May 24, 2021 prior to…

Firefighters continue working to stamp out two human-caused wildfires burning in southwest Alaska, one near the coastal village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak along the Kuskokwim River. Twelve smokejumpers from the BLM Alaska Fire Service spent Tuesday working to contain the estimated 180-acre Kiktak Island Fire…

May 26—Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire that began spreading Monday afternoon just a few miles north of Pilot Point, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The fire is estimated to have spread at least 500 acres by Tuesday morning, but it no longer poses a threat to the village, the division wrote in an online statement. Pilot Point, located on the Alaska Peninsula, is ...

A crew of 33 smokejumpers and wildland firefighters from the Pioneer Peak Interagency Hotshot Crew have contained 50% of the fire. All immediate threats

Crews tackling Pilot Point wildfire from the air and on land Megan Pacer © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV This image captured by a Federal Aviation Administration weather camera shows smoke from a wildfire burning in Pilot Point, Alaska on Monday, May 24, 2021. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Smokejumpers from the Alaska Fire Service and Bureau of Land Management are responding to an approximately 250-acre wildfire near the village of Pilot Point in Southwest Alaska. The blaze appe...