Somes Bar News

A resolution was reached on August 13 between the Karuk Tribe of California, Orleans/Somes Bar Fire Safe Council, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, and four environmental organizations.

Back burning held back the fire's westward advance, according to U.S. Forest Service officials.

Allie Hostler, public information officer for the Hoopa Valley Tribe, is very worried about the hazardous conditions in Hoopa caused by the smoke from the large wildfires, which have been burning in the hills ...

As fire containment and reduction efforts continue, some road closures and evacuation orders have been lifted, but smoky skies remain a health issue.

Saturday, August 2, 2008 , 9:00 a.m. On the web at: http://www.inciweb.org/ Cause: Lightning 59,678 acres % Contained: 52% 1,301 7 33 4 light, 3 heavy-lift Yesterday fire crews were able to continue ...

No significant increase in burnt acreage was reported yesterday. The fire grew an additional 1,000 acres despite the hot and dry conditions of late July.

Fire crews took advantage of the light rains over the fire area from Tuesday night and continued to construct and improve fire lines in both the north and south parts of the fire.

Dense smoke from the hundreds of wildfires burning across northern California continues to plague residents.

Six Rivers National Forest stated Tuesday that a closure remains in effect for the Salmon River Road to the general public.

Containment lines along the southern perimeter of the fire held yesterday and fire crews began to mop up or extinguish all burning material a few hundred feet from the Salmon River Road.

When evacuation orders were lifted last week in Trinity County, many thought they were out of harm's way.

The North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District issued an air quality alert on Sunday for the following areas in Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity counties: Somes Bar, Orleans, Junction City, Helena, Big ...

High temperatures throughout the state Tuesday created dangerous fire conditions and poor air quality.

Northern California fire crews battled both fatigue and flames Tuesday, as they attempted to control a number of blazes while temperatures soared.

Fire crews working on some of the Northern California wildfires started back burns Sunday to consume fuel ahead of the blazes in anticipation of hot, dry and breezy weather expected this week.

The Ukonom Incident Management Team, coordinating firefighting efforts in the Orleans area, will hold a public meeting today at 6 p.m. at the Junction School in Somes Bar to provide updates on fire activities ...

Just three weeks ago, before the entire north state decided to burn up, my brothers and I were worried about too much snow.

The predicted thunderstorms this past weekend skirted Six Rivers National Forest to the east and north.

Information on the Ukonom, Hells Half and Mad Complexes. Ukonom Complex Public Meeting The Ukonom team will hold a second public meeting tonight, June 29 at 6:00 pm to brief community members on incident ...

Information on the Ukonom, Hells Half and Mad Complexes. Ukonom Complex Community Relations: The Ukonom Incident Management Team , along with local cooperating agencies and tribal representatives, is working to ...