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All restrictions on burning on the Kenai Peninsula have been lifted.The wet weather over the weekend brought the wildfire risk substantially down on the peninsula.
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With much of Alaska on high alert for a fire, forestry is a hot topic. For the latest episode of Homer Grown, host Desiree Hagen interviewed Mitch Michaud about forest ecology and a new reforestation project in the Soldotna Area. John Winters, newly retired forester from the Division of Forestry, is the other guest. He talked about forest stewardship, creating defensible space around your home, and things you thought you knew- but somehow missed, about spruce bark beetles.
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Mop-up operations have begun on the Loon Lake Fire, which has burned approximately 102 acres. Fire-fighters mobilized two additional crews on Monday to…
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A fire that broke out on Kostino Road in the vicinity of Nikolaevsk Monday morning drew a response from the State Division of Forestry, and fire…