![]() ![]() Lassen Volcanic National Park extends its gratitude to each individual, agency, and team that continues to work tirelessly on this collaborative effort.įor more information about Lassen Volcanic National Park, please visit contact the park at (530) 595-4480 or e-mail us find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube the National Park Service. Media should contact the Incident Management Team by calling (530) 588-0845.Īs of today, 3,363 personnel are working to suppress the Dixie Fire, including numerous park staff. The Dixie Fire Public Information line is (530) 538-7826. General Dixie Fire and evacuation information are available on the Dixie Fire InciWeb page at. Information about park resources in relation to the fire is available at go.nps.gov/dixie. There is no estimate for when the park will reopen at this time. While the park remains closed, we want our visitors to know that we miss you and look forward to seeing you again when the park is able to safely increase public access.” Lassen Volcanic National Park embodies a story of resilience as life here exists on a landscape that was once covered in volcanic ash and rock. ![]() Superintendent Richardson continues, “We stand with our surrounding communities that have endured losses. Superintendent Richardson has authorized all firefighting tactical requests made by the Incident Management Team to protect life and property as the top priority. ![]() Lassen Volcanic National Park continues to work with Lassen National Forest, Plumas National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and CAL FIRE in Unified Command to aggressively contain and suppress the Dixie Fire. Fuel reduction, structure protection including external sprinkler systems, defensible space, and aggressive firefighting, combined to ultimately spare the majority of the historic guest ranch and cultural landscape. At Drakesbad Guest Ranch in the Warner Valley Area, a combination of efforts left most structures intact. The destroyed and damaged structures and facilities highlight the reality that fuels treatment alone cannot prevent loss from catastrophic fire. Contractors and park staff removed another 300 trees from Southwest and Manzanita Lake campgrounds and reduced stand density around the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center. In Summit Lake campgrounds, crews removed 2,000 trees, 500 of which were dead. Due to drought, insects, and disease, the campgrounds had significant tree mortality. The projects aimed to improve safety, reduce wildfire danger, and improve overall forest health. Summit Lake and Southwest campgrounds appear to have benefited from contracted fuels reduction projects completed over the last decade. The crews also completed tree thinning work on park property around Juniper Lake in-holder cabins, most of which were nonetheless destroyed by the Dixie Fire. The work is part of the multi-year North Fork Feather River Headwaters Restoration Project that began in 2019. Crews from Sierra Institute for Community and Environment and American Conservation Experience have been assisting with fuel reduction projects on Flatiron Ridge above Warner Valley and along both Warner Valley and Juniper Lake roads. The Dixie Fire is still actively burning, and status of facilities and structures may change, but for now we can appreciate some of the benefits of this past work.”įuel reduction treatments have occurred around every facility and structure that is so far confirmed intact. “Thanks in part to these efforts, the team has realized several favorable outcomes. “The tactics deployed by the Incident Management Team have leveraged years of collaborative work in forest health and wildfire mitigation,” says Superintendent Jim Richardson. Information related to structure loss is dynamic due to the nature of fire activity. The latest status of facilities and structures will be posted on an ongoing basis to the park website at go.nps.gov/dixie. While some structures are confirmed to be damaged or destroyed, firefighters have successfully leveraged the park’s previous and current fire and fuels management projects to preserve park resources and structures. The fire has burned a total of 807,396 acres, which includes 59,087 of land within the park. MINERAL, CA – The Dixie Fire continues to actively burn within Lassen Volcanic National Park. Summit Lake Ranger Station and all structures in the Summit Lake Campground, remain intact in part due to successful interagency firefighting leveraging years of work to bolster the area’s wildfire resilience.Ĭontact: Dixie Fire Information Line, (530) 538-7826Ĭontact: Dixie Fire Media Line, (530) 588-0845 ![]()
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