Idaho Fires

[Elkmagnet]

Has anyone taken a look at the closure for this fire? It's unreal. Duck Valley to Burneau. Then across Hwy 78 to 95 back to Jordan Valley. The whole SW corner is closed.

That fire has been a nightmare for mule deer. Its burn path has mostly followed the elevation lines that support wintering deer and everything they eat.

 

[IDFireLass]

DFS, the smoke is thick and blue a mile at most visibility right now. Temp are screaming hot 95* and upward. We are now in Stage 1 fire restrictions. No camp fires or smoking out of designated areas or vehicles. Dust is thick from too many people running around. Doesn't look like things are going to change much. Also next few days critical red flag high winds and low RH's.
Really need rain moisture. Mosquito lake is very low and talk about curtailing the irrigation down here in the valley. Since the Motorway is closed from Challis to Pine Creek summit road Challis creek road is a zoo. Salmon river is low and warm fishing is better back towards Stanley.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

That fire has been a nightmare for mule deer. Its burn path has mostly followed the elevation lines that support wintering deer and everything they eat.

Yeah, makes me sad, this next 3-5 years I probably won’t hunt it.
Matt

 

[El Jason]

Bg Grassy is over 500k acres now. Crikey…

 

[IDFireLass]

Just issued a Go alert for Wickahoney to Duck Valley. Hwy 51.

 

[Bill Zent]

Lots of smoke here, cannot see the mountains less than 5 miles away.

 

[IDFireLass]

I wish we could see 5 miles down to less than a mile here for the 4 or 5th day now.

 

[jimh406]

I can't see 5 miles either. I'm somewhere around 1/2 mile or so. It could be worse ... I could live in the valley.

 

[Elktrack]

Haven’t seen the mountains for quite a while. The air has been nasty. Got real gross a few days ago. Seems like anything under 200 now feels pretty good.

 

[Elkmagnet]

Just issued a Go alert for Wickahoney to Duck Valley. Hwy 51.

The current fire activity running towards Duck valley Reservation is 65 miles east of where the fire started. Its also 60 miles north to south from the fire line on flint cr road.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

All prime deer habitat, elk will take over even more ground, hopefully F&G will put a hurting on the elk down there now and beef prices are going to be a bit higher after all that range land is crap now.
Matt

 

[brymoore]

Big Grass Fire is going to become a three state fire.

 

[El Jason]

Man that thing has really run south in a week.

 

[IDFireLass]

Yep, 850 miles of fire.

 

[Oak]

Big Grass Fire is going to become a three state fire.

If you zoom in on that south end, the new heat looks like a firing operation along roads.

 

[El Jason]

If you zoom in on that south end, the new heat looks like a firing operation along roads.

Sure does.

 

[brymoore]

If you zoom in on that south end, the new heat looks like a firing operation along roads.

I hope so.

 

[44hunter45]

There is a rancher rights guy on FB raising holy hell saying Big Grass is all the Feds fault because of retired grazing allotments.