News Release

Biederman Fire #458 Unstaffed In Monitor Status

Map showing fires in and around Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

News Release Date: July 25, 2022

Contact: Josh Spice, 907-455-0609

The Biederman Fire #458, discovered July 4, has been placed in monitor status and all firefighter resources demobilized. The fire will be included on periodic reconnaissance flights performed by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, which is currently monitoring multiple other lightning-caused fires in the Upper Yukon Zone. The area has received several days of wetting rain and diminished fire weather conditions. Unless fire activity resumes, no further actions are anticipated.

Visitors and pilots are cautioned to be aware of wildfire smoke and fire management aircraft. Fire-weakened trees pose an additional hazard. Visitors are recommended to avoid the fire area, located on the south side of the Yukon River, across from Chester Bluff, between Biederman Bluff and the confluence of the Yukon and Charley Rivers.

National Park Service fire staff have implemented years of fuel reduction projects around multiple cabin sites, creating defensible space from wildfires. Numerous brushing and burn pile mitigations, including one at the Biederman allotment in 2019, have greatly reduced the current and future demand for firefighter support and firefighting resources around these structures.

To report a wildland fire in Alaska, call the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center at 1-800-237-3633. For statewide fire information visit: akfireinfo.com or fire.ak.blm.gov. 

Additional park information is available by calling the Eagle Visitor Center at [phone] or the Fairbanks Alaska Public Lands Information Center at [phone] between 8:00 am – 5:00 pm daily, or by visiting the Yukon-Charley Rivers website at www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/nature/wildlandfire.htm.