Lodgepole Springs Prescribed Burn Declared Wildfire 2018

On April 24 and 25, 2018, the Lodgepole Springs Restoration Prescribed Burn was ignited on the Emmett Ranger District of the Boise National Forest. Burn operations went as planned and subsequent ample precipitation signaled that the fire would be extinguished over time. However, intermittent smoldering and flaring resumed as warm, dry weather increased. Though the burn remained within the project area boundary, complications in managing and holding it as a prescribed burn became untenable. On July 14, 2018, it was declared a wildfire.

Prescribed Fire, Hand Crews, Escaped Prescribed Fire