U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE Regional Map Akaska REGION 7 Pacific REGION 1 Mountain - Prairie Northeast REGION 6 REGION 5 Great Lakes-Big Rivers California and Nevada REGION 3 REGION 8 Southeast Southwest REGION 4 REGION 2 i TABLE OF CONTENTS 2007 Fire Statistics Regional Map .............................................................................................................. i Regional Activity Summaries Pacific .............................................................................................................. 1 Southwest ........................................................................................................ 5 Great Lakes-Big River .................................................................................... 8 Southeast ......................................................................................................... 12 Northeast ......................................................................................................... 18 Mountain-Prairie ............................................................................................. 24 Alaska .............................................................................................................. 28 California and Nevada...................................................................................... 41 Wildfires Fire Activity Map ............................................................................................. 50 Number / Acres ............................................................................................... 51 By State ........................................................................................................... 52 By Refuge Pacific .................................................................................................. 54 Southwest ............................................................................................ 55 Great Lakes-Big Rivers ....................................................................... 56 Southeast ............................................................................................. 57 Northeast ............................................................................................. 59 Mountain-Prairie ................................................................................. 60 Alaska .................................................................................................. 61 California and Nevada........................................................................... 62 By Cause .......................................................................................................... 63 By Size Class ................................................................................................... 63 10-Day Period .................................................................................................. 64 Treatments (Non-WUI) Activity Map .................................................................................................... 65 Number / Acres ............................................................................................... 66 By State ........................................................................................................... 67 By Refuge Pacific .................................................................................................. 69 Southwest ............................................................................................ 70 Great Lakes-Big Rivers ....................................................................... 71 Southeast ............................................................................................. 73 Northeast ............................................................................................. 74 Mountain-Prairie ................................................................................. 75 Alaska .................................................................................................. 77 California and Nevada........................................................................... 78 Wildland-Urban Interface Treatments Activity Map .................................................................................................... 79 Number / Acres................................................................................................ 80 By State ........................................................................................................... 81 By Refuge Pacific .................................................................................................. 83 Southwest ............................................................................................ 84 Great Lakes-Big Rivers ....................................................................... 85 Southeast ............................................................................................. 86 Northeast ............................................................................................ 88 Mountain-Prairie ................................................................................. 89 Alaska .................................................................................................. 90 California and Nevada........................................................................... 91 2003 - 2007 Statistics Pacific .................................................................................................. 92 Southwest ............................................................................................ 95 Great Lakes-Big Rivers ....................................................................... 98 Southeast ............................................................................................. 101 Northeast ............................................................................................. 104 Mountain-Prairie ................................................................................. 107 Alaska .................................................................................................. 110 California and Nevada........................................................................... 113 Regions 1-7 .................................................................................................................. 116 False Alarms ................................................................................................................ 119 Support Actions ........................................................................................................... 119 1998 - 2007 Statistics Wildfires ...................................................................................................................... 120 Treatments ................................................................................................................... 121 Department of the Interior 2003 - 2007 Wildfires ...................................................................................................................... 122 Treatments ................................................................................................................... 123 PACIFIC REGION Although the Pacific Northwest The four major fires affecting FWS experienced a relatively normal fire lands all occurred in and around the Mid season, the Eastern Great Basin Columbia NWRC. The largest of these, experienced an exceptionally dry and the Wautoma Fire was a Type 2 incident severe one. One type 2 and numerous totaling more than 72,000 acres. Three type 3, 4 and 5 fires occurred on FWS other large fires, “Upper Goose,” lands within the Region. In addition to “Overlook,” and “MP 17” burned suppressing fires on Service-managed approximately 27,000 acres on Refuge lands, the Region actively provided lands. The Richland-based SEAT was interagency assistance both in and out used on all four of these incidents and of Region. was instrumental in their suppression. The SEAT also responded to fires on The Region’s 2007 fire season started in adjacent private lands. early June and lasted into September. Idaho was the most severely impacted All four fires occurred on sage-step with numerous large fires, including communities, and directly impacted several Type 1 incidents such as the pristine habitat. A private consulting Cascade Complex, Murphy Complex, firm was used to prepare the BAER plan and East Zone Complex. Oregon and for rehabilitation and stabilization of Washington also experienced numerous impacted Refuge lands. This was the large fires, of which several directly first time a private firm was used to impacted FWS managed lands. For the develop such extensive plans. The year, Idaho led the Region with over 2.7 $220,000 expenditure for contracting million acres burned. resulted in $16.9 million worth of funded rehabilitation/stabilization Severity funds were requested on an projects. interagency basis for Refuges in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Dungeness NWR on the Pacific Coast Extended staffing levels were had a 50-acre fire in grass that burned implemented for Sheldon-Hart right up to Puget Sound. This type 4 Mountain, Malheur, Columbia, Little incident is the largest fire the Refuge Pend Oreille, Turnbull and the experienced in decades and is illustrative Southeast Idaho Complex Refuges. A of the hot and dry conditions of the 2007 single engine air tanker (SEAT) was fire season. The interagency response to contracted to service Mid-Columbia, this fire included Washington State DNR Columbia, and Hanford/Saddle and NPS