Location: ~16 mi SE of Burns Junction, Malheur Co., OR
Specific Location: Jackies Butte, Owyhee High Desert area, Lat 42° 36′ 9″ Lon 117° 35´ 18″
Date of Origin: 06/30/08
Cause: lightning
Situation as of 07/03/08 11:00 PM
Total Personnel: 32
Size: 26,902 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
acreage correction
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Situation as of 07/02/08 6:30 PM
Total Personnel: 62
Size: 25,491 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $140,000
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Situation as of 07/01/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 131
Size: 28,902 acres
Percent Contained: 70%
Costs to Date: $140,000
Crews made significant progress on line construction.
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Situation as of 06/30/08 11:00 PM
Total Personnel: 34
Size: 12,500 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
July 1, 2008 | Topic: Oregon
July 1st, 2008 at 11:35 am
hello i have a bighorn sheep tag for this unit. Where can i get some info regarding the chances of my tag getting canceled?
July 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Try OR Dept. Fish and Wildlife.
Late June fires can wreak havoc with the grazing. Early May fires can enhance grass growth but late June fires, after most of the growth has occurred, combust this year’s crop. Depending on how big this fire gets, the BHS herd could be impacted from not at all to severely.
When winter range is burned in late summer of fall, humanitarian hunts are sometimes held to harvest animals that would otherwise starve to death over winter. Such hunts were held in NV in 2006, for instance.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
thnx. i talked to the game biologist who looks after this area, and he said not to worry its not going to affect my hunt.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 am
Looks like a 30,000 acre fire, more or less. If it had been 300,000 acres, things might have been different. Lots of fire season left to go, though.
Keep us updated on the hunt, please. Thank you.
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:57 am
I will be flying the unit this weekend, so I’ll let you know how it goes!