Partly cloudy early with increasing clouds overnight. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 56F. Winds light and variable..
Partly cloudy early with increasing clouds overnight. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 56F. Winds light and variable.
Updated: September 7, 2025 @ 8:19 pm
Signs praising the more than 900 firefighters who responded to the Burdoin Fire hang along Jewett Boulevard, right at the entrance to downtown White Salmon.Â
Nathan Wilson photoSome suppression repairs and forest health assessment activities may take place now, while others must wait for wetting rains
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Service Forestry Program and Southeast Region staff have begun working with landowners impacted by the Burdoin Fire to assess repair and restoration needs resulting from suppression activities undertaken in response to the Burdoin Fire.Â
The Burdoin Fire is still an active wildland fire incident and will likely remain so until significant wetting rains occur this fall. While this limits the amount of repair work that can be performed on primary control lines, interior bulldozer lines created as part of suppression activities may be repaired, provided there is sufficient moisture to allow for soil compaction, which reduces the risk of significant erosion. The required moisture levels do not yet exist in most locations within the fire perimeter.Â
Some of the most common repairs that may take place now include minor repairs to fencing damaged or destroyed by suppression activities; refilling of stock ponds; removal of soil, slash, and other debris pushed into wet drainages; and returning of water drafting sites such as streams and lakes to pre-suppression condition.Â
DNR has resources, including the Find Your Forester tool, the DNR Landowner Assistance Portal, and technical and financial assistance available via the Service Forestry Program to assist landowners with actions to improve and maintain the health of their forested lands.Â
For more information about suppression repair, please contact Anthony Dobson, Klickitat Fire Management Officer, at anthony.Dobson@dnr.wa.gov. For more information about forest health assessments, please contact Alison Martin, DNR Southeast Region Service Forestry Coordinator, at alison.martin@dnr.wa.gov. Â
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