Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Redding Mountain Biking will be sponsoring another Shasta-Trinity Trail -building party this Saturday, October 11th at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Meeting time: 8:00 am, Whiskeytown Visitors Center. What to Bring: Work clothes, gloves, hat, water and a snack. Tools will be supplied. The Scoop: The final workday of the year for the Shasta-Trinity Trail will be held next Saturday, October 11th. The meeting time has been moved up one hour to 8:00 A.M. at the Whiskeytown Visitor Center. The goal for this final trail building work day is to continue the attack up towards the ridge. Though it's still a significant distance to the ... Read Full Story

September 11, 2008 -- Gulch Fire Update Incident: Gulch Wildland Fire Released: 43 min. ago FIRE UPDATE Update No. FS-SHF-09-11-08-01 September 11, 2008 @ 9:00 a.m. GULCH FIRE STATUS: Estimated Acres Burned: 2,847 Estimated Percent Contained: 95% Expected Full Containment: September 11, 2008 Cause: Under Investigation Date Started: September 7, 2008 Structures Threatened : None RESOURCES: Crews: 7 Engines: 18 Helicopters : 1 Dozers: 2 Water Tenders: 9 Total Resources Assigned : 343~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Situation: The fire is located three miles west of Platina, California, north and south of State Highway 36. Firefighters continue to make good progress with mopping up hot spots within ... Read Full Story

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL HILLS OF MONTEREY COUNTY...THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS...THE EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE AND THE INTERIOR VALLEYS. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST DATA INDICATES A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES TO DEVELOP OVER THE OCEAN ... Read Full Story

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING ... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS OF 8 TO 15 PERCENT ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING OUTBREAK WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER WATCH UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ... Read Full Story

Firefighters Agressively Protect North Side of The Backbone Fire Incident: Backbone Wildland Fire Released: 54 min. ago Release No. FS-07 10 09 (1) July 11, 2009 Fire Information: 530-629-2816 Email: backbone.fire.info@gmail.com www.inciweb.org/incident/1716/ Firefighters Aggressively Protect North Side of the Backbone Fire WILLOW CREEK , Calif. - Since lightning sparked dozens of fires in the North State close to a week ago, fire officials continue to work on two Trinity Alps Wilderness fires, the Backbone and Red Spot Fires. Abnormally cool temperatures for this time of year are helping firefighters to place containment lines. Afternoon winds on Friday fueled the Red Spot Fire which challenged ... Read Full Story