Date: August 24, 2009
Contact: Larry Weddle, 907-683-9548
Fire management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve will burn a pile of debris consisting construction lumber on Tuesday, August 25, 2009. The piles are located on Glen Creek, near Moose Creek in the Kantishna area. The smoke will be visible from the aircraft in the area and the park road. Park staff will be monitoring the burn. The burn is expected to last two to four days.
For additional information call park headquarters at (907) 683-2294 from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily.
Did You Know?
Visibility is an important component of measuring Denali's air quality. Visibility data, such as that from the Wonder Lake camera, supplements chemical data from filter samples. Air here is still clean, but traces of pollution from local, regional and international sources exists on filter samples.