https://www.nps.gov/yuch News releases from Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve. en-us https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-wildland-fire-in-yuch.htm Tue, 27 May 2025 12:30:00 EST A wildland fire was discovered May 25 in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, across the Yukon River from Kathul Mountain, east of Washington Creek. On Tuesday May 27, the smokejumpers completed their work and demobilized, leaving the fire in monitor status. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-wildland-fire-in-yuch.htm https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/news/faplic-closure.htm Wed, 15 Jan 2025 07:00:00 EST Due to staffing challenges, the Fairbanks Alaska Public Lands Information Center Visitor Center will be closed on January 18th and January 25th. https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/news/faplic-closure.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/slaven-s-puc-permit-application-open-public-comment.htm Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:00:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) has received a Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.160 (“Use of cabins for subsistence purposes”) from a federally qualified local subsistence user for non-exclusive use of the Slaven’s Public Use Cabin (65.35045, -143.12267) for subsistence purposes from October 1 through February 1 of the 2025 and 2026 winter seasons. As required under 36 CFR 13.110 (“Notice and comment on proposed permit”), the NPS is hereby providing public notice and initiating a 60-day public comment period. The public is invited to comment on the proposed activity. DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: January 21, 2025 by 5:00 pm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/slaven-s-puc-permit-application-open-public-comment.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/coal-creek-mess-hall-fire.htm Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:00:00 EST On Monday, June 24th, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve personnel working at Coal Creek Camp observed the Coal Creek Camp Mess Hall fully engulfed in fire. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/coal-creek-mess-hall-fire.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/pile-burning-march-2024.htm Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:00:00 EST Fire Management staff plans to burn piles of woody debris not suitable for firewood from Sunday, March 31, through Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The piles are located on NPS lands surrounding two allotments near Nation Bluff, below the confluence of the Nation and Yukon Rivers, approximately 53 miles downstream of Eagle along the Yukon River. Fire staff will ignite approximately 30 piles and monitor them over multiple days, until no heat remains. As this is a planned ignition, please do not report smoke from this prescribed burn as a wildfire. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/pile-burning-march-2024.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/emergency-cabin-closure-update.htm Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:00 EST The Superintendent is continuing a closure issued on July 25, 2023, of the Smith/40-Mile Public Use Cabin and rescinding the previous closure of the Kandik Public Use Cabin. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/emergency-cabin-closure-update.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/2023sheephuntclosure.htm Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:40:00 EST The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) approved WSA23-05 to close the sheep season to all users in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH) within Units 20E and 25C from August 10 - September 20, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/2023sheephuntclosure.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-along-upper-charley-river.htm Fri, 28 Jul 2023 06:30:00 EST A new lightning-caused wildfire was discovered in the evening of July 27th by reconnaissance aircraft in the Upper Charley River, south of Three Fingers airstrip. The Ruby Creek Fire #282 is 15 acres and exhibiting moderate fire behavior. The fire is in monitor status and will be monitored by Alaska Fire Service aircraft. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-along-upper-charley-river.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/biederman-fire-192.htm Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:30:00 EST The first lightning-caused wildfire of 2023 in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve was discovered Monday, July 24. The 64.5-acre Biederman Fire #192 is 50% active, creeping and backing, with group torching, on a mixed-forest mountaintop north of Biederman Bluff on the Yukon River, five miles northwest of the Kandik-Yukon Rivers confluence. The fire is in monitor status and will be monitored by Alaska Fire Service aircraft. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/biederman-fire-192.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/closure-of-damaged-public-use-cabins.htm Tue, 25 Jul 2023 04:00:00 EST The Superintendent is issuing a closure of the Kandik Public Use Cabin and Smith/40-Mile Public Use Cabin within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve as they have been found to be unsafe for public occupancy as a result of structural damage caused by the 2023 Yukon River Break-Up/Flood. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/closure-of-damaged-public-use-cabins.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/jrscienceadvisor.htm Mon, 17 Jul 2023 07:24:00 EST The National Park Service has selected long-time NPS employee Jeff Rasic as the Alaska Region Science Advisor and lead for the Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (CESU) for Alaska. Jeff comes to the position from Gates of the Arctic National Park and Yukon-Charley Rivers Preserve (YUGA) where he has served as the Chief of Integrated Resources Management since 2013. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/jrscienceadvisor.htm https://www.nps.gov/locations/alaska/proposed-changes-to-hunting-regs.htm Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:00:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) today announced a proposal to amend regulations for hunting and trapping on national preserves in Alaska.   The proposed regulation would reverse the 2020 Alaska Hunting and Trapping rule, which authorized several controversial sport hunting practices, including bear baiting. The new regulation would reduce visitor use conflicts and concerns over potential safety issues related to bear baiting and would also restore consistency between harvest practices allowed in national preserves and NPS management policies with respect to natural processes, abundances and wildlife behavior. https://www.nps.gov/locations/alaska/proposed-changes-to-hunting-regs.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-notice-open-comment-amendment-hunting-guide-services.htm Fri, 20 Jan 2023 04:00:00 EST A request to amend Concession Contract No. CC-YUCH901-21 for Hunting Guide Services at the Upper Seventymile airstrip. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-notice-open-comment-amendment-hunting-guide-services.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/biederman-fire-unstaffed-monitor-status.htm Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 EST The Biederman Fire #458, discovered July 4, has been placed in monitor status and all firefighter resources demobilized. The fire will be included on periodic reconnaissance flights performed by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, which is currently monitoring multiple other lightning-caused fires in the Upper Yukon Zone. The area has received several days of wetting rain and diminished fire weather conditions. Unless fire activity resumes, no further actions are anticipated. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/biederman-fire-unstaffed-monitor-status.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/smokejumpers-protect-cabins-2022.htm Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:00:00 EST The second fire of 2022 in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve was discovered yesterday, July 4. By Tuesday morning, July 5, the lightning-caused Biederman Fire #458 had grown to 1,088 acres. Four Alaska Fire Service (AFS) smokejumpers parachuted into the nearby historic Biederman allotment Tuesday afternoon to clear brush and set up sprinkler systems around the structures. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/smokejumpers-protect-cabins-2022.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/cabin-permit-application-public-comment.htm Tue, 24 May 2022 08:00:00 EST Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.160 (“Use of cabins for subsistence purposes”) from a federally qualified local subsistence user for non-exclusive use of the Slaven’s Public Use Cabin for subsistence purposes from October 1 through February 1 of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 winter seasons. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/cabin-permit-application-public-comment.htm https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1840/mark-dowdle-selected-as-superintendent-for-gates-of-the-arctic-national-park-and-preserve-and-yukon-charley-rivers-national-preserve.htm Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:00:00 EST Mark Dowdle selected as Superintendent for Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1840/mark-dowdle-selected-as-superintendent-for-gates-of-the-arctic-national-park-and-preserve-and-yukon-charley-rivers-national-preserve.htm https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1840/yukon-charley-rivers-national-preserve-public-notice.htm Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:29:00 EST Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.170 (“General public use cabins”) for non-exclusive use of the Slaven’s Roadhouse https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1840/yukon-charley-rivers-national-preserve-public-notice.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/date-extended-public-comments-proposed-2022-superintendent-compendium-changes.htm Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:00:00 EST The closing date for the public to comment on the proposed change to the 2022 Yukon-Charley River National Preserve Superintendent’s Compendium has been extended to February 18, 2022. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/date-extended-public-comments-proposed-2022-superintendent-compendium-changes.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/proposed-2022-compendium-changes.htm Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:00:00 EST After review and consideration of the need for annual updates, the Superintendent is proposing a single substantive change: allowance under 36 CFR 13.35(d) of select cutting of standing dead trees by members of the public from September through April for the sole purpose of heating public use cabins and temporary shelters within the preserve provided certain conditions are met. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/proposed-2022-compendium-changes.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-start-416.htm Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EST The Big Boulder Fire (#416) was detected within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve on Thursday, August 5 via a satellite heat signature.  Alaska Fire Service air attack flew over the area later that morning and reported the fire to be 25 acres, 70% active, burning on a ridgetop in mixed spruce and hardwoods. The fire is burning approximately five miles northwest of the mouth of the Seventy Mile River, and approximately 16 miles northwest of Eagle. The fire is in a modified response area, with no values such as structures or private lands currently at risk. Alaska Fire Service will continue to monitor the fire and actions will be taken to protect the structures closest to the fire if necessary. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-start-416.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/firefighters-demobilizing-cultas-creek-fire.htm Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:00:00 EST Firefighters are demobilizing from the Cultas Creek Fire today after finishing up work to protect historical cabins in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve about 50 miles northwest of Eagle. Fire behavior on the 38,202-acre fire continues to moderate, allowing firefighters to leave some equipment in place on historical cabins at Ben and Sam Creeks. If fire activity picks up again, firefighters can return and quickly water down the cabins and nearby area to keep the fire at bay. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/firefighters-demobilizing-cultas-creek-fire.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/firefighters-continue-work-cultas-creek-fire.htm Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:00:00 EST Firefighters continue work to protect historical cabins from the 32,645-acre Cultas Creek Fire (#223) burning in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. This lightning-caused fire started on June 17, and is burning on both sides of the Charley River upriver from the Yukon River. Fire behavior is predicted to be most active near the mouth of the Charley River. Recreationalists should be mindful of fire activity and smoke in the area and take steps to ensure that their activities do not start a wildfire. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/firefighters-continue-work-cultas-creek-fire.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/smokejumpers-protect-cabins.htm Sun, 04 Jul 2021 10:00:00 EST Four Alaska Fire Service (AFS) smokejumpers parachuted into Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve to clear brush and set up sprinkler systems around Ben Creek and Sam Creek cabins and the nearby Ben Creek Remote Area Weather Station (RAWS), due to their proximity to Fire #223, the Cultas Creek Fire. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/smokejumpers-protect-cabins.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/two-fires-one-new-one-growing.htm Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:30:00 EST In the past two weeks, Fire #223, the Cultas Creek Fire, has grown from 10 acres to an estimated 3,000 acres. The new fire discovered on July 1st, the Crescent Creek Fire #309, is five miles upriver of the Crescent Creek confluence with the Charley River and is estimated at 10 acres. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/two-fires-one-new-one-growing.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-comment-notice-slaven-s-roadhouse-permit-application-2021.htm Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:00:00 EST The National Park Service has received a Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.170 for non-exclusive use of Slaven’s Roadhouse from October 1, 2021 through February 1, 2022. As required under 36 CFR 13.110, the NPS is hereby providing public notice and initiating a 60-day public comment period. The public is invited to comment on the proposed activity. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-comment-notice-slaven-s-roadhouse-permit-application-2021.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/first-wildfire-2021.htm Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:30:00 EST On Thursday, June 17, while flying over Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve conducting fire ecology surveys, the Regional and Assistant Regional Fire Ecologists for the Alaska National Park Service discovered the first wildfire of the season in the preserve, Fire #223, the Cultas Creek Fire. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/first-wildfire-2021.htm https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/greg-dudgeon-selected-as-mount-rainier-national-park-superintendent.htm Tue, 15 Jun 2021 06:26:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Greg Dudgeon to serve as the superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park starting in July 2021. Dudgeon currently serves as acting deputy regional director overseeing the management of 15 national parks, preserves, monuments and national historical parks in Alaska. https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/greg-dudgeon-selected-as-mount-rainier-national-park-superintendent.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fuels-reduction-projects-2021.htm Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:00:00 EST Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Fire Management staff will conduct fuels reduction projects from Tuesday, June 8 to Friday, June 18 at sites along the Yukon River, Charley River, and Coal Creek drainages. If weather conditions allow, five piles of brush will be burned in the Ben Creek Drainage. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fuels-reduction-projects-2021.htm https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/news/northern-alaska-chief-ranger-pilot-national-aviation-safety-award.htm Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:00:00 EST Congratulations to Chief Ranger/Pilot Scott Sample, the 2020 recipient of the National Park Service Wright Brothers National Aviation Safety Award. This award "recognizes an individual or organization within the NPS at the park, regional, or national level who proactively promotes an open-minded attitude in the prevention of aviation mishaps and accidents, works diligently to correct and improve aviation safety deficiencies, and effectively communicates the actions and results to others." It is given annually to aviation specialists who exemplify excellence in the field of aviation safety. https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/news/northern-alaska-chief-ranger-pilot-national-aviation-safety-award.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/first-wildfire-2020-yuch.htm Sat, 23 May 2020 04:00:00 EST On Friday, May 22 the Alaska Division of Forestry office in Tok contacted the Alaska Fire Service (AFS) Dispatch with a pilot’s report of new smoke in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. AFS conducted a reconnaissance that day and confirmed the Trout Creek Fire (#098) was approximately 150 acres with a 30% active perimeter. AFS will fly two firefighters to the site Saturday, May 23 to assess and mitigate potential threat to a cabin in the vicinity. The fire is approximately 25 air miles northwest of Eagle. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/first-wildfire-2020-yuch.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-aligns-regs-state-law-hunting-trapping-ak-nat-preserves.htm Wed, 20 May 2020 04:00:00 EST The National Park Service announced a final rule that amends its regulations for hunting and trapping in Alaska national preserves, removing prohibitions adopted in 2015 on harvest practices, which are otherwise permitted by the state of Alaska and federal law. This rule provides for Alaska residents who rely on state law to engage in their traditional hunting practices. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-aligns-regs-state-law-hunting-trapping-ak-nat-preserves.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/alaska-announces-updates-to-park-compendiums.htm Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:00:00 EST The National Park Service has updated park compendiums. A compendium – one for each NPS area in Alaska – is a compilation of designations, closures and restrictions adopted under the discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. This regulatory tool helps manage Alaska's national park areas for the public’s enjoyment, use and protection. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/alaska-announces-updates-to-park-compendiums.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fairbanks-aplic-closure.htm Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:00:00 EST Effective Wednesday, March 18, Yukon-Charley Rivers' Contact Station at Alaska Centers - Fairbanks will be closed to public contact until further notice. Staff will still be available to answer visitor questions via email and phone, though response time may vary due to current circumstances. Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve remains open to the public. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fairbanks-aplic-closure.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-comment-notice-slavens-roadhouse-permit-application.htm Tue, 03 Mar 2020 04:00:00 EST The National Park Service has received a Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.170 for non-exclusive use of the Slaven’s Roadhouse from October 1, 2020 through February 1, 2021. As required under 36 CFR 13.110, the NPS is hereby providing public notice and initiating a 60-day public comment period. The public is invited to comment on the proposed activity. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-comment-notice-slavens-roadhouse-permit-application.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-comment-notice-cabin-permit-application.htm Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:00:00 EST The National Park Service has received a Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.160 from a federally qualified local subsistence user for non-exclusive use of the Slaven’s Public Use Cabin for subsistence purposes from October 1, 2020 through February 1, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/public-comment-notice-cabin-permit-application.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/first-wildfire-2019-lightning.htm Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:00:00 EST On Monday, June 10, a National Park Service ranger/pilot overflying the Preserve confirmed a new lightning-caused fire start in the Weshrinarin Creek drainage south of the Yukon River and 6.6 miles east of the Charley River. The newly named Yukon Charley Fire (#217) is being managed for resource benefits and other objectives as it is currently not threatening cabins or other resources. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/first-wildfire-2019-lightning.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-environmental-assessment-proposed-ak-sport-hunting-regs-amendment.htm Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:00:00 EST The National Park Service released an environmental assessment that evaluates the possible impacts of a proposal to amend its regulations for sport hunting and trapping on national preserves in Alaska. The proposal would establish better consistency with state regulations by removing regulatory provisions issued in 2015 that prohibit certain hunting practices that are otherwise permitted by the State of Alaska. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-environmental-assessment-proposed-ak-sport-hunting-regs-amendment.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/lightning-sparks-new-wildfires-in-yukon-charley-rivers.htm Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:00:00 EST Four new wildfires were discovered Monday and Tuesday in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, due to recent hot, dry weather coupled with multiple lightning strikes. Information on these fires is still limited other than their location. In order to allow the incident management team the use of the Coal Creek and Slaven’s facilities for fire suppression operations Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Superintendent, Greg Dudgeon has temporarily designated use of these facilities for fire operations and support personnel only. Pilots flying in the area are advised to communicate their intentions on the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (122.8). https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/lightning-sparks-new-wildfires-in-yukon-charley-rivers.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-yuch-lightning-ignited-wildfires.htm Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:55:00 EST Three new fires were observed during a fire detection flight late Monday, June 4, all ignited by lightning occurring over the weekend. None of these fires are currently being staffed by personnel, but all are being monitored. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-yuch-lightning-ignited-wildfires.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/proposed-amend-hunting-trapping-regulations-ak-national-preserves.htm Mon, 21 May 2018 10:43:00 EST The National Park Service today announced a proposal to amend its regulations for hunting and trapping on national preserves in Alaska to establish better consistency with the state. The proposed rule would remove regulatory provisions issued in 2015 that prohibit certain hunting practices that are otherwise permitted by Alaska. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/proposed-amend-hunting-trapping-regulations-ak-national-preserves.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/yuch-summer-teacher-workshop-2018.htm Tue, 01 May 2018 12:03:00 EST The National Park Service and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning Program are offering “The Wild Side of Education”, a three-credit professional development workshop for teachers, in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in July 2018. Participants will learn about gold rush history, boreal forest ecology, Yukon River geology, and ongoing scientific research. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/yuch-summer-teacher-workshop-2018.htm https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/news/staying-safe-in-bear-country-public-advisory.htm Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:00:00 EST Bear attacks are very rare in general, and predatory black bear attacks represent a very small minority of those attacks. Over a course of 100+ years (1900-2009), just 59 predatory attacks by black bears occurred in the entirety of Alaska and Canada combined. Greater than 90% of these incidents were perpetrated on groups of 1-2 people and greater than 90% of those incidents involved male black bears. https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/news/staying-safe-in-bear-country-public-advisory.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/staying-safe-in-bear-country-public-advisory.htm Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:00:00 EST Bear attacks are very rare in general, and predatory black bear attacks represent a very small minority of those attacks. Over a course of 100+ years (1900-2009), just 59 predatory attacks by black bears occurred in the entirety of Alaska and Canada combined. Greater than 90% of these incidents were perpetrated on groups of 1-2 people and greater than 90% of those incidents involved male black bears. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/staying-safe-in-bear-country-public-advisory.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/gelvins-airstrip-repaired.htm Wed, 26 Jul 2017 07:00:00 EST In mid-June, a combination of volunteers and National Park staff spent ten days moving over 200,000 pounds of rock from the gravel bars of the Charley River in the effort to successfully rehabilitate the airstrip near the Gelvin’s cabin. Located on the Charley River approximately 35 air miles from the confluence with the Yukon River, the airstrip had been unusable since 2013, when a flood washed out multiple sections of the runway. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/gelvins-airstrip-repaired.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/long-term-study-shows-effects-of-wolf-control.htm Wed, 05 Jul 2017 04:00:00 EST The results of a two-decade long study of wolf populations in Alaska’s Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve have yielded new insights into how species management programs in adjacent areas affect protected wolf populations. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/long-term-study-shows-effects-of-wolf-control.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-discovered-in-yukon-charley-rivers-national-preserve.htm Thu, 22 Jun 2017 08:00:00 EST During the evening of Wednesday, June 21, the Alaska Fire Service notified the National Park Service that they had discovered a new lightning-caused fire in the Preserve near Trout Creek, about 25 air miles northwest of Eagle. It is approximately ½ acre in size, burning in mixed hardwood and spruce within the perimeter of a 2015 fire. The National Park Service is working with the Alaska Fire Service to provide protection for the cabin that is approximately 1.75 miles west of the fire. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-discovered-in-yukon-charley-rivers-national-preserve.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/firefighters-suppressing-fire-in-preserve.htm Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:00:00 EST A crew of seven Alaska Fire Service firefighters are currently working to suppress the 18-acre lightning-ignited Pass Creek Fire in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. The fire was 50% contained as of the morning of Tues, June 20, and is expected to be fully contained by this evening. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/firefighters-suppressing-fire-in-preserve.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/uaf-summer-field-courses-in-yuch.htm Mon, 22 May 2017 15:32:00 EST The National Park Service is partnering with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning to offer field courses in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve this summer. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/uaf-summer-field-courses-in-yuch.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/alaska-national-park-tourism-creates-economic-benefit.htm Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:37:00 EST A new National Park Service report shows that 2.78 million visitors to national parks in Alaska spent nearly $1.3 billion in the state in 2016. That record visitation and spending supported 18,000 jobs. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/alaska-national-park-tourism-creates-economic-benefit.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/monitoring-new-fires.htm Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:00:00 EST Two new lightning-caused fires were discovered on National Park Service lands. Fires are being monitored and none are currently threatening structures or cabins in the area. Fires will be allowed to burn for resource benefit. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/monitoring-new-fires.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/hovercraft-remain-prohibited.htm Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:52:00 EST As the boating and hunting seasons get underway in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve and other areas within the National Park System in Alaska, visitors are reminded that a recent court case has not changed the regulations which govern activities on navigable waters. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/hovercraft-remain-prohibited.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/2016-uaf-nps-summer-field-courses.htm Wed, 04 May 2016 11:36:00 EST As part of the celebration of its Centennial, the National Park Service is partnering with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning to offer field courses in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve this summer. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/2016-uaf-nps-summer-field-courses.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-alaska-finalizes-sport-hunting-regulations.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2015 06:20:00 EST Following a robust public process, the National Park Service today published regulations which restrict certain sport hunting practices in national preserves in Alaska. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-alaska-finalizes-sport-hunting-regulations.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-burning.htm Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:33:00 EST The lightning-ignited Weshrinarin Creek Fire was reported by an aircraft flying over the area on Monday, July 13. Fire managers conducted an aerial reconnaissance flight later that day and reported the perimeter of the 30 acre fire as 30% active. There are no threats to structures at this time. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/new-fire-burning.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fire-restrictions-lifted.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2015 05:25:00 EST Effective immediately, open fires may be built as allowed by park regulations on all Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve lands. Rain and generally wet weather over the past several days, in combination with forecasted conditions, is allowing the fire ban to be lifted. But conditions can change rapidly, so wildland fire managers ask visitors and residents to stay informed on current conditions and potential fire danger. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fire-restrictions-lifted.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/trout-fire-showing-signs-of-life.htm Mon, 22 Jun 2015 07:07:00 EST The Trout Fire, which had no visible smokes for a couple of weeks, has come back to life and is now creating some smoke due to the hot, dry and windy conditions in Interior Alaska. The fire is in monitor status, and its acreage is unchanged at 376 acres. At this time it does not pose a threat to the community of Eagle, nor to any structures within the Preserve. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/trout-fire-showing-signs-of-life.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/trout-fire-ignite.htm Tue, 26 May 2015 11:57:00 EST On May 24, a lightning strike started a wildfire on the Yukon-Charley River National Preserve, East of Trout Creek and South of the Yukon River. The fire is torching individual spruce trees and burning downhill in the tundra. As of May 26, the fire is estimated to be 250 acres and is threatening a preserve cabin. Four firefighters are in place and have implemented a structure protection plan. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/trout-fire-ignite.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/compendium-public-hearings-comment-period.htm Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:42:00 EST National Park Service compendiums for Alaska will be open for a 30-day public comment period. A compendium - one for each NPS area in Alaska -- is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions adopted under the discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. This regulatory tool helps manage Alaska's national park areas for the public's enjoyment, use and protection. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/compendium-public-hearings-comment-period.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-alaska-sets-hearings-for-sport-hunting-proposals.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:48:00 EST The National Park Service will hold 17 public hearings this fall on proposed regulations and environmental assessment related to sport hunting in Alaska's national preserves. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-alaska-sets-hearings-for-sport-hunting-proposals.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/npsalaska-proposes-hunting-regulations-for-national-preserves.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:08:00 EST The National Park Service is proposing a permanent federal prohibition on three historically illegal predator hunting practices in Alaska's national preserves. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/npsalaska-proposes-hunting-regulations-for-national-preserves.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/caribou-hunting-emergency-order.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:31:00 EST Alaska Department of Fish & Game Emergency Order Number 03-03-14 closes the southern portion of Unit 25B, north of the Yukon River and including islands, to state subsistence and state general hunts for caribou. This emergency order does not apply to federally qualified subsistence users within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve at this time. Zone 2, south of the Yukon River, is unaffected by this emergency order. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/caribou-hunting-emergency-order.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/prohibition-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-national-parks.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:41:00 EST National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today signed a policy memorandum that directs superintendents nationwide to prohibit launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/prohibition-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-national-parks.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/2014-gelvins-landing-area-safety-advisory.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2014 06:54:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) has determined that a gravel bar commonly used in the past for 'bush' airplane landings on the Charley River in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is no longer safe for such use. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/2014-gelvins-landing-area-safety-advisory.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/uaf-summer-courses-2014.htm Wed, 21 May 2014 08:32:00 EST Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is pleased to announce three courses that will be offered in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks this summer. All of these courses will be based in historic Coal Creek Camp, a restored mining camp only a few miles from the Yukon River in the heart of the Preserve. A pre-course orientation will be provided in Fairbanks. Course fees include food, lodging, and transportation by boat from Eagle to the camp. Students provide their own transportation to Eagle. Opportunities for carpooling from Fairbanks may exist. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/uaf-summer-courses-2014.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/comment-period-extended-on-wildlife-restrictions.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:31:00 EST The National Park Service is extending the public comment period related to temporary restrictions on certain sport hunting practices in several national preserves in Alaska. Public comments on these provisions will be taken through April 5. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/comment-period-extended-on-wildlife-restrictions.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/lost-creek-wolf-pack-eliminated.htm Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:30:00 EST National Park Service (NPS) wildlife biologists lost the ability to research radio-collared wolves from the Lost Creek pack, which has historically used Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) eliminated all 11 members of the pack outside of the preserve last week as part of ADF&G’s ongoing aerial predator control program in the upper Yukon and Fortymile Rivers region. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/lost-creek-wolf-pack-eliminated.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/hearings-set-on-wildlife-hunting-restrictions.htm Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:24:00 EST The National Park Service is holding public hearings in March on temporary restrictions for certain sport hunting practices in several national preserves in Alaska. Public comments on these provisions will be taken from March 9 through March 22. The restrictions generally mirror those in place last year. These restrictions are in response to decisions by the Alaska Board of Game to liberalize hunting seasons and methods for wolves, coyotes, and bears. The board has also rejected proposals by the National Park Service to exclude preserves from these practices, an action that would have made federal restrictions unnecessary. The NPS restrictions do not affect subsistence harvest under Federal Subsistence Regulations. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/hearings-set-on-wildlife-hunting-restrictions.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/national-parks-re-open.htm Thu, 17 Oct 2013 04:00:00 EST Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve re-opens to visitors today. Visitors can access public areas immediately while facilities and other public services are brought back online. Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/national-parks-re-open.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/hazardous-fuels-management-plan-environmental-assessment-available-for-public-comment.htm Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:24:00 EST The National Park Service has released for public review an environmental assessment that addresses new protocols for protecting life and infrastructure within Alaska National Park System area boundaries by managing hazardous vegetation, also known as fuels. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/hazardous-fuels-management-plan-environmental-assessment-available-for-public-comment.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/alaska-nps-hazardous-fuels-management.htm Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:49:00 EST The National Park Service has released for public review an environmental assessment that addresses new protocols for protecting life and infrastructure within Alaska National Park System area boundaries by managing hazardous vegetation, also known as fuels. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/alaska-nps-hazardous-fuels-management.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/gelvins-landing-area-safety-advisory.htm Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:06:00 EST The National Park Service has determined that a gravel bar commonly used for airplane landings on the Charley River in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is not safe for the landing of airplanes. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/gelvins-landing-area-safety-advisory.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/air-pollution-in-eagle-alaska.htm Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:27:00 EST There are possible elevated levels of air pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, in Eagle, AK that may be due to shale rock oil fires in the vicinity. The town is also impacted by smoke from wildfires, depending on wind direction. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/air-pollution-in-eagle-alaska.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/national-parks-open-house.htm Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:35:00 EST The National Park Service will host an open house in Fairbanks on Thursday, April 18, from 5-7 p.m. at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/national-parks-open-house.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/wolf-numbers-decline.htm Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:11:00 EST The number of wolves in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve has decreased by more than 50 percent from fall 2012. The drop is substantially more than normal and coincides with predator control efforts by Alaska Department of Fish and Game conducted near the preserve. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/wolf-numbers-decline.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/local-hire-announcement.htm Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:52:00 EST Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is accepting applications for one or more temporary, full-time positions mid-May through mid-September 2013. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/local-hire-announcement.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fire-staff-burn-piles-to-reduce-fire-risk.htm Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:40:00 EST Fire management staff will burn piles from July 18 - July 26, 2012. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fire-staff-burn-piles-to-reduce-fire-risk.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/wolf-population-monitoring.htm Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:02:00 EST Two decades of research shows a healthy and rebounding wolf population. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/wolf-population-monitoring.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/return-of-the-peregrines.htm Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:06:00 EST As spring approaches, peregrine falcons will begin their return to nesting sites along the Upper Yukon River, an annual migration of a once-endangered population whose numbers and breeding success rates are stabilizing. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/return-of-the-peregrines.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/yukon-charley-rivers-to-burn-piles-to-reduce-fire-risk.htm Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:30:00 EST Fire staff will burn piles of woody debris from August 7, 2011 through August 14, 2011. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/yukon-charley-rivers-to-burn-piles-to-reduce-fire-risk.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/burn-restrictions-lifted.htm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EST Due to rain, cooler weather and moderating fire danger, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve have lifted the restrictions on open fires in the preserves. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/burn-restrictions-lifted.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fire-response-paddle-fire.htm Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EST Smoke filled skies persist in the area due to an inversion, with temperatures in the high 80 degree range and little wind. River travelers and hunters can expect reduced visibility and degraded air quality resulting from wildfires in the area. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/fire-response-paddle-fire.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-continues-flood-response.htm Tue, 05 May 2009 20:00:00 EST Emergency response operations by the National Park Service continued in Eagle today as residents kept a wary eye on the Yukon River and the icy waters which slammed into the town earlier this week https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-continues-flood-response.htm https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-flood-response.htm Mon, 04 May 2009 20:00:00 EST https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/news/nps-flood-response.htm