Additional burning in West Eugene Wetlands & Finley NWR on Monday

Today's burning (Sunday) went off without any issues, with the smoke quickly dispersing up and out of the Eugene area. Both Turtle Swale (near Checkermallow Access on the south side of Royal Avenue) and Speedway (west of Walmart and south of West 11th) were burned, with all ignitions complete by 1:40 pm. Firefighters continued to work until evening to extinguish all residual smolder and ensure that fire remains under control. Firefighters will continue to patrol the burn units tonight, and tomorrow.

Strong high pressure aloft over the Willamette Valley will shift east on Monday resulting in light offshore low-level flow. This will create another day of optimal burning conditions in the West Eugene Wetlands as well as the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.

In West Eugene, approximately 7 acres will be burned in the Army Corps of Engineers Experimental Plots on the northeast shore of Fern Ridge Reservoir. These experimental plots are designed to test the effectiveness of a variety of habitat restoration treatments when combined with and without the application of fire. These small burn-units (labeled #15 on the map, below) are located south of Clear Lake Road and west of Fir Butte Road.