Minidoka Ranger District

The U.S. Forest Service plans several prescribed fires this fall across southern parts of the Magic Valley

A 29-year member of the U.S. Forest Service has been named the new top ranger for the Minidoka Ranger District.

Free firewood permits are now available to people after a recent sage-grouse habitat project was completed south of Oakley.

The local ranger district and state wildlife agency have proposed changes to existing seasonal road closures in the South Hills and have asked for the public to comment. The Minidoka Ranger District and Idaho Department of Fish and Game are looking to change specific motorized road closures during the month of October and replace them with other closures.

Visitors to a popular recreation and camping area in the Mini-Cassia area will have to continue to wait for snow to melt before being able to access campsites and a lake.

Campers headed to the South Hills this weekend will find several campgrounds open after being closed by recent weather.

Some campgrounds are closed in the South Hills after a weekend snowstorm felled trees and filled the campgrounds with white stuff, according to forest officials.

Southern Idaho forest managers will begin yearly fall burning operations as the weather has changed

Forest managers have planned a prescribed burn in the South Hills this week to protect aspen trees and promote their growth. The burn will be up Rock Creek Canyon in the upper Mountain View Creek area beginning October 4

UPDATE: Fire crews have been able to contain 80% of the fire as of Sunday morning. There are about 83 people working on the blaze that sparked ahead of the weekend. Officials say the fire grew little in the last several days. At this time it has burned roughly 300 acres.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) It will be a little while longer before people can access parts of the South Hills in the Magic Valley because it is still too wet.

BURLEY, Idaho (KLIX) Forest officials are planning a tree restoration project near Almo this year.

CASSIA COUNTY, Idaho (KLIX) The Minidoka Ranger District will begin pile burning in the Sublett area during the end of October.

BURLEY, Idaho (KLIX) – Fire officials are worried that a cold front expected over the weekend could bring winds and cause a wildfire near Elba to expand.

HANSEN, Idaho (News Release) – The Minidoka Ranger District will soon begin implementation of the Rock Creek Fuels Project. On or shortly after June 6, agency fire crews will begin work on small areas near Upper and Lower Penstemon and Petit campgrounds.

(KLIX)- Fire crews have their hands full fighting several fires across Southern Idaho. The Great Basin Incident Management Team One took over the Minidoka Complex fires. Crews are battling three fires on the Minidoka Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest...