Atwood Ranch Quarter Horses

07/28/2024

*CLOSURE ALERT*

Lassen Volcanic National Park is closed due to the encroaching .

Three years after the Dixie Fire consumed much of the eastern portion of Lassen Volcanic National Park, the massive Park Fire is approaching the park's western edge.

Visitors have been evacuated from all campgrounds, and reservations have been canceled. All park employees have been evacuated from park housing and their homes in the community, most staying in hotels.

Park superintendent Rose Worley, who took over leadership for the park three months ago, said employee accountability and the safety and well-being of employees and visitors is her number one priority. Her second goal is to protect the park's resources and many historic buildings.

Fire officials speculate that the fire has potential to reach both Manzanita Lake and Mineral Headquarters. These are areas that were not hit during the Dixie Fire.

The historic district at park headquarters in Mineral in the southwest portion of the park includes structures built by the California Conservation Corps in the 1930s. On the northwest side of the park is the pristine Manzanita Lake campground and historic district that was spared by the Dixie Fire during the summer of 2021. Staff are scrambling to save historic artifacts stored in the 1927 Loomis Museum.

Drakesbad Lodge and Juniper Lake have been closed in the eastern portion of the park since the Dixie Fire.

Information about the Park Fire is available on InciWeb at https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/calnf-park-fire.

Visitors and residents are encouraged to follow county evacuation warnings and orders.

Evacuation warnings and orders are in place in four counties: Butte, Tehama, Shasta, and Plumas.

Highway 89 through the park is currently open only to through traffic for the purposes of evacuation. Recreational travel is prohibited to keep the road clear for evacuating residents of the park and the local communities.

[NPS Photo by Ben Garcia / smoke creates a pink sky over tall trees and a snowy mountain peak]

07/28/2024

The Park Fire reached 10% containment on Saturday evening and remains at 350,012 acres according to Cal Fire. CAL FIRE/Butte County said in their latest operational update they have been utilizing both aircraft and ground resources to battle the blaze while the weather is favorable and the fire begins to lay down.
https://krcrtv.com/news/local/park-fire-chico-three-hundred-thousand-acres-burned-northern-california-cal-fire-butte-tehama-counties-man-arrested-arson-cause-homes-destroyed-damaged-wildfire-threat-evacuation-zones-notices-severe-weather

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For those still attempting to find shelter for larger animals, there is the potential for room for a number of goats and/or sheep sized animals, as well as for a few horses/cattle at the Anderson FFA Farm off Olinda Road in Anderson. Please call Darin Hale at 530-355-7036 to confirm room prior to going to the location. For those with RV's there may also be room to stay at the High School parking lot near your animals. Again, please call the contact number to confirm availability.

07/28/2024

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07/28/2024

This winter, Louie is becoming trailer friendly.

Louie is much more relaxed around trailers and gets in easily now under the patient guidance of our trainer, Terra. Louie usually lives in a foster home in the nearby hills, but needed to become more comfortable trailering, so he came down to our main facility for some training. Good for you, Louie!

Plan and train now for the 2024 fire season🔥!

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UC Davis professor of medicine and epidemiology, John Madigan has a habit of going where others wouldn’t dare, often traveling in a helicopter; but it is on these adventures, to help rescue animals in distress.

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🚨An EMERGENCY involves an individual or small number of animals and/or people in one location. An emergency usually occurs without warning.
🚨A DISASTER involves large numbers of animals and people in multiple locations over a wide area. In a disaster there may be some advance warning for preparation and evacuation.
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10/29/2023

A red flag warning is in effect for all of Lake County as well as portions of Trinity, Mendocino, and Humboldt Counties valid 5 AM Saturday through 5 PM Sunday. Exceptionally dry air combined with ridgetop winds gusting from 30 to 50 mph will increase the threat for fast moving wildfires.

10/27/2023

It has been a frosty couple of days along the North Coast. As this cold air moves east, it will generate strong, very dry offshore flow this weekend. This combination will generate critical fire weather conditions across much of the interior. Be extra cautious this weekend!