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Per Chelan County Emergency Management, 7/14/2024:Chelan County Sheriff's Office has issued a Level 1 Fire Advisory for Stehekin Area. The affected area is Lake Chelan up Lake from Hazard Creek to High Bridge Ranger Station. You will be kept advised as conditions change. Please monitor local radio stations and Chelan County Emergency Management Facebook for updates.

DNR’s financial assistance program for wildfire resilience and forest health, focuses on technical and financial assistance to implement forest health or wildfire mitigation treatments or to help landowners write forest management plans. Please reach out to the Southeast Regions Forest Health and Resilience Program at DNRRESELO

"Potential evacuations could affect mail and resupply in Stehekin." This is an informational advisory from the Pacific Crest Trail Association. The PCT currently is OPEN and has no restrictions.

7/6/24 PIONEER FIRE EVACUATION LEVEL UPDATES: This morning, Chelan County Emergency Management extended the Level 3 evacuation level (get out now) down lake to Safety Harbor. Watch for updates later today on the addition of a Level 1 fire advisory on that down lake side: https://www.co.chelan.wa.us/emergency-management/pages/active-emergencies

Evacuations: Go to the Chelan County Emergency Incidents Map for the most recent evaucation levels. Evacuation levels as of the evening of July 5th are as follows:

From Chelan County Emergency Management:PIONEER FIRE UPDATE: Evacuation levels are changing in the Pioneer Fire, which is burning up lake on the north shore of Lake Chelan. The Level 3 evacuation has been DOWNGRADED. The current levels are:

From Chelan County Emergency Management:

A public meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the North Cascades National Park Golden West Visitor Center near Stehekin. This meeting will not have a virtual option. 

From Chelan County Emergency Management:PIONEER FIRE EVACUATION LEVEL UPDATES: Evacuation levels are expanded on the Pioneer Fire, which is burning on the north shore of upper Lake Chelan. Below we have attached a map of the evacuation levels as well as a close-up map of those evacuation levels up river.

PIONEER FIRE EVACUATIONS UPDATE: Evacuation levels are changing on the Pioneer Fire, a 1,172-acre fire on the north shore of Lake Chelan that has been burning since June 8.**The Rex Creek area remains under a Level 3 evacuation. Level 3 (in red) means leave the area immediately.