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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 14

May 15, 2025 at 12:27 There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region yesterday. There are 4 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region: one is under control, one is being held and two are not yet under control but FireRanger crews are making good progress with fire suppression. The fire hazard is predominantly moderate to high ...

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Restricted Fire Zone Notice – Northwest Region

Due to the extreme forest fire hazard conditions and to reduce the number of human-caused fires, the Ministry of Natural Resources will be declaring a Restricted Fire Zone effective Friday, May 16 at 12:01 am local time for a portion of the Northwest Region (Zones 2, 3, 6, 7, 8). The area impacted will be from the Southwest corner of ...

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Northeast Fire Region Update – May 13

May 14, 2025 at 08:00 Three new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region by early yesterday evening. Sudbury 7 (SUD007) is located on the north side of Georgian Bay, about 2 kilometres west of Hwy 529. The 0.3 hectare fire is under control. Timmins 1 (TIM001) is located 3.5 kilometres north of Gogagma. The 15 hectare fire is ...

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Northeast Fire Region Update – May 13

Three new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region today (as of 19:45 Monday afternoon). Chapleau 3 is located east of highway 129 near the shore of Mather Lake. It is being held at 0.3 of a hectare. One FireRanger crew is assigned and a belly tanker helicopter dropped water onto the wildland fire this afternoon. Sudbury 6 measures ...

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Forest Fire Update NE Region – May 12

May 12, 2025 at 08:09 Four new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region on Sunday, May 11. North Bay 3 was confirmed early Sunday afternoon on Elliot Island which is located on the French River. The 1.3 hectare fire is under control. Sudbury 4 is located east of highway 69 near the Hartley Bay Road exit and west ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Region Update – May 2

There are currently no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Two new wildland fires were confirmed in the Northeast Region since the last update. Haliburton 1 (HAL001) – was a 3.2 hectare fire located on the eastern shore of Gull Lake, northeast of Sugar Island. This fire is now out. North Bay 1 (NOR001) – was a 0.1 hectare ...

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Relevés aériens annuels des orignaux en cours

Le ministère des Richesses naturelles et des Forêts fera un recensement aérien des populations d’orignal dans les unités de gestion de la faune à travers Ontario dans le cadre de ses activités de surveillance de ces populations.   Entre décembre et février, le personnel utilisera des aéronefs pour chercher des orignaux et leurs traces dans la neige fraîche et profonde. ...

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Annual aerial moose surveys underway

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is conducting moose aerial inventory surveys in wildlife management units across Ontario to help monitor moose populations.   Between December and February, staff are using aircraft to look for moose and their tracks in fresh, deep snow. Survey information about the number, age and sex of moose is used to inform moose and ...

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Restrictions on fires lifted

The Restricted Fire Zone previously in place for the entire Fire Region of Ontario has been lifted, effective Tuesday, July 11, at 16:00 hrs. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry would like to thank Ontarians and visitors for doing their part to help prevent forest fires and keep communities safe. Please continue to use extreme caution and follow Ontario’s ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – April 3

There were no new fires discovered by early afternoon on April 3. There are no active fires in the Northeast. For up to date forest fire hazard conditions in your area, see the interactive fire map atOntario.ca/forestfire.   RESTRICTED FIRE ZONE IN EFFECT – For all zones in the fire region of Ontario In order to ensure public safety and well-being ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – Monday, October 7

There were no new fires discovered by mid-afternoon on October 7. There are no active fires in the Northeast. The fire hazard is low to moderate across the region. For up to date forest fire hazard conditions in your area, see the interactive fire map atOntario.ca/forestfire.   Help prevent forest fires Adopt safe campfire practices! Choose the site of your campfire carefully ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – October 4

There were no new fires discovered by mid-afternoon on October 3. There are no active fires in the Northeast. The fire hazard is mostly low across the region, except for areas near Fort Severn in the Far North, which are showing a moderate hazard. For up to date forest fire hazard conditions in your area, see the interactive fire map at Ontario.ca/forestfire. ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – October 1

There were no new fires discovered by mid-afternoon on September 30. There are no active fires in the Northeast. The fire hazard is mostly low across the region, except for areas near Fort Severn in the Far North, which are showing a moderate hazard. For up to date forest fire hazard conditions in your area, see the interactive fire map at Ontario.ca/forestfire. ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – September 26

There were no new fires discovered by mid-afternoon on September 26. There are no active fires in the Northeast. The fire hazard is mostly low across the region, except for areas near Fort Severn in the Far North, which are showing a moderate hazard. For up to date forest fire hazard conditions in your area, see the interactive fire map at ...

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Northeast Forest Fire Update – September 23

There were no new fires confirmed by the afternoon of September 22. There is currently one active fire in the Northeast. Sudbury 44 is under control at 0.5 of a hectare and is located east of the Mississagi Provincial Park. The fire hazard ranges from low to high across the Northeast. Some areas in the eastern portion of the region ...

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