TONASKET — The Okanogan Conservation District has been working with local ranchers Derek and Austin Olma and the Colville Confederated Tribe to restore 2.5 miles of Antoine Valley Creek. The
5 p.m. update: EAGLE As containment on the Sylvan Fire goes up, personnel assigned to the blaze is going down.
On Saturday, the Rocky Mountain Type I Incident Management Team finished its last shift on the fire before turning it over to a local Type III team at 7 p.m.
The fire remains at 3,792 acres nearly 6 square miles with 394 assigned to the blaze, according to a Saturday morning update, down from a peak of 425 earlier in the week.
On the northeastern edge of the fire, the fire line has been completed and is in patrol and monitor status. The power line through the fire was energized at 3 p.m.Saturday. Fire hose and other unneeded equipment have been removed from the fire lines.