The Whisky Creek Fire within the Mt. Hood National Forest’s Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness is now at 856 acres in size.  The Great Basin Interagency Incident Management Team and the U.S. Forest Service says crews made progress on preparing containment lines to the south of the active fire area, while heavy equipment was brought in to assist with clearing roads and creating fuel breaks reopening a contingency line from the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire.  The fire is burning within the Mt. Hood National Forest’s Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness and moving steadily along the eastern edge up Woolly Horn Ridge and west towards Waucoma Ridge.  Moderate upslope growth is expected to continue around the fire’s edges with a potential for wind to push to the south.  Smoke will continue to be visible, particularly in the afternoon, as fire consumes denser pockets of vegetation and dead-and-down fuels.