The Coconino National Forest has established this method of notifying you of planned and current fuels treatment activities on the forest. For confirmation or for more information, please visit our "Current Conditions" page of the Coconino National Forest web-site. You may click
this link http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/conditions/current-rx.shtml, or use the "shortcut" to our main page: www.coconinoforest.us
The Coconino County Health Department provides information about smoke concerns and offers suggestions for minimizing smoke impacts to your family and home at the following website http://www.coconino.az.gov/health.aspx?id=6564.
Update Nov 2, 11:20 a.m. -- Ignition has begun on the Fort Valley prescribed burn. Smoke will be noticeable north of Flagstaff and in the Fort Valley and Baderville areas.
Due to unfavorable wind direction, fire managers cancelled the Blue Ridge Urban Interface burn planned for today. They will re-evaluate for tomorrow.
October 30, 2009
Tentative prescribed fire plans for the week of November 2
Flagstaff, AZ – Pending favorable conditions, fire managers are planning prescribed fires on the following projects for the week of November 2.
All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability, weather – including ventilation conditions, and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (www.azdeq.gov).
Monday, November 2
Blue Ridge Urban Interface (BRUI) Project – 800 acres north of Highway 87, approximately 12 miles northeast of Clint’s Well. Crews will only burn with a south wind to minimize smoke impacts to the highway.
Fort Valley Project – 55 acres north of Flagstaff off Highway 180 near Fort Valley Ranch Road. This is a maintenance broadcast burn, meaning the area has been previously treated with prescribed fire. With less fuels being consumed, smoke on maintenance burns is generally lighter, however, some smoke will be noticeable in the Fort Valley and Baderville areas.
Projects crews will consider for the remainder of the week: *Projects may not all be accomplished depending on conditions*
Continuing the BRUI, Ft. Valley, and Eastside Projects
East Clear Creek Project near Knoll Lake and Forest Road 300 (“Rim Road”)
Bald Mesa Project North of Clint’s Well off Forest Highway 3 (Lake Mary Rd)
Anderson Mesa Project East of Forest Highway 3 (Lake Mary Road), north of Ashurst Lake
Mint Project East of Lake Mary Rd near Mormon Lake Village
Pete Project North of the San Francisco Peaks, west of Highway 89
The public can obtain prescribed fire information via the following:
Prescribed Fire Hotline: 928-226-4607
Coconino National Forest Website: www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino
o Click on the Prescribed Fire Link to the right of the page
Sign-up to receive regular email notifications: http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription
o Choose “Southwestern Region”
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF_Fire
Inciweb: www.inciweb.org/incident/1889/
Local Ranger Stations: Peaks Ranger District (Flagstaff), 928-526-0866; Red Rock Ranger District (Sedona) 928-203-2900; Mogollon Rim Ranger District (Blue Ridge) 928-477-2255
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