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.
February 1, 2011
Prescribed pile burns occurring near Flagstaff and Sedona
Flagstaff, AZ – The recent precipitation in northern Arizona has helped make conditions ripe for prescribed pile burning. Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest are conducting prescribed pile burns in three different locations today: Oak Creek Canyon; south of I-40 and Little America off Harold Ranch Road; and northeast of Lake Mary Road near the Heckethorn neighborhood.
Light smoke will be in the area during ignition. Piles are smaller and should be completely consumed before the day’s end, leaving little residual smoke. Crews anticipate continuing to conduct pile burns in these areas for the next couple of weeks as conditions allow.
All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability, weather – including ventilation, and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (www.azdeq.gov).
Fire managers work hard to balance the critical need for reducing the risk of severe wildfires with the importance of minimizing smoke impacts to communities. The Coconino National Forest coordinates prescribed fire plans with the partners in the Ponderosa Fire Advisory Council (which includes local fire departments), as well as neighboring forests, to reduce the overall impact of smoke on the communities.
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