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Crews Prepare to Implement Scott Prescribed Fire on Tusayan Ranger District TUSAYAN, Ariz. - Fire managers are preparing to implement the Scott Prescribed Fire on the Tusayan Ranger District beginning Thursday, October 13. Approximately 850 acres are planned for ignition
near Skinner Ridge seven miles southeast of Tusayan.
If appropriate environmental conditions exist and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approves the request, crews may begin ignitions Thursday, continuing through Saturday. Managers previously
scheduled this project for October 4 but it was canceled due to unfavorable weather.
First entry burns generally produce more smoke due to high levels of burnable vegetation whereas maintenance burning creates less smoke because of reduced fuels. This will be a maintenance burn
since the project was burned about ten years ago. Forest fire crews will implement, monitor, and patrol the project to ensure it meets objectives outlined in the prescribed burn plan. Prescribed burns are used to improve forest health, enhance
wildlife habitat, and return fire to a fire-adapted ecosystem. Tusayan Ranger District Prescribed Fire projects are posted on the Inciweb at
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1878/. For additional information, please contact Punky Moore (928-635-5653).
-USFS- Punky Moore Fire Information Officer Williams & Tusayan Ranger Districts 742 S. Clover Rd. Williams, AZ 86046 928-635-5653 To receive official Forest Service information by e-mail, please subscribe by visiting http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription/ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please visit http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription If you wish to make changes to an existing account, please visit http://www.fs.fed.us/news/changes.shtml |
