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Williams Ranger District Pile Burning WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Kaibab National Forest fire managers are preparing to burn slash piles Monday, Novermber 7, on the Williams Ranger District. If appropriate conditions
exist and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approves the request, firefighters may ignite 15 acres of piles about 12 miles southeast of Williams near Scholz Lake.
West winds and a chance of showers are forecast for Monday. Precipitation will help prevent fire from spreading to vegetation outside the piles. Managers expect
smoke to travel north and east of the project. Fire personnel will monitor the piles to ensure burn objectives are met. Piles are made of stacked tree slash cut during thinning projects. Burning the piles returns important nutrients to the soil, completing fire’s regenerative cycle.
Thinning and pile burning are part of an ongoing effort to improve forest health and reduce fire hazard.
For more information, please call Punky Moore, Fire Information Officer, 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 |
