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Williams Ranger District Pile Burning WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Kaibab National Forest fire managers are moving forward with pile burning today, Nov. 7, on the Williams Ranger District. Firefighters plan to
ignite 15 acres of slash piles about 12 miles southeast of Williams near Scholz Lake. Crews expect smoke to travel east of the project area.
Tuesday, fire crews may ignite about 60 acres of piles three miles north of Williams near Holden Lake. Pile burning may continue in this general location throughout the week,
weather permitting. Recent snow will help prevent fire from spreading to vegetation outside the piles. Smoke will likely settle in the local area overnight.
In addition, smoke may be noticeable in Spring Valley as the Rural Communities Fuels Management Partnership (RCFMP) plans to burn approximately 10 acres of piles today and 20
acres Tuesday. These piles are about nine miles north of Parks. The RCFMP helps landowners reduce the risk of wildfire on private property near National Forest and State Trust lands. Partners include Kaibab and Coconino National Forest, Arizona
State Forestry, Coconino County, City of Williams, NAU Ecological Restoration Institute, University of Arizona, Sherwood Forest Estates, and Ponderosa, Williams, Summit, Highlands, Blue Ridge, and Happy Jack fire departments. 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 |
