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Williams Ranger District Pile Burning WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Kaibab National Forest fire managers are preparing to burn slash piles Wednesday, Nov. 9, on the Williams Ranger District. If appropriate conditions
exist and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approves the request, firefighters may ignite 207 acres of piles about 3 miles west of Williams near Signal Hill.
East winds are forecast for Wednesday. Managers expect smoke to travel west of the project. Recent precipitation will help prevent fire from spreading to vegetation
outside the piles. 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 |
