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Pile Burning to Continue Thursday on the
Williams Ranger District WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Smoke may be noticeable Thursday northwest of Williams as firefighters continue pile burning on the City Signal Hill project. If Arizona Department
of Environmental Quality approves the burn request and appropriate conditions exist, firefighters plan to ignite approximately 60 acres of piles three miles west of Williams.
The forecast shows east winds for Thursday. Managers expect smoke to disperse west 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 |
