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Fire Crews Plan to Burn Slash Piles WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Kaibab National Forest fire crews are preparing to burn slash piles Thursday and Friday, December 1 and 2, on the Williams Ranger
District. Depending on weather conditions crews may ignite approximately 95 acres of piles northwest of Williams near Holden Lake and 110 acres of piles west of Williams around Cataract Lake.
The forecast shows snow, east winds and good ventilation with the approaching storm system. Fire managers expect smoke to travel west of the project
areas. The moisture will help prevent fire from spreading into the surrounding vegetation.
Piles are made of stacked tree slash cut during thinning projects. The goals of thinning and pile burning are to reduce fire hazard and return
important nutrients to the soil. For more information about prescribed fires, 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 |
