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NEWS RELEASE
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service Coconino National Forest www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF www.flickr.com/photos/coconinonationalforest For Immediate Release January 10, 2012
Contact: Brienne Magee Tel: 928-527-8290 Pile burns planned for Wednesday
Flagstaff, AZ – Pending favorable conditions, fire managers on the Flagstaff District of the Coconino National Forest are planning
two prescribed pile burn projects tomorrow, Wednesday January 11.
Woody Ridge
Project: 50 acres of piles located approximately 2 miles northwest of the Oak Creek Canyon Vista and 5 miles southwest of Kachina Village, west of Highway 89A off Forest Road 535. Some smoke will drift southerly toward Oak Creek Canyon overnight. Eastside Project: 50 acres of piles located south of Flagstaff, north of Lake Mary Road (Forest Highway 3) behind the Heckethorn
neighborhood. Smoke will be noticeable from Heckethorn and Lake Mary Road. All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability, weather – including winds and ventilation, and approval from the ADEQ(www.azdeq.gov). Fire managers make every effort to minimize smoke impacts to the communities while continuing to address the critical need to reduce the risk of severe wildfires around those communities. Tactics
to keep smoke impacts as minimal as possible include cancelling burns when conditions aren’t favorable, finding alternative uses for the debris in slash piles, timing ignitions to allow the majority of smoke time to disperse prior to settling overnight, and
burning larger sections at a time when conditions are favorable to reduce the overall number of days smoke is in the area. In addition, the Coconino National Forest coordinates prescribed fire plans with the partners of the Ponderosa Fire Advisory Council (which includes state and local fire departments), as well
as neighboring forests, to reduce the impact of smoke on the communities. The public can obtain additional prescribed fire information via the following:
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