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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 October 16, 2014
Media Contact:
Brienne Magee – office: 928-527-8290, cell: 928-310-6035,
bmagee@xxxxxxxxx Lake Mary prescribed burn planned for Friday Flagstaff,
Ariz. –
Fire managers completed ignitions on all 125 acres of the Eastside prescribed fire today. Smoke is dispersing very well and is not very noticeable this afternoon, but
light residual smoke may still settle in Cheshire, Sunnyside and Downtown Flagstaff overnight. It should lift in the morning as the day warms. Crews are moving forward with plans to burn at the Lake Mary Project tomorrow.
Lake Mary Project: 115 acres south of Flagstaff and west of Lake Mary.
Smoke will be noticeable south of Flagstaff and disperse to the northeast. Overnight, residual smoke may settle around Lake Mary Rd, Walnut Canyon, I-40, and the southern and eastern communities of Flagstaff including Lake Mary Meadows, Herold Ranch, Heckethorn,
Country Club and Cosnino. All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability, fuel conditions, weather – including ventilation conditions – and approval from the Arizona Department
of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The forest depends on frequent low-severity fire – natural and necessary part of this ecosystem cannot be replaced by any mechanical effort -- to reduce accumulated vegetation,
enhance wildlife habitat, and recycle valuable nutrients into the soil. The result is a healthier forest with reduced risk of severe fire behavior and safer conditions for the community and firefighters.
Fire managers strive to minimize smoke impacts to the community as much as possible. They burn when winds and other atmospheric conditions will push the majority of smoke away
from homes; they’ll burn larger sections at a time to ultimately limit the number of days smoke is in the air; and they work closely with ADEQ, partners in the Ponderosa Fire Advisory Council, as well as neighboring forests to monitor air quality.
Additional prescribed fire information:
Inciweb:
inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4125
Prescribed Fire Hotline: 928-226-4607 Twitter:
www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF Coconino website “News and Events”:
www.coconinonationalforest.us
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