SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: Coconino National Forest Information

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shieldNEWS RELEASE                    

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

U.S. Forest Service

Coconino National Forest

www.coconinonationalforest.us 

www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF

www.flickr.com/photos/coconinonationalforest

 

For Immediate Release

October 21, 2014

           

Media Contact: 

Brienne Magee – office: 928-527-8290, cell: 928-310-6035, bmagee@xxxxxxxxx 

 

Prescribed fires on A-1 Project planned for Wednesday and Thursday

 

Flagstaff, Ariz. – Crews are planning to conduct prescribed burns on the A-1 Project tomorrow and Thursday, pending favorable conditions. This area is heavily laden with fuels and will likely produce a significant amount of smoke.

 

Wednesday’s project is 230 acres located approximately 8 miles west of Flagstaff (as the crow flies) and 3 miles east of Bellemont on the north side of I-40. Smoke is expected to rise and disperse to the north/northeast during the day. Overnight and during the early morning hours, smoke will settle into the Baderville and Bellemont areas, and may also be noticeable on I-40 and Hwy 180. Nighttime winds are forecast to increase which will help disperse residual smoke.

 

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).

 

Prescribed fires are essential to the accelerated restoration of watersheds, grasslands, and forests in our fire-adapted ecosystem. Frequent low-severity fire has a natural and necessary role that cannot be replaced by any mechanical effort. It reduces accumulated vegetation, enhances wildlife habitat, and recycles 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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