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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 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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