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Good morning, A prescribed burn is planned for Sunday and through early next week east of Tusayan. Please see the news release for details. Thank you,
Prescribed burn planned to begin Sunday east of Tusayan
Tusayan, Ariz., March 31, 2016—For Immediate Release. Crews plan to begin ignitions on a 264-acre burn on the Tusayan East Prescribed Fire Project on Sunday and intend
to continue burning for approximately two days in the area if conditions remain favorable. The burn area is located just south of Grand Canyon National Park and east of the Town of Tusayan.
Smoke may be visible from Highway 64 and in the communities of Valle and Tusayan. Light smoke may linger overnight and in the early morning hours. To minimize smoke impacts, fire managers will only conduct ignitions when
conditions exist that will allow smoke to ventilate away from sensitive areas.
Smoke is expected to disperse to the east and northeast during the day. Residual smoke may settle into drainages and low lying areas overnight but will dissipate rapidly throughout the morning hours.
Prescribed fires are essential tools for restoring the forests in a fire-adapted ecosystem, and smoke is an unavoidable byproduct of these efforts. Fire managers strive to minimize smoke impacts to the community as much
as possible. Burns occur when winds and other atmospheric conditions will push the majority of smoke away from homes and ultimately limit the number of days smoke is in the air. Fire managers work closely with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality,
partners in the Grand Canyon National Park, as well as surrounding Native American tribes to monitor air quality.
Notifications of upcoming prescribed burns are provided regularly throughout the season. The public can find this information online or through a recorded hotline. Contact your local Kaibab National Forest office for
additional information.
• Inciweb:
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4113/
• Fire Information Recorded Hotline: 928-635-8311
• Twitter:
www.twitter.com/KaibabNF
(Text ‘follow kaibabnf’ to 40404 to receive text messages.)
• Kaibab website “News & Events”:
www.fs.usda.gov/kaibab
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