SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: Coconino National Forest

["Smith, Brady -FS" <bradysmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

Prescribed burns plan developed for Coconino NF

Flagstaff, Ariz., Sept. 23, 2016, For Immediate Release — Coconino National Forest fire managers have finalized the prescribed burn plan for fall and spring, which will reintroduce fire into the Ponderosa pine ecosystem and reduce forest fuel accumulation in strategic areas around northern Arizona communities.

The plan calls for prescribed burns over the fall and spring in the Kendrick Mountain area, near Lockett Meadows, Wild Bill Hill, the Peaks, Kachina Village area, Mormon Lake area, Blue Ridge Urban Interface, Upper Beaver Creek areas and the East Clear Creek areas. Projects are dependent upon weather and wind conditions, so they can be cancelled after they have been announced if conditions are not suitable. The following are proposed for prescribed burns on the Coconino National Forest to occur at different times over the next several months:

 

FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT
Project Name	Acres	Location
Horseshoe-Kendrick 2	693	35° 29' 22.92"N x 111° 49' 14.85"W
Horseshoe-Kendrick 6	1,714	35° 27' 49.11"N x 111° 47' 31.66"W
Horseshoe-Kendrick 10	1,531	35° 24' 48.78"N x 111° 46' 02.38"W
Horseshoe-Wild Bill South 4	1,313	35° 17' 41.51"N x 111° 49' 20.93"W
Horseshoe-Peaks 4-7	4,000	35° 24' 18.18"N x 111° 37' 15.56"W
Eastside (Heckathorn/Herald Ranch)	300	35° 09' 39.41"N x 111° 37' 25.97"W
Lake Mary	700	35° 05' 51.54"N x 111° 35' 33.99"W
Kachina-Crusher Sink	345	35° 05' 30"N x 111° 43' 07"W
Kachina-Griffith Springs	300	35° 05' 48"N x 111° 42' 28"W
Kachina-237	780	35° 04' 27"N x 111° 41' 45"W
A-1	500	35° 12' 58.82"N x 111° 44' 41.90"W
Mormon Lake Basin 3 & 5	1,500	34° 54' 25.61"N x 111° 29' 29.74"W
Total	13,676
MOGOLLON RIM RANGER DISTRICT
Project Name	Acres	Location
Upper Beaver Creek	2,000	34° 38' 49"N x 111° 26' 45"W
Clint	600	34° 35' 4"N x 111° 21' 21"W
Blue Ridge Urban Interface	2,500	34° 37' 48"N x 111° 9' 59"W
East Clear Creek	4,000	34° 30' 15"N x 111° 10' 3"W
Total	9,100
RED ROCK RANGER DISTRICT
Project Name	Acres	Location
Upper Beaver Creek	1,000	34° 44' 26"N x 111° 31' 14"W
Total	1,000

 

The public and media can get quick notification of when a prescribed burn or any other activity is happening on the Coconino National Forest by following us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF. When ignition of a prescribed burn begins, we update our Twitter account so the public can know why smoke is in the air and where it is coming from.

Additionally, notifications of upcoming prescribed burns are also provided regularly by news releases throughout the season and by the following online resources:

·        Sign up to receive news releases: www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription.shtml

·        Inciweb: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/unit/303/

·        Twitter: www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF

·        Coconino website: www.coconinonationalforest.us, (Under News and Events)

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Brady Smith, MBA  Public Affairs Officer Forest Service Coconino National Forest, Supervisor's Office p: 928-527-3490  bradysmith@xxxxxxxxx 1824 S. Thompson Street  Flagstaff, AZ 86001 www.coconinonationalforest.us     Caring for the land and serving people

 

 

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