Mogollon Rim Ranger District plans prescribed burns next week
Clints Well, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2017, For Immediate Release —
Fire managers are planning to conduct a 450- and a 500-acre prescribed burn next week at the Blue Ridge Urban Interface project and at
the Victorine project the day of each operation is dependent on the local weather and wind conditions.
The burn area for the BRUI is located south of state Route 87 (34°36'57.98"N,
111° 9'43.22"W)
and will use Forest Road 513 and local topography as boundaries. This project totals approximately 450 acres.
When the fire managers move operations to the Victorine project (34°29'7.76"N,
111° 7'5.19"W), five miles north of Knoll Lake, the
burn area will use FR 137, 666, and local topography as boundaries. This project totals approximately
500 acres.
Smoke from the BRUI is predicted to move toward the southwest which may impact local communities within
the Blue Ridge area, SR 87, Pine and Strawberry. Smoke from the operation at the Victorine is predicted to move northeast which may impact local communities within the Blue Ridge area, SR 87, Leonard Canyon and East Clear Creek. Cooling temperatures in the
evening may cause smoke to settle in the Happy Jack area, Blue Ridge community areas and drain down nearby canyons.
Prescribed burns are always
dependent upon approval from Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, weather, wind and fire prescription. Burning can be canceled if proper conditions are not met.
The public can view approved prescribed burns on ADEQ’s website at smoke.azdeq.gov. Approval
for a burn operation on the Coconino National Forest begins with the forest’s identifier “COF.”
Notifications of upcoming prescribed
burns are provided
regularly by news releases throughout the season and also by the following online resources:
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Sign up to receive news releases from Coconino NF:
www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription.shtml
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Coconino NF’s Inciweb page:
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/unit/303/
(under Fall 2017 prescribed burns)
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Coconino NF’s Twitter account:
www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF
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Coconino NF public website:
www.coconinonationalforest.us
(Under News and Events)
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Coconino NF’s Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/coconinonf
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George F. Jozens
Deputy Public Affairs Officer
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Forest Service
Coconino National Forest, Supervisors Office
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p: 928-527-3412
gjozens@xxxxxxxxx
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1924 S. Thompson St
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
www.fs.fed.us
  
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