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U.S. Forest Service
News Release
Media Contact: Bob Blasi
Pile Burns to Continue on South Side of Williams Ranger District
Williams, Ariz., Feb 12, 2018—For Immediate Release. Fire crews will begin burning an additional 500 acres of hand piles scattered across the southern half of the Williams Ranger District beginning Monday of this week.
Inclement weather bringing moisture has presented favorable conditions to continue reducing fuel loads at various locations that include Coleman Lake, Sevier Flat, and Jackass Flat. Conditions will be evaluated daily before burns are implemented
to ensure desirable effects and management objectives are being met. Fire managers will conduct operations incrementally at different locations throughout the week. Smoke production is expected to be minimal with very short duration and disperse quickly to the northeast. No overnight impacts are expected. Visitors are always reminded to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of prescribed fires, as firefighters, fire-related traffic and smoke may all be present. All prescribed fires are subject to approval by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. For additional information on the Smoke Management Division and to view prescribed burn authorizations for any given day, visit
www.azdeq.gov/programs/air-quality-programs/smoke-management
Notifications of upcoming prescribed fires are provided regularly throughout the year. This information can be found at the following sources:
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Fire Information Recorded Hotline: 928-635-8311
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Twitter:
www.twitter.com/KaibabNF
(Text ‘follow kaibabnf’ to 40404 to receive text messages.)
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Kaibab Facebook:
www.facebook.com/KaibabNF
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Kaibab website “Recent News”:
www.fs.usda.gov/kaibab
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Kaibab South Zone Rx Fire:
inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5160/
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Description: 1650-1_D1_PileBurning_2018_02_12 Final.pdf
