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Emergency Bulletins
11/20/2024 - 2:10 pm
small nonfarm businesses | Arizona counties | California county | Low-interest federal disaster loans | U.S. Small Business Administration | Francisco Sánchez Jr. | Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience | drought | November 12 | Yuma County | La Paz County | Maricopa County | Pima County | Imperial County | crop losses | disaster declaration | Secretary of Agriculture | SBA working capital loans | rural communities | economic impacts | agricultural production losses | small businesses | small agricultural cooperatives | aquaculture | private nonprofit organizations | Economic Injury Disaster Loans | $2 million | financial obligations | operating expenses | interest rate 4% | interest rate 3.625% | maximum term 30 years | initial disaster loan disbursement | loan repayment | disaster loan program | Congress | agricultural disaster | nurseries | Farm Services Agency | USDA assistance | SBA disaster assistance
11/19/2024 - 2:20 pm
fire managers | prescribed fire operations | Lakeside Ranger District | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests | November 20-22 | 2024 | 260 burn unit | 796 acres | Linden | Arizona | Pinedale | Forest Road 143C | Forest Road 9810R | Forest Road 143D | Forest Road 9809L | Forest Road 143 | Forest Road 9810T | Arizona Game and Fish Department | Timber Mesa Fire Department | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management | Clay Springs Fire Department | hazardous fuel reduction | high-severity wildfires | fire-resistant condition | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | 10-year Wildfire Crisis Strategy | wildfire risk | resilient fire-adapted forests | Show Low | Pinetop-Lakeside | Clay Springs | Highways 60 | Highway 260 | smoke impacts | Air Quality Division | Smoke Management webpage | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | smoke-sensitive individuals | particulate-filtering respirator mask | real-time smoke mapping | fire.airnow.gov | A-S National Forests website | Facebook
Fire managers plan to continue prescribed fire operations on the Lakeside Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests beginning November 20 through November 22, 2024, as weather and vegetation conditions allow for successful operations.
The 260 burn unit is 796 acres and is 2 miles west of Linden, Arizona, and 3 miles east of Pinedale. The project unit is within Forest Road 143C, Forest Road 9810R, Forest Road 143D, Forest Road 9809L, Forest Road 143, and Forest Road 9810T.
This landscape treatment is a cooperative effort with Arizona Game and Fish Department,...
11/19/2024 - 12:31 pm
fire managers | Coconino National Forest | burn piles | Slash | Snowbowl Road | smolder | smoke | timber treatments | forest fuel | 3 miles up Snowbowl Road | 7.5 miles northwest of Flagstaff | smoke impacts | Fort Valley | Baderville | Friday | Saturday | visitors | Forest Service personnel | vehicles | pile burn
Fire managers with the Coconino National Forest continue to monitor burn piles of slash along Snowbowl Road that continue to smolder and be consumed. These piles continue to produce smoke which may be noticeable to people in the immediate area and will likely increase through the week.
Burning these piles, left over from timber treatments, effectively removes them as a forest fuel. The piles are located about ...
11/18/2024 - 3:43 pm
The saguaro cactus is a centuries-old icon of Arizona’s landscape, having appeared in more movies than actor John Wayne. Placement of the cactus in cartoons such as the “Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote” imprinted the saguaro on generations of impressionable young viewers.
These jolly green giants of the Sonoran Desert reach heights of 40 to 60 feet and can weigh between two and three tons. Saguaros stand as large green pillars atop the dusty landscape, welcoming visitors with open “arms”.
However, as a native plant in the Sonoran Desert, saguaros did not evolve in a fire-adapted...
11/18/2024 - 12:56 pm
firefighters | prescribed fire operations | Black Mesa Ranger District | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests | November 20-25 | 2024 | Rimtop project area | 1 | 286 acres | Forest Lakes | Forest Roads 195 | 105 | 9350 | constructed control lines | Woods Canyon Lake | control line | hazardous fuel reduction | high-severity wildfires | fire-resistant condition | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | 10-year Wildfire Crisis Strategy | wildfire risk | healthy fire-adapted forests | smoke visibility | Heber-Overgaard | Highway 260 | smoke impacts | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | Air Quality Division | Smoke Management webpage | smoke-sensitive individuals | physical activity reduction | particulate-filtering respirator mask | real-time smoke mapping | fire.airnow.gov | A-S National Forests website | Facebook
Firefighters plan to continue prescribed fire operations on the Black Mesa Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests beginning November 20 through November 25, 2024, as weather and vegetation conditions allow for successful operations.
The Rimtop project area is 1,286 acres and is 9 miles west of the community of Forest Lakes. The project area is bounded by Forest Roads 195, 105, 9350, and constructed control lines. Trails around Woods Canyon Lake will also be used as a control line.
The objective is to reduce hazardous fuel accumulations, minimize the risk of...
