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Prescribed fire activity planned on the Lakeside Ranger District
10/24/2024 - 10:57 am
Lakeside Ranger District | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests | Prescribed Fire | Brown Creek burn unit | 260 burn unit | Bear burn unit | Vernon | Linden | Pinedale | Forest Roads | hazardous fuels | wildfire risk reduction | fire-adapted forests | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | Arizona Game and Fish Department | Timber Mesa Fire Department | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management | Pinetop Fire Department | Show Low | Clay Springs | smoke impacts | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | Air Quality | fire.airnow.gov

Fire managers plan to continue prescribed fire operations on the Lakeside Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests beginning October 28 through November 22, 2024, as weather and vegetation conditions allow for successful operations.

  • The Brown Creek burn unit is 1,719 acres and is 5 miles southwest of Vernon, Arizona.  The project unit is within Forest Road 3, Forest Road 3A, Forest Road 283, Forest Road 283B, Forest Road 267, Forest Road 655A, and Forest Road 4.
  • The 260 burn unit is 796 acres and is 2 miles west of Linden, Arizona, and 3 miles east of...
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Prescribed fire activity planned on the Springerville Ranger District
10/23/2024 - 2:49 pm
Springerville Ranger District | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests | Prescribed Fire | Wallow West 6A and 6B | broadcast burn | Big Lake Recreation Area | Highway 273 | FR249E | FR68 | FR116 | Wallow Fire scar | hazardous fuels | wildfire risk reduction | fire-adapted forests | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | smoke management | Eagar | Springerville | Greer | smoke impacts | Air Quality | fire.airnow.gov | mixed conifer | standing snags | downed logs

Fire managers plan to begin prescribed fire operations on the Springerville Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests beginning October 28 through November 30, 2024, as weather and vegetation conditions allow for successful operations.

The approximately 6,000-acre Wallow West 6A and 6B broadcast burn is spread over two different burn units that are in close proximity to each other. The 6A unit is 1,684 acres, and unit 6B is 4,272 acres.  The Wallow West 6 project is located southwest of the Big Lake Recreation Area, south of Highway 273. Unit boundaries for 6A are...

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Three Sisters and Pine Flat Rx Fire projects scheduled for final treatments this week
10/23/2024 - 1:43 pm
Kaibab National Forest | fall prescribed burning season | Pine Flat Prescribed Fire Project | Fireball Unit | Three Sisters Prescribed Fire Project | broadcast burning | aerial ignitions | helicopter | smoke | FR 124 | hazardous fuels | forest health | wildfire prevention | ecosystem resilience | drought | climate change | fire suppression | nutrient recycling | threatened species habitat | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | smoke management | public health | forest resiliency | Williams

Fire Managers are preparing to wrap up the 2024 fall prescribed burning season on the south zone of the Kaibab National Forest this week beginning with the 3055 acre Pine Flat Prescribed Fire Project located approximately 15 miles south of Williams, followed by the 1467 acre Fireball Unit on the Three Sisters Prescribed Fire Project located 5 miles northwest of Williams on the south side of FR 124.

Operations could begin as early as Thursday October 24 and are expected to be completed in 2-3 days. These burns are part of four designated project areas that were scheduled for broadcast...

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Tonto National Forest forecasts prescribed fire to reduce wildfire risk on Globe Ranger District, adjacent tribal lands
10/22/2024 - 3:38 pm
Tonto National Forest | Prescribed Fire | globe ranger district | Carol Springs Mountain | Timber Camp prescribed fire plan | 1 | 200-acre burn | USDA Forest Service | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | biodiversity | wildlife corridors | clean water | flood control | culturally significant native foods | invasive species | timber stands | U.S. Route 60 | smoke impacts | fuel reduction | San Carlos Apache Reservation | Tribal Forest Protection Act | Highway Tanks | forest restoration | Four Forest Restoration Initiative | Payson Ranger District

Tonto National Forest firefighters will begin a 1,200-acre prescribed fire Oct. 28 on the Globe Ranger District near Carol Springs Mountain.

The five-day planned burn will occur 25 miles north of Globe, Arizona, within the Carol Springs south block. It is part of the Tonto’s Timber Camp prescribed fire plan that includes 7,313 acres of National Forest System lands.

Prescribed fires are part of the USDA Forest Service’s overarching wildfire crisis strategy to reduce wildfire risk to people, communities, and natural resources while sustaining and restoring healthy, resilient,...

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SBA offers Disaster Assistance to California businesses and Residents affected by the Airport Fire
10/21/2024 - 4:03 pm
Small Business Administration | SBA disaster assistance | La Paz County

Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California businesses and residents affected by the Airport Fire that occurred Sept. 9-Oct. 6, announced Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s authorized representative, Director Nancy Ward of the California Office of Emergency Services, on Oct. 15.

The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties...

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