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Prescribed burns planned on Coconino National Forest the week of Oct. 7
10/07/2024 - 12:29 pm
Prescribed Fire | prescriber burn | Coconino National Forest | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | ADEQ

The Coconino National Forest plans to continue work on several prescribed burn projects this week that will help restore healthier conditions to the fire-adapted ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona.

Prescribed burns will be canceled if weather conditions – such as temperature, wind or humidity – do not meet the criteria outlined in the burn plans.

Blue Ridge Urban Interface
When: Ongoing since Oct. 2
Where: Located on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District, roughly 9 miles northeast of Clints Well. A...

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Prescribed fire planned October 8 through October 31 on the Chino Valley Ranger District
10/07/2024 - 10:39 am
Prescribed Fire | smoke | Chino Valley Ranger District | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | ADEQ | Prescott National Forest

Fire managers on the Chino Valley Ranger District are looking for opportunities to treat fuels across the district at several locations in the Chino Landscape Project Area (see the map below). Prescribed fire operations are planned to start as early as Tuesday, October 8th, 2024, and continue through Friday, October 31st, 2024. Fire managers plan to use a variety of ground and aerial resources to meet the project objectives. Expect smoke impacts to be light to moderate and visible from multiple locations including Chino Valley, Paulden, Prescott and surrounding area communities.

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Continuing Prescribed Fire activity planned on the Black Mesa Ranger District
10/04/2024 - 3:24 pm
Black Mesa Ranger District | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests | prescribed burn | Rimtop Project | Hidden 2 Project | smoke | Sinkhole Project | Brookbank Project

Firefighters plan to continue prescribed fire operations on the Black Mesa Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests beginning October 8 through December 31, 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 Sinkhole project area is 875 acres and is 4 miles west on Forest Road 51...

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North Kaibab and North Rim Grand Canyon Fire Managers Begin Fall Prescribed Fire Operations
10/04/2024 - 8:28 am
Prescribed Fire | smoke | North Kaibab | North Rim | Grand Canyon | North Kaibab Ranger District | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | ADEQ

Beginning October 8, National Park Service and USDA Forest Service fire managers, working together as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program, anticipate initiating prescribed burns on the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Fire managers will be assessing weather, fuel moistures, and other conditions for opportunities to conduct burns safely and effectively into December.

Units targeted for spring burning are along Highway 67 near Jacob Lake, west of the Telephone Hills area, and in the vicinity of Demotte, and...

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Resources responding to small wildlife in Schultz Pass area north of Flagstaff
10/03/2024 - 4:58 pm
Schultz Pass | Coconino Natioinal Forest | Flagstaff | wildfire

Resources are responding to the Hollow Fire, a roughly 1.5-acre wildfire located in the Schultz Pass area 5 miles north of Flagstaff.

Resources responding to the incident include two engines.

Firefighters are currently working to suppress the fire using adjacent trail systems as holding features.

Forest visitors are asked to avoid roads and trails located near the fire as a matter of both public and firefighter safety.

The fire is moving at a low rate of spread through pine timber and needle cast.

The fire was first reported at roughly 3 p.m. Oct. 3, and its...

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