Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone High Pollution Advisory in Maricopa County for Friday, May 13 through Sunday, May 15.

Restrictions

Kaibab National Forest fire managers are planning to conduct a prescribed fire near the Williams starting Wednesday, April 20 and continuing through the week, pending favorable weather conditions. The Three Sisters Prescribed Fire Project is located just north of Interstate 40, the City of Williams, and Kaibab Lake Campground, west of State Route 64.

Fire Managers on the Verde Ranger District plan to take advantage of the moisture received and burn 40 acres of piles on Tuesday, March 8 through Friday, March 11, 2022.  Piles are located on Mingus Mountain, near the junction of Forest Service Road 413 and Forest Service Road 132 near Burnt Tank (T15N, R2E, Sec 15).  Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light in the surrounding area with no road or trail closures.  Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wildland urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience. 

Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District will continue to burn debris piles near Walker, Ponderosa Park/White Spar, Copper Basin, Lynx Lake, Thumb Butte and Granite Basin.  Ignitions are planned to start on Monday, March 7, 2022, and continue through Friday, April 1, 2022, as favorable weather conditions allow.  Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light in the surrounding areas.     

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued a PM-10 High Pollution Advisory for Tuesday, February 15. Children, the elderly, and people with heart and/ or lung disease should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.

Restrictions

Fire managers for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District are planning to burn invasive vegetation removed as part of an ongoing riparian restoration project in the Kanab Creek Drainage, located 30 miles south of Fredonia, Arizona. The burns will begin early February 2022 and could last through late March 2022, if weather and fuel conditions allow. The riparian restoration project works to enhance wildlife habitat and protect cultural and natural resources. 

Prescribed fire pile burning will be occurring in the vicinity of Arizona Highway 89A and Forest Road 248 one mile north of Jacob Lake from Tuesday, January 4th through Thursday, January 6th on the North Kaibab Ranger District. 

Winter weather with snow on the ground present excellent opportunities every year for fire crews to burn and consume piled slash and woody debris left over from previous forest restoration projects. Approximately 100 acres of piles one mile north of Jacob Lake are planned for burning.

Flagstaff Ranger District fire managers will be conducting a prescribed burn treatment south of Flagstaff on Monday (Dec. 6) to improve forest health and restoration efforts. This effort will provide strategic, vital protection to adjacent private inholdings southwest of the Flagstaff metropolitan area for a locality particularly vulnerable to wildfire. 

A series of prescribed fire projects will begin Tuesday, November 30 and continue throughout the week at various locations across the North Kaibab Ranger District on the Kaibab National Forest. Approximately 6000 acres are scheduled to be ignited at the following specific locations beginning Monday, November 30, and continuing through Sunday, December 5.

A series of prescribed fire projects will begin today and continue throughout the week at various locations across the Tusayan Ranger District on the Kaibab National Forest. Approximately 3200 acres are scheduled to be ignited at the following specific locations beginning Monday, November 8, and continuing through Friday November 12.