Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

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.

Several prescribed burns are scheduled this week across the forest in areas north and south of Flagstaff that will produce smoke visible to visitors in the area and motorists traveling Interstate 17 near the Stoneman Lake exit.
 
These burns are conducted to aid forest restoration and maintain areas to keep forest fuels from accumulating, which help mitigate extreme wildfire behavior. In turn, these burns ultimately help keep communities safer and can help firefighters suppress wildfires in the area by keep extreme wildfire behavior from occurring.
 

Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District will begin implementing the White Spar RX starting as early as Monday, November 8 continuing through Friday, November 12, 2021.  Firefighters plan to treat 415 acres near White Spar Campground and the community of Haisley Homestead; north of Schoolhouse Gulch Road (T13N, R2W, SEC 16) if conditions are favorable; including air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts.