Coconino National Forest

Several prescribed burns – including a highly visible project located east of the Naval Observatory in Flagstaff – are scheduled to continue throughout the Coconino National Forest during the weekend and into next week.

The Naval Observatory project, which will tentatively begin on Tuesday, will likely cause large amounts of smoke visible within the City of Flagstaff.

The Upper Beaver Creek project, started in late April, is scheduled to conclude early next week.

Coconino National Forest firefighters will be conducting prescribed burns today, tomorrow, and throughout next week to proactively protect communities from extreme wildfires by reducing forest fuels, while recycling nutrients and increasing habitat diversity.

The Upper Beaver Creek project on the Red Rock Ranger District will burn 543 acres today and continue with 654 acres tomorrow in the area just southwest of Stoneman Lake.

Favorable weather and wind conditions on Thursday are allowing Coconino National Forest firefighters to move forward with plans for large fire treatments, with the addition of a burn project near Apache Maid Mountain beginning on Friday.

Coconino National Forest firefighters had planned a large fire treatment this week on the Red Rock Ranger District near Apache Maid Mt, but the prescribed burn has been postponed due to moisture received in the area.

Fire managers will reevaluate plans for a burn in this area at a later date when weather conditions are more suitable for fire treatment.

Coconino National Forest firefighters are planning to take advantage of favorable weather conditions next week and have tentatively planned a large fire treatment on the Red Rock Ranger District, as well as pile burns on the Flagstaff Ranger District.

Coconino National Forest firefighters are planning to take advantage of favorable weather conditions tomorrow for a prescribed burn on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District, approximately 11 miles northeast of the Blue Ridge Ranger Station.

Bar-T-Bar Burn

Coconino National Forest firefighters are planning to take advantage of favorable weather conditions this week for prescribed pile burn operations, beginning as early as tomorrow on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District.