Grand Canyon National Park

Kaibab NF makes progress on wildfires managed for forest health

6/26/2023 - 11:34 am
Kaibab National Forest, Ponderosa pine, Hull fire, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand View Lookout, Grandview Point, Ridge Fire, Tusayan, Skinner Tank, Skinner Ridge, Three Lakes Fire, Douglas fir, State Route 67

Kaibab National Forest has been taking advantage of unseasonably cool and wet conditions to manage lightning-caused fires to remove hazardous fuels, promote healthy vegetation and improve forest health. These environmental conditions persisted beyond the typical spring prescribed fire season.

Wildfires in June are helping the forest

6/17/2023 - 11:02 am
Hull fire, Ridge Fire, Ponderosa Pine Forest, Tusayan, Grand Canyon, Highway 180, State Route 64, Desert View Drive, forest road 302, Skinner Tank, Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon National Park, Grandview Point

The Ridge and Hull fires, burning in the ponderosa pine forests near Tusayan and the Grand Canyon, are not behaving the way people have come to expect of wildfires in the middle of June. Yet, both lightning-caused fires are burning as they naturally should in this fire-adapted ecosystem: moving slowly but steadily across the forest floor at lower intensity, removing hazardous fuels and promoting healthy vegetation.

Reed Fire prescribed burn near Tusayan half completed

5/04/2023 - 1:18 pm
Kaibab National Forest, Reed Prescribed Fire Project, Tusayan, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Trail

Fire crews have completed treatment on 641 acres of the Reed Rx project with about 700 acres remaining. Ignition operations have ceased for two days to allow smoke to transport away from the site and wait for more favorable weather conditions to return to the area.

Operations will resume into the weekend ahead, and managers anticipate completing the 1340 acre project by Sunday.