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The Flagstaff Ranger District plans to conduct five pile burn projects that are scattered across the district, but mostly north of Flagstaff, beginning tomorrow (Feb. 23) and continuing through Friday.

These projects are comprised of very large piles of forest materials from previous mechanical treatments, which are best burned in conditions that are predicted over the next several days where adequate snowfall is present. Having a good base of snow around the piles allows fire managers easier control and keeps fire from moving beyond the intended target.

Tonto National Forest fire specialists will conduct pile burns on the Payson Ranger District Feb. 8-9, 2022.

Fire specialists will burn 107 acres of debris piles at Christopher Creek Campground, MP 274 south of State Route 260.

Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District will continue to burn debris piles near Walker, Ponderosa Park/White Spar, Copper Basin, Lynx Lake and Thumb Butte.  Ignitions are planned to start on Monday, January 31, 2022, and continue through Monday, February 28, 2022, as favorable weather conditions allow.  Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light in the surrounding areas.  During the month of January fire fighters burned over 1,000 acres of piles in the Prescott basin. 

 The Springerville Ranger District on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is planning to proceed with pile burning in the vicinity around and immediately to the west of the Greens Peak Lookout.

The Greens Peak Lookout Project has pile spread across approximately 20 acres, and smoke can be expected to be seen between January 12th and February 15th. The planned pile burns are a collaborative effort between the White Mountain Apache and the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests under the Reserved Treaty Right Lands program.

The Flagstaff Ranger District plans to continue three pile burns starting Monday, Jan. 10, which will burn piled material from previous mechanical treatments.

The Alpine Ranger District is closing the Alpine Burn Pit to the community for the health and safety of the public after a successful ignition of piles of collected slash. No more slash deposits are being accepted from the community until further notice.

District fire crews conducted a pile burn at the Alpine Burn Pit on January 5th to reduce the slash and green waste from the community burn pit and to open more space for future slash dumping. Crews stayed on scene until there was no further threat of escape.

Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to burn debris piles near the community of Walker, Ponderosa Park/White Spar and Copper Basin.  Ignitions are planned to start on Tuesday, December 7 through Monday, December 13, 2021 as favorable weather conditions allow.  Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light in the surrounding areas. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface and increases ecosystem and community resilience.

Fire managers for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District are planning to burn slash debris piles located 65 miles south of St. George, Utah near Mt. Trumbull. Depending upon conditions, the burns will begin early November 2021 and last through April 2022 if weather and fuel conditions allow. The burns are intended to decrease future wildfire risk and protect cultural and natural resources.

Prescribed fire operations will continue in the week ahead on both the Tusayan and Williams Ranger Districts at three project locations on the south zone of the Kaibab National Forest.