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Prescribed fire pile burning will commence across the Williams and Tusayan districts of the Kaibab National Forest for the remainder of the fall season.

Winter weather with forecasted snow present excellent opportunities nearly every year for fire crews to burn and consume piled slash and woody debris left over from previous forest restoration projects. For the months of November and December, up to 8,000 acres of piles near Tusayan, Williams, and Parks are planned for prescribed burning operations.

Areas to be treated are located 75 miles south of St. George near Mt. Dellenbaugh

To protect cultural and natural resources and reduce wildfire intensity, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District and National Park Service (NPS) plan prescribed burns of cut and piled juniper. The treatment areas are located 75 miles south of St. George, Utah along BLM Road 1683, west of Mt. Dellenbaugh. Burning may occur over multiple days between October 2022 and April 2023 as weather and fuel conditions allow.  

Tonto National Forest fire officials are preparing to burn brush and woody material on the Payson and Pleasant Valley Ranger Districts, Wednesday, Nov. 7-10, 2022.

Fire specialists will be burning two pits containing this material on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District (PV). The PV and Conner pits are located south of Young near State Route 288. On the Payson Ranger District, fire specialists will be burning two pits as well, Chase and Perley pits, located north of Payson near the Control Road. 

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management in conjunction with Arizona State Parks and Trails begin pile burn operations at four state parks across the state over the course of a few weeks.

Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to take advantage of moisture received and burn piles of debris near Goldwater Lake south of Prescott.   Ignitions are planned to start on Friday November 4, 2022, and continue through Monday, November 7, 2022, 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.