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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.

Coconino National Forest firefighters are planning to take advantage of future favorable weather conditions and have tentatively planned large fire treatments on the Flagstaff Ranger District and Mogollon Rim Ranger District that will include thousands of acres and span several weeks.

If weather conditions permit, these treatments could begin as early as the middle of next week and continue into May.