post-fire flooding

The closure order for Mt. Lemmon and Sabino Canyon is still in effect for public safety. The closure order applies to recreation residence cabins in Greater Soldier Camp and Willow Canyon on the Coronado National Forest. This order was issued due to the hazards in the burn scar and the increased possibility of flooding downstream and of sediment and debris runoff after the Bighorn Fire.

A Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team was established by the Coronado National Forest to begin burned area assessments of this season’s forest wildfires to include the Bighorn and Emigrant fires which also burned on state, private, and federal lands. The BAER team leader is Greg Kuyumjian, who led the BAER assessment of the 2003 Aspen Fire, so he is familiar with the burned area of the Bighorn Fire.

A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has been working to assess the condition of the watersheds that were burned in the Woodbury Fire. The BAER program is designed to identify and manage potential risks to resources on National Forest System lands and reduce these threats through appropriate emergency measures to protect human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources.

A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has been working to assess the condition of the watersheds that were burned in the Woodbury Fire. The BAER program is designed to identify and manage potential risks to resources on National Forest System lands and reduce these threats through appropriate emergency measures to protect human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources.