prescribed burn

Beginning April 17, National Park Service and USDA Forest Service fire managers, working together as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program, anticipate initiating prescribed burns on the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  Over the next several weeks fire managers will be assessing weather, fuel moistures, and other conditions for opportunities to conduct burns safely and effectively. 

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.

Coconino National Forest firefighters had planned a large fire treatment this week on the Red Rock Ranger District near Apache Maid Mt, but the prescribed burn has been postponed due to moisture received in the area.

Fire managers will reevaluate plans for a burn in this area at a later date when weather conditions are more suitable for fire treatment.

Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to burn debris piles near the community of Groom Creek. Ignitions are planned to start on Thursday, March 11 and continue through Friday, March 12, pending favorable weather conditions.  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.

Coconino National Forest firefighters are planning to take advantage of favorable weather conditions tomorrow for a prescribed burn on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District, approximately 11 miles northeast of the Blue Ridge Ranger Station.

Bar-T-Bar Burn

Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District will begin implementing the Pipeline RX starting as early as Monday, March 1st and continuing through Saturday, March 6th.  Firefighters plan to treat 700 acres near the community of Groom Creek (T13N, R2W, SEC 27,28,33,34) when conditions are favorable; including air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts. 

Fire managers for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District are planning to use prescribed fire to burn cut vegetation and slash debris in an area located 30 miles south of Fredonia, Arizona in the Kanab Creek drainage.  Prescribed burning will begin early March 2021 and last through late March 2021, if weather and vegetation conditions allow, in accordance with the prescribed fire burn plan. The thinning, cutting, and burning of vegetation are intended to enhance wildlife habitat as well as protect cultural and natural resources. 

Update at 2/22/21 10:48 a.m.: Fire officials have postponed prescribed burns on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District due to unfavorable weather conditions. The burns were planned for the southeast side of the 512 Road (also known as the Young Road) between mileposts 315 and 318, Feb. 23-24. The prescribed fire treatments will be rescheduled for the following week pending optimal weather conditions.

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Firefighters on the Payson Ranger District will be conducting several pile burns throughout the week of Feb. 15, 2021.

The purpose of these burns is to reduce the potential and severity of a wildfire for the safety of the public and the protection of natural resources. The following prescription pile burns are planned for:

 Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to continue burning piles within the Prescott Basin (Senator Highway, Copper Basin, Walker Road and Deering Park), pending favorable weather conditions.  Ignitions will start on Tuesday, February 16th and continue through Friday, February 19th if conditions remain favorable.  Fire personnel continued to monitor previous ignitions form last week with totaled approximately 105 acres.  Smoke impacts are expected to be light in the surrounding areas.