SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: Coconino National Forest Smoke Information

["Brienne U Magee" <bmagee@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Coconino National Forest has established
this method of notifying you of
planned and current fuels treatment activities on the
forest. For confirmation or for more
information, please visit our "Current
Conditions" page of the Coconino
National Forest web-site. You may click
this link http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/conditions/current-rx.shtml,
or use the "shortcut"
to our main page: www.coconinoforest.us

The Coconino County Health Department provides information about smoke
concerns and offers suggestions for
minimizing smoke impacts to your family
and home at the following website
http://www.coconino.az.gov/health.aspx?id=6564.

***Update, Sept 21: Due to unfavorable
conditions, prescribed fire projects planned for today have been postponed.
Fire Managers will re-evaluate conditions tomorrow.  
In addition, prescribed burning on
the Woody Ridge Project -- located southwest of Flagstaff off Woody Mountain
Road -- may also be considered this week.***

Sept 18, 2009 
Pending favorable conditions, fire managers are planning prescribed fires
in the following projects for the week of Sept 21.  
All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability, weather
– including ventilation conditions, and approval from the Arizona Department
of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). 

For Monday, September 21: 
Fort Valley Project – Approximately 320 acres of broadcast burning
off Hwy 180 and Snowbowl Road.  Smoke is expected to move northeast
with the forecast winds; some residual smoke will likely settle around
the Baderville area overnight. 
Lake Mary Project – Approximately 400 acres southwest of Lake Mary
Meadows, off Forest Road 132. Smoke is expected to disperse northeast;
some residual smoke may settle around Lake Mary Meadows. 

Projects Fire Managers will consider for the remainder of the week, Sept
22-25:

Project Name	Total Acres*	General Location
Fort Valley	500	North of Flagstaff, off Hwy 180 and Snowbowl Rd
A-1	200	East of Bellemont
Eastside	200	West of Hwy 89, off Elden Springs Road (Forest Road 556)
Mars Hill	Up to 200	Northwest of Flagstaff on Observatory Mesa
Kachina	Up to 400	Southwest of Flagstaff and Kachina Village
Lake Mary	Up to 400	Southwest of Lower Lake Mary and Lake Mary Meadows
Mint	500	East of Mormon Lake and Lake Mary Road (Forest Hwy 3)
East Clear Creek	1000	Between Knoll Lake and Forest Road 300 (Rim Road)

*Estimated total acres for the week. 

The public can obtain prescribed fire information via the following:
        Prescribed Fire Hotline: 928-226-4607
        Coconino National Forest Website: www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino
o        Click on the Prescribed Fire Link to the right
of the page 
        Sign-up to receive regular email notifications:
 http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription
o        Choose “Southwestern Region”
        Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CoconinoNF_Fire
        Inciweb: www.inciweb.org/incident/1889/
  
        Local Ranger Stations: Peaks Ranger District
(Flagstaff), 928-526-0866; Red Rock Ranger District (Sedona) 928-203-2900;
Mogollon Rim Ranger District (Blue Ridge) 928-477-2255

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Karen Malis-Clark
Public Affairs, Conservation Education
Coconino National Forest
1824 S. Thompson St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-2529
Phone  928-527-3492  Fax 928-527-3491
email    kmclark@xxxxxxxxx 
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