SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: Coconino National Forest Smoke Information

["Karen E Malis-Clark" <kmclark@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.



October 5, 2009
       
Prescribed fire update

No prescribed fire projects on
the Coconino National Forest ignited today.  
        
For Tuesday, Mogollon Rim District:
Blue Ridge Urban Interface Project,
570 acres. After careful calculation of forecast winds, humidity and
temperatures, fire experts plan to ignite along Highway 87 near Mogollon
Rim/Blue Ridge Ranger Station tomorrow. About 500 acres is maintenance
burn, which means it has been previously burned, fuels are fairly light,
and smoke will be light. The other 70 acres has not been thinned and will
produce more smoke. Please use caution while driving on Highway 87 as the
smoke could get heavy, especially in the evening and early morning hours.

For Peaks and Mormon Lake Districts:
No prescribed burns will ignite
tomorrow. Later in the week, fire specialists will consider the following
project areas: Kachina, Lake Mary, Anderson Mesa, Woody Ridge, Fort
Valley, Eastside.

All prescribed fire activity is
dependent on personnel availability, weather – including ventilation conditions,
and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
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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