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.


For Immediate Release  
                 
              
October 16, 2009

Tentative prescribed fire plans for the week of October 19

Flagstaff, AZ – Pending
favorable conditions, fire managers are planning prescribed fires in the
following projects October 19-23. 
All prescribed fire activity is
dependent on personnel availability, weather – including ventilation conditions,
and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).

Monday, October 19
EITHER
Blue Ridge Urban Interface (BRUI)
Project – 600 acres approximately 11 miles northeast of Clint’s Well
off Hwy 87, west of the Starlight Pines and Pine Canyon subdivisions. Smoke
will disperse to the north. Some smoke may briefly impact Hwy 87 and the
immediate area overnight.
OR
East Clear Creek Project
– 500 acres approximately 20 miles south of the community of Blue Ridge
between Knoll Lake and Forest Road 300 (Rim Road). Smoke will disperse
to the north. 


Projects crews will consider
for the remainder of the week:

Continuing BRUI and East Clear Creek
Lake Mary	South of Lower Lake Mary and Lake Mary Meadows
Kachina	West of I-17, South of Kachina Village
Pete	North of the San Francisco Peaks

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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