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.

November 10, 2009
       
Tentative prescribed fire plans
for Wednesday and Thursday

Flagstaff, AZ – Pending
favorable conditions, fire managers are planning prescribed fires on the
following projects Wednesday and Thursday, November 11 and 12.  
 
All prescribed fire activity is
dependent on personnel availability, weather – including ventilation conditions,
and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (www.azdeq.gov).

Wednesday, November 11
East Clear Creek Project
– 500 acres approximately 4 miles south of Blue Ridge Reservoir, 10 miles
(as the crow flies) southeast of Clint’s Well.  Smoke will disperse
to the north and may briefly impact the Clear Creek Pines subdivision.


Thursday, November 12
East Clear Creek Project
– same as Wednesday.  Crews will burn if they don’t complete the
project Wednesday.
A-1 Project – 70 acres
located north of I-40 off Forest Road 518, approximately 6 miles west of
Flagstaff, 4 miles SW of the Fort Valley subdivision.  Smoke should
be light and will disperse to the north and northwest. Some light residual
smoke may be noticeable in the Fort Valley and Baderville areas overnight.
 

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

        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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