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.

Tentative prescribed fire plans for Tuesday

Flagstaff, AZ – Pending
favorable conditions, fire managers are planning prescribed fires on the
following projects for Tuesday, May 25. 
 
All prescribed fire activity is
dependent on personnel availability, weather, ventilation conditions, and
approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (www.azdeq.gov).

Peaks and Mormon Lake Districts
       
Mint Project - 750 acres. About 1 mile south of Mormon Lake
Village. This maintenance burn mimics fire’s natural cycle, so smoke will
be minimal, yet visible from Forest Highway 3 and Mormon Lake. Smoke may
settle in Mormon Lake Basin overnight.

Mogollon Rim District
       
Imax Project –900 acres. About 6 miles northwest of Clints
Well. This maintenance burn mimics fire’s natural cycle. Smoke may be
visible from FH 3 and I-17 and drain into West Clear Creek 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: Mogollon
Rim Ranger District (Blue Ridge) 928-477-2255; Red Rock Ranger District
(Sedona) 928-203-2900.

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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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