SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: (Kaibab National Forest Information) - City Project Implementation

["Sandra J Moore" <sjmoore@xxxxxxxxx>]

City Project Implementation

WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Forest crews
are making progress on the thinning and piling phase of the City Project
near Cataract Lake. The project includes vegetative treatment activities
on 138 acres on the Williams Ranger District. 

One phase of the project was accomplished
by a broadcast prescribed burn in the fall of 2008. Now, the activities
underway include thinning and piling in three different areas around Cataract
Lake. The slash piles will not be burned until they have cured and significant
precipitation is received. Public notification will be made when the slash
piles are scheduled to be burned. 

Project objectives include returning
fire to a fire-adapted ecosystem, increasing flora and fauna diversity
and improving forest health. 

Kaibab National Forest personnel
led a field trip to the Cataract Lake area in June to explain the objectives
of the project. 
 
Please be advised of personnel
and equipment working around Cataract Lake and use caution traveling thru
the area. For more information, please call Richard Gonzalez, Project Leader,
928-635-5616.

-USFS-

Punky Moore
Fire Information Officer
Kaibab National Forest
Williams/Tusayan Ranger District
928-635-5653
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