SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: Coconino National Forest Smoke Information

["Karen E Malis-Clark" <kmclark@xxxxxxxxx>]

For Immediate Release
August 2, 2010

Pile Burns this week on Coconino National Forest

Flagstaff, AZ – Fire specialists
on the Coconino National Forest are planning to ignite slash piles this
week. 

        Eastside
Project Area, up to 30 acres on Tuesday, north of Townsend-Winona Road
near Slayton Ranch Road. Minimal smoke impacts to Townsend-Winona Road
and Rio de Flag drainage.

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).

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
        Local
Ranger Stations: Peaks Ranger District (Flagstaff), 928-526-0866; 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 928-527-3620
email    kmclark@xxxxxxxxx 
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