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.



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For Immediate Release
August 3, 2010

Pile Burns this week on Coconino National Forest

Flagstaff, AZ – Fire specialists
on the Coconino National Forest will continue the prescribed fire program
by igniting slash piles tomorrow. 

        Mountainaire
Project Area, up to 20 acres per day, on south end of Flagstaff along Lake
Mary Road near Mormon Lake Ranger Station, J.W. Powell Blvd and Pine Canyon.
Smoke may be noticeable in the immediate area during ignition, but will
be light and will disperse quickly.

About 20 acres of slash piles were burned
today on the Eastside Project Area along Townsend-Winona Road. Slash is
leftover branches and small diameter trees from forest restoration projects.

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.

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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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