North Zone Fall Prescribed Burning Begins (North Kaibab Ranger District Rx Fire Prescribed Fire): FREDONIA, Ariz. – Pending favorable weather conditions, North Zone fire managers will implement a prescribed fire treatment in the Jacob Ryan South project area tomorrow at the Groupsite Unit, which is 471 acres in size. The Groupsite Unit is located within the North Kaibab Ranger District (NKRD) and is bordered by Highway 89A on the north, Forest Service Road (FSR) 205 on the east, FSR 634 on the south and Highway AZ 67 on the west. The prescribed burn will be continuously monitored by Forest Service firefighters to control spread. During the planning stages of any prescribed fire, fire managers carefully develop a prescribed fire burn plan and implement the prescribed fire treatment only when environmental conditions are ideal to assuring firefighter and visitor safety and only upon approval of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. “These treatments are necessary to reduce hazardous fuels accumulation in the forest and protect the community from the threat of... dlvr.it/6yDlFL #AZFire
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:13:35 +0000
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