Pile Burns Planned for Week of December 1, 2013 (Williams Ranger District Prescribed Fire Prescribed Fire)

Williams AZ – Fire managers on the Williams and North Kaibab Ranger Districts are planning various pile burns for the week of December 1 2013. All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability weather – including winds and ventilation and approval from the ADEQ www.azdeq.gov. Additional resources regarding smoke and air quality are available at wildfire.az.gov . The goals of thinning and pile burning the related slash include improving forest health and reducing fire hazard on the forest. Williams Ranger District: Tentative plans starting Tuesday December 3 2013 for 110 acres of pile burning near Holden Lake approximately 2 miles northwest of Williams. Smoke will be highly visible from Williams and I-40 but should have minimal impacts. Tusayan Ranger District: No prescribed fire or pile burning planned at this time. North Kaibab Ranger District: Tentative plans starting Tuesday December 3 2013 for 25-250 acres of pile burning near Timp Point between FSR 271 and...