10/29/16 7:73 am

TIMBER MESA FIRE and MEDICAL DISTRICT
www.TimberMesaFire.org
3561 E. Deuce of Clubs Show Low, AZ 85901 OFFICE: (928) 537-5100 FAX: (928) 368-5643
10/28/16
For Immediate Release
Fuels Reduction Burn
October 29th & 30th, 2016 Timber Mesa Fire & Medical Dist. (TMFMD) will be conducting a fuels reduction burn on the property located at 1362 W. Rim Rd. Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ. The property is approximately 2 acres in size and the fuels to be burned have been piled in several piles that can be safely burned over the course of the 2 days. This will be a monitored burn by TMFMD crews. This property is located directly south of Hart Lake Road and Richardson Lane on the Rim Road and borders the White Mountain Apache Reservation. (Approximate GPS coordinates -109 58’ 07.61” , 34 06’ 37.81” ) Smoke will most likely be visible in the local area but is projected to only last for the two days scheduled for burning with minimal impact to local area residents. Prescribed burning provides many benefits and is essential to maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. It provides habitat diversity, recycles plant nutrients into the soil and encourages new growth for a variety of plants used by wildlife and livestock. Prescribed burning of forest ground fuels also reduces the threat of large scale wildfire impacts to private lands. Objectives of this project are to clear this property of the fuels from an earlier uncompleted fuels reduction project.
Crews will be on scene from ignition until there is no longer a threat of escape from the project boundaries.
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10/27/16 2:26 PM
Prescribed burns from Fort Apache Indian Reservation will continue over the next few week depending on favorable weather conditions. Approximately 11,500 acres are targeted to be treated by either pile burning or broadcast burning within several burn units on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Smoke will be visible from Holbrook southward with smoke settling in low lying areas in the mornings. Drivers should pay extra attention while traveling through or adjacent to burn areas particularly along highway 73 from Post Office Canyon to Hon-dah and State Route 260 east of Hon-dah.

October 27, 2016; —The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests’ Alpine Ranger District will be conducting a 3,212 acre prescribed burn within the Nutrioso unit southwest of Nutrioso, beginning October 31st . Blacklining the perimeter will take place October 31th – November 4th, and burning the rest of the interior with aerial ignitions which will take place November 7th – 10th.
The Nutrioso II Unit is one mile southwest of Nutrioso, AZ in the area just north of Williams Valley. The legal description is: T6N, R29E, Sections 10, 13-16, 21-26, 35 and 36; and T6N, R30E, Sections 19, 30 and 31.
Ignition may last several days, with daily smoke impact anticipated within area drainages. Smoke will be visible in the community of Nutrioso, White Mountain Acres, Tal-Wi-Wi, Alpine, Hwy 180/191 and surrounding private property.
Prescribed burning provides many benefits and is essential to maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. It provides habitat diversity, recycles plant nutrients into the soil and encourages new growth for a variety of plants used by wildlife and livestock. Prescribed burning of forest ground fuels also reduces the threat of large scale wildfire impacts to private lands. Objectives of this project are to maintain and protect ponderosa pine stands while providing browse for wildlife.
This will provide protection for the private lands, as well as provide protection for the community of Nutrioso from wildfires.
Crews will be on scene from ignition until there is no longer a threat of escape from the project boundaries.
Questions or concerns contact the Alpine Ranger District at (928) 339-5000 or by calling 311 or 928-333-3412. Also, check out our website at: www.fs.usda.gov/asnf or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/apachesitgreavesnfs/.