What is frustrating is the environmental health issues from the burn itself…driving south on 179-A from the Village to I-17, the distant skyline was a white smog of smoke. It must be dangerous for those breathing under its canopy!

I felt frustrated that it was the second day within this past month that we’ve been affected adversely by smoke–once the Village was covered with “smogk” from over the mesas, and then today we live under another layer from Flagstaff to Camp Verde to Cornville! What are the alternatives to prescribed burns? It also makes me mad to see the Forest Service burning perfectly GOOD CORDWOOD.

Other states contract with local landscapers and mulchers to remove the cut trees and underbrush, and or allow private citizens to load cordwood for personal use–AZ needs to recognize that in this global recession, that our forest firewood is a tax-prepaid benefit and that it needs to be offered for public access.

It’s a crime to watch perfectly good cordwood be burned needlessly because the Forest Service doesn’t want to bother doing the right thing–the public can rightfully benefit from its access and it should be made accessible.

Thanks for letting me say my piece. Heard about this website from a friend in Sedona and so I subscribed last week. Glad I did.