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Breaking News: Four Missing After ATV Crash Starts Wildfire
Sedona AZ (September 16, 2018) – On September 15, 2018, at 4:19 in the evening, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a request for help from the United States Forest Service to assist with a wildfire along Forest Service Road 300 at Mile Post 10.
CCSO deputies responded from Flagstaff and the Blue Ridge Substation. While traveling to the scene, deputies learned it was believed...
Ikes Backbone Allotment Closure Under Consideration
Sedona AZ (October 5, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Good afternoon,
The Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest is asking for your comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA), which includes a proposal to close the Ikes Backbone Allotment to livestock grazing. The Ikes Backbone Allotment is located on the southwestern boundary of the Coconino...
Prescott Basin Prescribed Burn Continues
Forest prescribed burn method
Sedona AZ (July 27, 2016) – Prescott National Forest fire managers plan to continue fuels treatment in the Prescott Basin. Benefits from these treatment help to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wild land urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience. The burning will start on Thursday, July 28, 2016, and could continue through Friday, August...
Prescribed Burning Near Ponderosa Park
Sedona AZ (October 8, 2015) –Due to current weather conditions, fire managers were unable to complete any prescribed burning this week. Fire managers are planning to continue treatment on the Bradshaw Ranger District on Wednesday, October 14, through Sunday, October 18, in the Prescott Basin pending favorable weather conditions. Specific days to burn will be determined by the weather over the weekend...
Pile Burning Planned in the Prescott Basin
Sedona AZ (May 13, 2015) –– Fire managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District are planning to burn fuel break piles Friday, May 15 through Tuesday, May 19, 2015, pending favorable weather conditions in Prescott, Arizona. Specific days to burn will be determined by current and expected weather patterns allowing fire managers to make every effort to minimize smoke impacts to nearby communities.
The...
Eye on Woods Watch Fire Training
Sedona AZ (April 14, 2014) – On Friday, April 11, 2014, at 6:00 in the evening, more than 60 community members gathered at the Law Enforcement Administration Facility, Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, for the 2014 Woods Watch Training. Obvious in the distance to the people walking from the parking lot to the training building was the ominous massive black column of smoke being produced by the Fisher...