The Coconino National Forest is one of the most diverse National Forests in the country with landscapes ranging from the famous Red Rocks of Sedona to Ponderosa Pine Forests, to alpine tundra. Explore mountains and canyons, fish forest lakes and wade in lazy creeks and streams.
These magnificent views of the Coconino Forest and many others are available on our flickr pages.
New website - new look! You may have noticed, the Coconino has a new web-look. Some things might be missing and others are in new places. This is a work-in-progress. If you cannot find what you are looking for, either fill out the on-line comment form or call us at 928-527-3600. Check back frequently to check our progress!
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Prescribed fires: There are no approved prescribed burns for Wednesday, February 22nd on the Coconino. For daily information call 928-226-4607. "Prescribed Fires and Smoke"
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Travel Management Rule
New Rules Announced for Motorized Use on the Forest!
The Coconino National Forest has been working collaboratively with the public since 2006 to develop a travel management plan, which will change the rules for motorized use across the Forest. The Forest released a Proposed Action in 2007 and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement in March 2010. On November 3, 2011, the Final Environmental Impact Statement along with the Record of Decision were released announcing the new travel management rules.
Maps and other information regarding this decision are available here..
Detailed maps for each ranger district of the approved routes and areas are located here.
The Fossil Creek area has been receiving increased recreation use since restoration of full flows in 2002. A 68 percent increase in the number of campsites, extensive trash, human waste, and vegetation damage has been well documented in the last year. Over 40,000 visitors recreate along the middle 4 miles of Fossil Creek during the summer season, a huge spike in use since 2002. In 2009 Fossil Creek was designated by Congress as a National Wild and Scenic River. This designation requires the protection of the river’s outstandingly remarkable values (ORVs) during the time that it takes to develop and implement a Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP). Because a final CRMP decision will take several years it is necessary to implement interim measures to arrest recreation impacts and protect the ORV’s.
Four national forests are actively engaged in a collaborative, landscape-scale initiative designed to restore fire-adapted ecosystems in the Southwestern Region. Those forests are the Kaibab, Coconino, Apache-Sitgreaves and Tonto. Together with a broad audience of stakeholders, including members of local, county and state governments, environmental groups, and industry representatives, the four forest supervisors and 4 Forest Restoration Initiative team members are working to determine how to collectively accelerate landscape-scale restoration of ponderosa pine forests in northern Arizona.
The Forest Service and National Parks are jointly initiating a special study to explore management options for an area surrounding Walnut Canyon primarily administered by Coconino Forest.
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Maps and other information regarding this decision are available 
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