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December 2014

• Pile burns to continue Wednesday, Friday, and next week

  Release Date: Dec. 30, 2014     

• Sedona Airport Saddle restoration and trail maintenance to start soon

  Release Date: Dec. 30, 2014     

• Forest Service offices in Arizona to be closed for holidays

  Release Date: Dec. 22, 2014     

• Seasonal road closures take effect on forest roads in northern Arizona

  Release Date: Dec. 18, 2014     

• Seasonal road closures to take effect as weather changes

  Release Date: Dec. 11, 2014     

• Prescribed pile burns planned

  Release Date: Dec. 10, 2014     

• Kendrick 2 Fire 100% contained

  Release Date: Dec. 2, 2014     

• Christmas tree permits nearly sold out

  Release Date: Dec. 2, 2014     

• Heavy construction traffic expected on FR152C near Sedona

  Release Date: Dec. 2, 2014     

• Kendrick 2 Fire 90% contained

  Release Date: Dec. 1, 2014     

• Kendrick 2 Fire 509 acres, 50% contained

  Release Date: Dec. 1, 2014     

• Kendrick 2 Fire 509 acres, 50% contained

  Release Date: Dec. 1, 2014     

November 2014

• Kendrick 2 Fire 25% contained; Crews continue burnout ops tonight

  Release Date: Nov. 30, 2014     

• Crews make good progress on Kendrick 2 Fire

  Release Date: Nov. 30, 2014     

• 431 Fire 100% Contained, Crews respond to Kendrick 2 Fire

  Release Date: Nov. 30, 2014     

• Crews respond to 431 Fire north of Flagstaff

  Release Date: Nov. 29, 2014     

• Crews respond to Kendrick Fire north of Flagstaff

  Release Date: Nov. 23, 2014     

• Red Rock District Visitor Center accepting certain items for recycling

  Release Date: Nov. 21, 2014     

• Fees waived Veterans Day weekend for Red Rock Ranger District

  Release Date: Nov. 4, 2014     

October 2014

• Prescribed fires planned for the week of Nov 3

  Release Date: Oct. 31, 2014     

• Fort Valley and Blue Ridge Prescribed Planned for Thursday

  Release Date: Oct. 29, 2014     

• Coconino NF to sell limited number of Christmas tree permits

  Release Date: Oct. 28, 2014     

• BRUI and Rocky Park prescribed burns to continue tomorrow

  Release Date: Oct. 28, 2014     

• Prescribed burning plans changing this week to adjust to conditions

  Release Date: Oct. 27, 2014     

• Prescribed fires next week at Blue Ridge, Oak Creek Canyon, Flagstaff

  Release Date: Oct. 24, 2014     

• Lake Mary Prescribed Burn Planned for Friday

  Release Date: Oct. 23, 2014     

• Red Rock Ranger District to begin Birding Walks and Nature Talks

  Release Date: Oct. 22, 2014     

• UPDATE: Prescribed fires on A-1 Project planned for Wednesday and Thursday

  Release Date: Oct. 22, 2014     

• Prescribed fires on A-1 Project planned for Wednesday and Thursday

  Release Date: Oct. 21, 2014     

• Today’s prescribed burn cancelled, fire managers make tentative plans for next week

  Release Date: Oct. 17, 2014     

• Lake Mary Prescribed Burn planned for Friday

  Release Date: Oct. 16, 2014     

• Prescribed burns near Flagstaff planned for Thursday and Friday

  Release Date: Oct. 14, 2014     

• Fire managers plan fall prescribed burning

  Release Date: Oct. 3, 2014     

• Visitor use surveys begin tomorrow on Coconino National Forest

  Release Date: Oct. 1, 2014     

September 2014

• Most of Oak Creek Canyon to reopen Wednesday

  Release Date: Sept. 29, 2014     

• USFS law enforcement officer involved in shooting

  Release Date: Sept. 19, 2014     

• Wilderness 50th anniversary fair coming to Red Rock Ranger Station

  Release Date: Sept. 12, 2014     

• Firewood permits available on east side of Flagstaff

  Release Date: Sept. 4, 2014     

• Labor Day weekend brought increase in abandoned campfires

  Release Date: Sept. 2, 2014     

August 2014

• Red Rock Ranger District to waive fees for Labor Day weekend, National Public Lands Day

  Release Date: Aug. 28, 2014     

• Bridge construction may cause traffic delays on Forest Road 618

  Release Date: Aug. 25, 2014     

• C.C. Cragin (Blue Ridge) Reservoir and FR751 closed starting Friday

  Release Date: Aug. 21, 2014     

• Trail closures coming due to Airport Road rehab project in Sedona

  Release Date: Aug. 19, 2014     

• Projects at C.C. Cragin (Blue Ridge) reservoir will affect access and also lower level of water

  Release Date: Aug. 11, 2014     

• Crews respond to Kinder Fire near Clint’s Well, Bar M Fire activity to be minimal through the weekend

  Release Date: Aug. 1, 2014     

July 2014

• Bar M Fire activity increases with drier conditions; expected to decrease starting this weekend

  Release Date: July 31, 2014     

• Owner of local ATV company pleads guilty to unauthorized use on national forest land

  Release Date: July 30, 2014     

• Red Rock Ranger District hosting public events in August

  Release Date: July 29, 2014     

• Crews continue efforts on the Bar M Fire

  Release Date: July 29, 2014     

• Bar M Fire receives rain

  Release Date: July 28, 2014     

• Crews on Bar M Fire continue making progress, Island Fire final update

  Release Date: July 27, 2014     

• Bar M Fire and Island Fires; Sitgreaves Fire smoke drifts our way; Fay Fire Final Update

  Release Date: July 26, 2014     

• Bar M Fire crews make good progress, Smoke from new fire near Pothole will settle toward Verde Valley

  Release Date: July 25, 2014     

• Slide Fire closure revised to smaller area

  Release Date: July 24, 2014     

• Bar M fire and smoke to continue near Mormon Lake (lightning fires update #8)

  Release Date: July 24, 2014     

• Update #7 for Willard, Pothole, General, and Bar M Fires

  Release Date: July 23, 2014     

• Smoke from Willard, Pothole, and General Fires to decrease; Fire and smoke to increase on Bar M Fire (lightning-caused fires Update 6)

  Release Date: July 22, 2014     

• Fay Fire: 5 p.m., July 21 update

  Release Date: July 21, 2014     

• Update 4: Fire managers using lightning-caused fires to benefit the forest

  Release Date: July 21, 2014     

• Fay Fire: 9 a.m., July 21 update

  Release Date: July 21, 2014     

• Fay Fire: 7 p.m., July 20 update

  Release Date: July 20, 2014     

• Firefighters responding to Fay Fire northwest of Sedona

  Release Date: July 20, 2014     

• Update 3: Fire managers using lightning-caused fires to benefit the forest

  Release Date: July 20, 2014     

• Update 2: Fire managers using lightning-caused fires to benefit the forest

  Release Date: July 19, 2014     

• Update 1: Fire managers using lightning-caused fires to benefit the forest

  Release Date: July 18, 2014     

• Forest Service law enforcement searching for individual(s) who placed rebar in roads

  Release Date: July 15, 2014     

• Fossil Creek closure to be lifted tomorrow

  Release Date: July 10, 2014     

• Coconino & Kaibab National Forests to lift fire restrictions

  Release Date: July 7, 2014     

• FS seeks public comments on Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project; Public Meetings Invitation

  Release Date: July 3, 2014     

• National Forest land in Oak Creek Canyon to close

  Release Date: July 1, 2014     

June 2014

• First Friday program & live snake display coming to Red Rock Visitor Center

  Release Date: June 27, 2014     

• Oak Creek Canyon: USFS closure planned

  Release Date: June 25, 2014     

• Boynton Canyon trail reopen

  Release Date: June 24, 2014     

• Boynton Canyon trail temporarily closed

  Release Date: June 21, 2014     

• Crews responding to new fire at the base of Mt Elden

  Release Date: June 17, 2014     

• Junipine Fire Update #2

  Release Date: June 17, 2014     

• Junipine Fire update #1

  Release Date: June 16, 2014     

• Small fire near Junipine in Oak Creek Canyon

  Release Date: June 16, 2014     

• Certain fees waived on Saturday for Red Rock Ranger District

  Release Date: June 10, 2014     

• Emergency closure area for Slide Fire shrinks

  Release Date: June 5, 2014     

• Problematic bear activity prompts closure of Rock Crossing campground

  Release Date: June 4, 2014     

• Fossil Creek closed due to fire danger

  Release Date: June 4, 2014     

May 2014

• Emergency Area Closure for the Slide Fire

  Release Date: May 30, 2014     

• Coconino & Kaibab NFs to enter Stage II fire restrictions Friday (5/30)

  Release Date: May 27, 2014     

• Slide Fire Update 7 a.m. (5/27)

  Release Date: May 27, 2014     

• Slide Fire Update – 7 a.m. (5/23)

  Release Date: May 23, 2014     

• Slide Fire update 8 p.m. (5/22)

  Release Date: May 22, 2014     

• Slide Fire update 7 a.m. (5/22)

  Release Date: May 22, 2014     

• Slide Fire Media Advisory 9 p.m. (5/21)

  Release Date: May 21, 2014     

• Slide Fire: Evening update (5/21)

  Release Date: May 21, 2014     

• Slide Fire: Afternoon update (5/21)

  Release Date: May 21, 2014     

• Slide Fire: 7:15 a.m. update (5/21)

  Release Date: May 21, 2014     

• Slide Fire: 7:30 p.m. update (final for this evening 5/20)

  Release Date: May 20, 2014     

• Slide Fire just north of Slide Rock near Sedona (5/20)

  Release Date: May 20, 2014     

• Coconino NF currently in Stage I fire restrictions

  Release Date: May 20, 2014     

• Forest Service removes 1.5 tons of trash from illegal marijuana operation

  Release Date: May 19, 2014     

• Red Flag warning today for Kaibab and Coconino National Forests; Stage I fire restrictions remain in effect

  Release Date: May 19, 2014     

• Red Rock Ranger District Seeks Non-Motorized Trail System Comments

  Release Date: May 14, 2014     

• Pollinator Talk and a Live Snake Display coming to Red Rock Visitor Center

  Release Date: May 14, 2014     

• Public Advised to Avoid Sterling Pass Trail Due to Hazards

  Release Date: May 14, 2014     

• Heavy traffic to be expected on FSR 776 (Cinder Hills Road)

  Release Date: May 9, 2014     

• Fossil Creek Road: Expect periodic weekend road closures

  Release Date: May 6, 2014     

• Beaver Creek Campground has been converted to a day-use picnic area

  Release Date: May 5, 2014     

April 2014

• Fire Restrictions Reminder

  Release Date: April 29, 2014     

• Portion of Schultz Pass Road Closed for Construction

  Release Date: April 27, 2014     

• Area Closure for Portion of Forest Road 535

  Release Date: April 22, 2014     

• Midgley Bridge Trailhead Closure Extension

  Release Date: April 21, 2014     

• Wilding permits available until May 9th

  Release Date: April 21, 2014     

• Portion of FSR 420 Schultz Pass Road Temporarily Closed

  Release Date: April 21, 2014     

March 2014

• GLASS CONTAINERS BANNED ALONG OAK CREEK AND FOSSIL CREEK

  Release Date: March 18, 2014     

• Forest Service conducting road maintenance on Red Rock Ranger District

  Release Date: March 11, 2014     Sedona, Arizona

February 2014

• Red Rock Ranger District to celebrate Heritage Awareness Month in March

  Release Date: Feb. 28, 2014     

• Prescribed burn planned for Wednesday south of Little America Hotel

  Release Date: Feb. 25, 2014     

• Coconino NF adding another public meeting for Forest Plan Revision

  Release Date: Feb. 25, 2014     

• County and Forest Service seeking committee members

  Release Date: Feb. 24, 2014     

• Coconino NF hosting 2nd round of public meetings for Forest Plan Revision

  Release Date: Feb. 19, 2014     

• Public input sought on Cave Springs bank stabilization project

  Release Date: Feb. 19, 2014     

• Fee-free days coming up on Coconino NF

  Release Date: Feb. 11, 2014     

• Fees to increase slightly for some concessionaire-managed sites in Red Rock District

  Release Date: Feb. 5, 2014     

• Forest Service personnel to discuss motorized use in Verde Valley at open house event

  Release Date: Feb. 3, 2014     

January 2014

• Fee-free day coming up on Coconino NF

  Release Date: Jan. 13, 2014     

• Beaver Creek campground converting to day-use site

  Release Date: Jan. 10, 2014     

• New trail for hikers and mountain bikers opens in Sedona

  Release Date: Jan. 7, 2014     

• Red Rock Visitor Center showcases state-of-the-art exhibits

  Release Date: Jan. 7, 2014