[AZ-Observing] Re: 5 mile meadow?

 
Just saw this posted on the EVAC listing need to  check it out.  
Clear Skies 
Dwight L Bogan 
For Immediate Release    
June 19, 2006   
Contact:   Forest Closure Info Center  - 928-226-4601
Flagstaff, AZ - As fire danger increases across  the Southwest the Coconino 
National Forest will close to public access and use  Friday, morning, June 23 
at 8:00 a.m..  
Effective Friday, the Coconino National Forest  will close to public access. 
Conditions have warranted closure of the entire  national forest. Closures in 
the past have proven to be an effective means of  reducing the number of 
human-caused fires.  
â??While campfire and smoking restrictions have  been effective in terms of 
minimizing the number of fires, we are at the point  that we cannot afford the 
risk of any human-caused  fires,â?? says Coconino Forest Supervisor Nora 
Rasure.  â??
Several recent fires  have exhibited extreme fire behavior, including the 
Woody and Brins Fires.   We are not only concerned about the risk to 
communities 
and natural resources,  we are concerned about the potential difficulties 
evacuating recreationists from  remote areas should a wildfire start.â?? 
Included in the Coconino closures: 
    *   All campgrounds, day use picnic areas and  cabins on the forest.  
    *   All trails on the Coconino National Forest.   
    *   All lakes, including Lake Mary, Ashurst Lake,  Kinnikinick Lake, Blue 
Ridge Reservoir, Stoneman Lake.  
    *   Cinder Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Area north  of Flagstaff.  
    *   St. Josephâ??s Youth Camp near Mormon Lake.   
    *   Arizona Snowbowl Skyride.  
    *   All National Forest System Roads will be  closed, but all 
interstates, state and county roads through the Coconino  National Forest will 
remain 
open. 
Sedona and Flagstaff still offer many summer attractions  and activities.  
Private campgrounds and the campground at Fort Tuthill County Park  near 
Flagstaff will remain open with campfire  and smoking restrictions. All Forest 
Service offices and visitor  centers will be open.  The closure will be lifted 
when 
sufficient  precipitation is received to adequately reduce the risk of 
wildfire to a  manageable level, and hot, dry weather conditions are not 
forecast to  
continue. 
For further information about closures and  restrictions in the Coconino 
National Forest, call
928-226-4601 or toll-free  1-877-864-6985 between 6:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M. 
Information is posted on the  internet at _www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino_ 
(http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino) . 
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