Prescribed burns

Federal officials are warning that expanding drought conditions coupled with hot and dry weather, extreme wind and unstable atmospheric conditions have led to explosive fire behavior in the Southwest.

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest plan to conduct a nearly 350-acre prescribed burn Friday along Lake Mary Road south of Flagstaff.

Officials with the Kaibab National Forest plan to conduct prescribed burns beginning Thursday near Tusayan, outside the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

Fire managers on the Kaibab National Forest plan a prescribed burn this week near Tusayan.

The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest will conduct prescribed burns this week on the Lakeside Ranger District, weather permitting.

Fire managers with Grand Canyon National Park plan to initiate a prescribed burn Tuesday downriver from Lees Ferry along the Colorado River. Ignitions are planned on about 5 acres of the Paria Beach Riparian Restoration project, a little over a mile downriver from the Lees Ferry boat ramp.

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest plan to take advantage of snow and favorable weather conditions to conduct a series of pile burns near Flagstaff this week.

Fire managers in Grand Canyon National Park plan to begin a prescribed burn about a mile downriver from Lees Ferry next week.

The Lakeside Ranger District on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is planning prescribed burns in the coming weeks near Woodland Lake Park, southwest of Pinetop-Lakeside.

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest this week are continuing three pile burns near Flagstaff.