Officials with the Kaibab National Forest are encouraging residents who live in wooded areas to remove potential fire fuel from their properties. As Arizona Public Radio’s Ryan Heinsius reports, they’ll be able to dispose of yard debris at a cinder pit near Parks.
Starting this weekend, community members will be able to bring pine needles, branches and other natural forest material to the Moonset Pit, about 20 miles west of Flagstaff. Forest managers say creating defensible spaces free of fire fuel around homes is a public safety issue. Removing dead vegetation and other dry material can help protect whole neighborhoods in the event of a wildfire.
The public will be able to access Moonset Pit two Saturdays a month until September. Forest debris brought there for disposal should be loose and not bagged, and garbage, building materials, lumber or other non-natural items won’t be accepted.
For more info and specific dropoff dates, see http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/kaibab/news-events/?cid=STELPRD3837158.
