Prescott National Forest

The Prescott National Forest is lifting shooting and fire restrictions Wednesday morning. Officials say due to recent moisture, cooler temperatures and shorter days, as well as a reduction in fire activity, the decision was made. While all restrictions will be lifted, forest visitors are reminded that potential for wildfires still exists and to use cautionFull Story

It’s about that time: Christmas Tree permits will be available for sale for the Prescott National Forest starting October 19th. Officials say there will be 600 tree permits for sale this year. However, you won’t be able to buy them in person due to COVID-19 office closures. Permits will be sold on a first-come, first-servedFull Story

The Prescott National Forest is ending its fire restrictions and reopening most recreation sites Saturday. Officials say most developed recreation sites on the Prescott National Forest return to their regular operating and fee schedules on August 1st, though a few, mostly group sites, remain closed for health and safety reasons. Forest officials are also endingFull Story

The Sheridan Fire continues to burn 23 miles northwest of Prescott. The fire has forced the closure of an area within the Prescott National Forest’s Chino Valley Ranger District that is a popular hunting area. Arizona Game And Fish officials say the closure will affect those hunters who are planning to hunt deer and bearFull Story

Fire managers on the Verde Ranger District of the Prescott National Forest will conduct grassland burns between today and the end of July. Five burns are planned in the Agua Fria grasslands east of Interstate-17 and south of I-17 and the Highway 169 junction. The goal of the burns is to improve native vegetation conditionsFull Story

A small wildfire that broke out Friday afternoon nearly Lynx Lake South Shore Day-Use Recreation Area is now 100-percent contained. The Lynx Fire burned at least 16 acres and it has been determined it was human caused. Prescott hotshots and other fire crews tended to the fire. All areas that were closed due to theFull Story

Pile burning started today on the Prescott National Forest. Fire managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District started burning Tuesday and will last through November 30th. Around 300 acres of piles will be burned in Deering Park, Thumb Butte, Groom Creek and Sierra Prietta. Smoke will be light, but noticeable in the areas of the burns.Full Story

The Prescott National Forest will lift the closure on the Bradshaw Ranger District and all fire restrictions Friday morning. Forest officials say the decision to lift the bans was because of the rain that the forest has received and the predicted continued Monsoon activity across the area. Officials remind forest visitors that the potential forFull Story

A portion of the Prescott National Forest is closed heading into the weekend. Officials say due to increasing drought conditions, very high fire danger and public safety concerns, an area of the Bradshaw Ranger District is closed The closure area will include lands along Highway 89 northeast to the junction of Indian Creek Road, thenFull Story

Christmas tree cutting permits go on sale this week across Northern Arizona. In the Coconino National Forest, 600 permits will be available at 15-dollars each starting Friday. Three-hundred permits will be available at the ranger station in Happy Jack, 200 at the ranger station on Highway 89 in Flagstaff and 100 will be available atFull Story