Coconino NF closure

[AZ8]

Heads up: Coconino to shut down on Wednesday 8am. Expect the others to follow suit.

 

[BOHNTR]

Kaibab as well

 

[Bluehair]

Sycamore from cottonwood.

 

[AZ8]

I think Arizona is on the brink with resources spread thin throughout the state.

Although most of these fires now were caused by lightning from this past week, Im glad they're shutting down the forests eliminating human caused.

Smoke here in Flagstaff is thick as pea soup with ash on my vehicle windshields.

Wednesday is calling for rain. Let's hope it's not the dry lightning we had last week.

 

[Beavinaz]

Just got back from the Forest Lakes area east of Payson and they’re shutting down everything there.

 

[rockymtnhunter]

Dang it! Kaibab NF is also shutting down on June 23 - there goes my July 4th camping/scouting trip on North Kaibab; but I'm glad that human/vehicle (i.e. UTV/ATV) disturbance will be shut down. C'mon monsoon! Hopefully it will open up before archery opening in 59 days.

 

[LIK2HNT]

Could it be closed during unit 12 archery season? If so what would a hunter do, Hunt the BLM?
What about the early rifle, will it still be closed if there’s no rain by then?

 

[BOHNTR]

With the long range forecast, it may be back open by August 1. Forecast calls for some decent rain storms coming.....let’s hope!

 

[BOHNTR]

Apache-Sitgreaves closes Thursday.

 

[Bluehair]

Drawing a bead on Flagstaff area. I hope everyone there is ok. For those of us who live in risky areas, fire is a scary thing.

 

[Gator]

Strawberry and Pine has fires, all round Payson area tons of roads closed.

 

[AZ8]

Chevelon is blowing up too, right at the lake. My childhood stomping grounds...Hunted, hiked, fished and camped there for decades! That was even my patrol area when I was with the forest service. Great times with an engine crew back in the 80's!

It'll come back, but not in my lifetime.

 

[oilcan]

Are any of the fires in 6A ?

 

[huntazido]

Are any of the fires in 6A ?

A new one started last night 7 miles west of clints wells just south of poor farm by coyote tank.

 

[LIK2HNT]

Keep safe everyone. After being evacuated twice in the last few years due to California fires I don’t wish this on anyone.

 

[OutdoorWriter]

​ GAME AND FISH NEWS ​ ​ June 22, 2021 ​ Northern Arizona Shooting Range closed until further notice​ ​ ​ ​ FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Northern Arizona Shooting Range will be closed indefinitely due to fire danger, dry conditions and persistent wildfire activity that have forced a full closure of the Coconino National Forest. The range, located about 20 miles east of Flagstaff, will cease operations beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 23. The range will reopen only when conditions improve. The 160-acre range, which features rifle and pistol ranges, as well as stations for trap, skeet, sporting clays and five-stand, is owned by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. The range is maintained and operated by the Northern Arizona Shooting Foundation. For more shooting range information, visit www.northernarizonashootingrange.org, or www.azgfd.com/Shooting/Ranges/. For the latest updates about conditions in the Coconino National Forest, visit www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD924914.​

 

[Bluehair]

These fires are terrible. The whole state is on fire. Stay safe everyone.

Fire crews scramble as Rafael Fire near Flagstaff joins list of blazes impacting beleaguered Arizona

Residents across southwestern Flagstaff and parts of Coconino County were sitting with bated breath much of Monday after a rapidly growing wildfire threatened to force evacuations.

azdailysun.com

 

[elkchaserreturns]

Found out this morning that the Coconino National Forest closure has been lifted as of 6:00 AM this morning (7/6/21). Still no open fires allowed!
I will be heading up this week to see how much water is around and range conditions. I drew an archery Bull Tag this year and I hope conditions are improving.

Coconino National Forest to reopen at 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 6 - Sedona Red Rock News

The Coconino National Forest will reopen to the public beginning 6 a.m., Tuesday, July 6. Recreation technicians ask for patience as they work to remove gates, locks and barriers throughout the coming days. The decision to reopen the forest was made based on the amount of recent rainfall that...

www.redrocknews.com

 

[AZ8]

It's still dry. Can't speak for the entire region, but here in Flagstaff we've only had 2 rainstorms.... about 10 days apart. It's gonna take consistent storms to fill up most of the dried up tanks. Let's hope July gets going with the rain!

 

[rockymtnhunter]

Kaibab NF also opened up today - will be headed there this weekend to do some scouting/camping. Still waiting for draw results - what's the buzz?

 

[AZNATIVE98]

Kaibab NF also opened up today - will be headed there this weekend to do some scouting/camping. Still waiting for draw results - what's the buzz?

Again the AZGFD draw got a little screwed up with overcharges on the sheep tags and some messed up charges on JR tags. Did you have a CC charge?

 

[rockymtnhunter]

No CC charges yet - pretty disappointing w/8 pts as NR and no draw for 12A archery 1st choice ?!?!

 

[AZNATIVE98]

No CC charges yet - pretty disappointing w/8 pts as NR and no draw for 12A archery 1st choice ?!?!

Sorry to hear that, We have 1 Kaibab tag in the family this year. Either my wife drew the CHAMP hunt back to back or my daughter drew the late 12AW tag with 2 points.

 

[oilcan]

No CC charges yet - pretty disappointing w/8 pts as NR and no draw for 12A archery 1st choice ?!?!

Last year 24% drew with 7 points so point creep was bad there, that sucks.