[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: Unexploded ordnance and the Maroon Fire, AZ

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Leupp fire managed for resource benefits

Williams News (AZ)
June 4, 2019

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Fire managers with the Coconino National Forest are making use of a lightning-caused fire to benefit the landscape and maintain a healthy ecosystem by allowing the fire to fulfill its natural role and consume forest debris.

The 26-acre Maroon Fire is approximately 3 miles north of Leupp Road and 7 miles east of U.S. Highway 89 in an area consisting of cinders, pine, juniper, grass and brush

The area includes a World War II artillery training area with unexploded ordnance (UXO) surrounding Maroon Crater, as well as public utilities infrastructure and homes several miles northeast of the fire.



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For the entire article, see
https://www.williamsnews.com/news/2019/jun/04/leupp-fire-managed-resource-benefits/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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