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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel> <atom:link href="http://inciweb.org/feeds/rss/articles/i/1252/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>InciWeb Incident Articles for 22 WFU</title><link>http://inciweb.org/forest/1252/</link><description>Latest articles for 22 WFU Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:52:44 -06:00</pubDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA["Fire Grows Slowly While Providing Benefits to Fore (22 WFU Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit)"]]></title><link>http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1252/6816/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1252/6816/</guid><description><![CDATA["WILLIAMS, Ariz. - The "22" Wildland Fire Use event on the Tusayan Ranger District is 133 acres and is gradually spreading to the southwest, as local fire managers had predicted. The fire was started by lightning Tuesday and is being managed for resource benefits. Favorable conditions exist to manage this fire in a fairly open ponderosa pine ecosystem that historically would have supported fires every five to 10 years. Regular intervals of fire activity in this type of ecosystem helps to improve forest health, reduce hazardous fuels, and improve and increase wildlife habitat. Fire managers have observed many beneficial effects as the fire has moved naturally across the landscape. Yesterday, fire personnel described the "22" Wildland Fire Use Fire as a slowly creeping, backing fire with low flame lengths. The area southeast of Tusayan in which the fire use fire is burning has benefited from numerous prescribed fire projects and wildland fire use events. These barriers to rapid fire..."]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:59:00 -06:00</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["Thunderstorms Ignite Several Fires on The Kaibab (22 WFU Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit)"]]></title><link>http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1252/6812/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1252/6812/</guid><description><![CDATA["WILLIAMS, Ariz. - Thunderstorms passed over the Kaibab National Forest on Tuesday afternoon igniting several fires on the Kaibab National Forest between Williams and Tusayan. Suppression actions are being taken on all of the new fires except the "22" Wildland Fire Use fire on the Tusayan Ranger District. The "22" Fire is about 25 acres, 10 miles southeast of the Tusayan community and is being managed for resource benefits. All of the other new starts have been contained at less than an acre. The resource benefits from the "22" Wildland Fire Use fire include: reducing hazardous fuels, protecting and improving wildlife habitat, protecting archaeological sites and restoring fire in its natural role in the ecosystem. This area has benefited from numerous prescribed fire projects over the past 5 years. These treated areas will act as natural barriers to rapid fire spread and will assist fire managers in keeping the fire within a pre-determined area. Actions have been taken to secure the..."]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:23:00 -06:00</pubDate></item></channel></rss>