FREDONIA — The Kaibab National Forest will offer two public meetings for the proposed Kaibab Plateau Ecological Restoration Project on the North Kaibab Ranger District, which is designed to increase resiliency and overall health of vegetation and watersheds and to restore low-intensity fire to the fire-adapted ecosystems of the area.

These public meetings will be offered in an open house venue where interested stakeholders and community members may view project maps and discuss the proposed project actions with Forest staff.

1. The first public meeting is scheduled for November 1 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., and will be held in the East Flagstaff Community Library Community Room. The library is located on the southeast corner of Cedar and 4th Street, in the buildings of Coconino Community College’s Fourth Street Campus.
   East Flagstaff Community Library
   3000 N. Fourth Street, Suite 5
   Flagstaff, AZ 86004
2. The second public meeting is scheduled for November 2 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., and will be held in the North Kaibab Ranger District Conference Room.
   North Kaibab Ranger District
   430 S. Main St.
   Fredonia, AZ 86022

The project is designed to increase resiliency and overall health of vegetation and watersheds and to restore low-intensity fire to the fire-adapted ecosystems of the area. Specifically, the proposed action includes prescribed fire and non-commercial, mechanical vegetation treatments on about 511,000 acres of the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest.As a reminder, the public scoping for the Kaibab Plateau Ecological Restoration Project began on October 5. The Kaibab National Forest encourages public participation in the development of proposed projects and is seeking input and comments on this project. Specific, written comments should be received no later than November 5.

Comments must be in writing and may be delivered electronically, in person, or by mail or facsimile. Electronic comments, including attachments, may be emailed to comments-southwestern-kaibab-north-kaibab@fs.fed.us. Please include “Kaibab Plateau Ecological Restoration Project” in the subject line. Comments may be submitted electronically in Word (.doc or .docx), rich text format (.rtf), text (.txt), Adobe portable document formats (PDF), or HyperText Markup Language (.html). Submit comments via hand delivery (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., excluding holidays) or mail to: U.S. Forest Service, Kaibab National Forest, Attn: Sue Farley, 800 South 6th Street, Williams, AZ 86046. Send comments via facsimile to 928-635-8280.

For detailed project information, including the full proposed action document, please visit www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=54226. For questions, please contact Sue Farley, environmental coordinator for the Kaibab National Forest, at 928-635-8331 or sfarley@fs.fed.us.