The Museum of Northern Arizona's new Easton Collection Center won the 2009 McGraw-Hill "Best of the Best" Award in the Green Building category.

Opened in June 2009, the Easton Collection Center provides the best possible environment for the long-term care for the Museum's collections. The 17,282-square-foot building ...is a sustainable repository for the thousands of objects that comprise the anthropological, biological, and fine art collections of MNA.

This distinction further solidifies Flagstaff's reputation as a premier green community. For more information visit http://www.musnaz.org/collcenter.html

Flagstaff, AZ – Crews are mopping up the Potato Fire north of Flagstaff in the White Horse Hills area. Mop up work, which is reinforcing the containment lines and making sure all burning material is extinguished, will continue through tomorrow.

Size: Approximately 100 acres, with 70% containment.

Reported: Monday, October 19 at 2:30 a.m. by a local resident’s phone call.

Location: White Horse Hills – Potato Tank area, south of Forest Road 418; three miles east of the junction of Forest Road 151 and Highway 180. Most of the area burned is private land.

Resources on the fire today: Approximately 50 personnel, including two Navajo Scouts fire crews, two water tenders, and two engines.

Structures: Two vacant structures reported burned.

Agencies: Coconino National Forest, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, Summit Fire Department, Highlands Fire Department, Flagstaff Fire Department, Arizona State Forestry Division.

Cause: Human caused. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their investigation, with assistance from the U.S. Forest Service. The fire may have originated from a camp fire that was left unattended or otherwise became out of control. 

Anyone with information regarding activity, suspicious persons or vehicles in the area of Potato Flats or Potato Tank during the late afternoon or evening hours of Sunday October 18, 2009 is urged to call the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 774-4523 or 800-338-7888.


 

Flagstaff, AZ – Investigators believe the Potato Fire possibly originated on private property in the Potato Flat area around Potato Tank.  The fire may have originated from a camp fire that was left unattended or otherwise became out of control.  The Potato Fire burned a structure on private property located on the back portion or south 11 acres of Potato Ranch.

Anyone with information regarding activity, suspicious persons or vehicles in the area of Potato Flats or Potato Tank during the late afternoon or evening hours of Sunday October 18, 2009 is urged to call the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 774-4523 or 1-800-338-7888.

The Potato Fire is currently about 100 acres.  Fire managers are planning to continue suppression and mop-up on this fire through tonight and tomorrow.

Size: Approximately 100 acres, with an estimated containment of 20%.

Reported: Monday, Oct 19 at 2:30 a.m. by a citizen.

Location: About 10 miles north of Flagstaff in the White Horse Hills area, three miles east of Highway 180 and Forest Road 418.

Behavior: Moderate, moving easterly. High winds have been a challenge.

Resources: Approximately 40 personnel, including one dozer, two water tenders, and eight engines.

Agencies Responding: Coconino National Forest, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office ( including Community Emergency Response Teams), Summit Fire Department, Highlands Fire Department, Flagstaff Fire Department.

Starting October 6, 2009: Riordan Mansion State Historic Park will switch to a Five Day Schedule: This park will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The park will be open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, & Mondays.

http://www.azstateparks.com/Parks/RIMA/index.html