Good afternoon Sherwood Forest Estates neighbors!

Although it didn’t appear that there was a lot of trash to collect, we filled 19 bags and loaded an assortment of metal mesh, buckets and tarps into the Hunters trailer.  We had a full trailer!

With the help of fellow Annual Neighborhood Clean-Up Committee member’s, Danny Hunter, Vicki Hunter and Walt Krushinsky and 14 neighbor volunteers, who braved a very chilly morning, we have had another successful neighborhood and surrounding area clean-up and enjoyed a delicious BBQ of pulled pork, tri-tip and smoked turkey breast plus all of the sides.  A huge thank you to Jason and Cindy Doud.  We all enjoyed meeting new neighbors and sharing a fun social afternoon with everyone.

We had 14 volunteers with a total of 50 hours worked. These hours will be applied to our Firewise requirement. Thank you, Walt, for transporting it all into the Williams refuse disposal site.

Any bottled water we purchased and did not use for this event will be donated to the SFE Fire Department.

The Committee would like to thank all of the volunteer’s and set up crew who helped to make this year’s clean up event a great success.

Thank you so much neighbors,

Kathie Krushinsky, POA Member                                

Enjoying Wonderful Neighbors!

Thank You Flyer

 

 

Join us for our open house and pancake breakfast, welcoming the general public, neighbors and new friends to the International Kadampa Retreat Center!

Saturday, May 18th from 8am-12pm

• Meet the IKRC community
   
• See the development of the Kadampa Temple for World Peace.
   
• Take a tour of the meditation room
   
• Try a simple 15 minute guided meditation 
  (8:30am, 9:30am, 10:30, 11:30 am)
   
• Enjoy the beautiful grounds and scenery.
  
  
• See the development of the World Peace Temple project.

Everyone is Welcome!

6701 East Mountain Ranch Road, Williams, AZ 928.637.6232

2019 NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP

When:  May 18, 2019

Time:  8:30 am

Where to meet:  SFE Firehouse

Lunch: 7250 E. Longbow

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Please join us for our annual Neighborhood Clean-up.  We will meet at the SFE Firehouse for coffee and donuts and sign in.  Please remember to bring a hat, sunblock and sneakers or boots.  We will have rubber gloves, but you may want to bring heavy gloves.

After we finish, we will have a BBQ at Jason & Cindy Doud’s for lunch.

If we should have rain and need to call off or shorten the clean-up, we will still have the BBQ.

Reminder—if you don’t have an off-road vehicle but want to participate please join us.  We always have room for you in one of the many vehicles.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Williams, Ariz., April 1, 2019—For Immediate Release. The Kaibab National Forest, in cooperation with the communities of Parks and Sherwood Forest Estates is pleased to announce the reopening of the Moonset Pit on May 11 of this year for local residents to dispose of green waste materials from private property.

The renovation and expansion project occurring over the past two years at the site has been completed, and the pit will be open on the following days this year from 8am to 2pm: 
Saturday-May 11, Sunday-May 26, Saturday-June 8, Saturday-June 22, Saturday-July 13, Saturday-July 27, Saturday-August 10, Saturday-August 24, and Saturday-September 7.

Users will only be allowed to access and discard natural woody debris such as logs, limbs, branches, brush, needles, and leaves on these dates while staff is present. No bagged substances, lumber, construction material, household garbage or any other items should be deposited at the site.

The Moonset Pit serves the local area providing a location for the disposal of natural forest debris. Residents are encouraged to take advantage of this facility in order to make their private property more defensible against the threat of wildland fire. 
Moonset Pit is located just west of the Parks community on a dirt road east of Spitz Springs on the north side of old Route 66.  

Personal Use Cinder Information: Personal use cinder material will also be made available at the Moonset Pit this year and permits will be available starting July 8 at 8am. Cinders will only be available for collection on weekends to avoid safety conflicts with Coconino County mining operations.

There is a new personal use cinder pit currently available to the public all days of the week at the Wright Pit located off Lillie J Ranch road in Parks. The W-Triangle Pit is also currently open for cinder removal throughout the week.

For information about obtaining permits or questions about all these services, please visit the Williams Ranger District office at 742 S Clover Road in Williams, or call us at (928) 635-5600.

The success of this community provision is largely attributed to the volunteers of the Parks Area Connection and Sherwood Forest Fire Department who staff the pit on Saturdays during the open hours of operation. This annual service is also supported by the Kaibab National Forest and the Rural Communities Fuels Management Partnership.

Media Contact: Bob Blasi 
(928) 635-5653 
bob.blasi@usda.gov

The Spring Sherwood Forest Estates Newsletter is ready for your enjoyment.

Open House & Pancake Breakfast
Sunday, March 3rd, 8:00am – 12:30pm

Join us for our open house event, welcoming the general public, neighbors and new friends to our retreat center!

• Meet the IKRC community
   
• Watch a video presentation on the development of the IKRC Grand Canyon.
   
• Take a tour of the meditation room
   
• Try a simple 15 minute guided meditation 
  (8:30am, 9:30am, 10:15am
   
• Attend a talk with our Resident Teacher Gen-la Jampa from 11am – 12pm.
   
• Enjoy refreshments
  
  
• See the development of the World Peace Temple project.

Everyone is Welcome!

A gray kitty has been found in Mountain Rose Ranch by Debbie Hamby on Minstrel Lane.  If you know where this kitty belongs, please contact Debbie at 928 635-1560 or ddhamby78@gmail.com

January 31, 2019 5:45 p.m.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Fuels reduction efforts on the Williams Ranger District of Kaibab National Forest will begin Feb.1 and continue into next week as weather conditions permit.

Machine piles on two separate timber sale units on the district have been evaluated and are suitable for ignition at this time.

Three hundred and eighty-three acres of piles in the Wright Timber Sale area located north of Parks on the south side of Government Hill will be ignited Feb. 1, an additional 200 acres will be burned Feb. 4 on the Shiner Timber Sale project located just southwest of Dogtown Lake along Forest Road 140.

Fuels specialists will continue to assess conditions in the weeks ahead and plan to continue implementing prescribed fire activities as opportunities arise.

Crews will use tactics to minimize smoke production and reduce the potential for impacts to the surrounding roadways and adjacent communities.

During ignition operations, smoke will be visible from areas surrounding these units but is expected to be light in volume and short in duration.

These pile burns are just a couple of many ongoing forest restoration projects happening that are critical to improving forest health and increasing vital protection of forest resources and community values.

As with all prescribed burns, weather conditions will determine the day’s most suitable for ignitions that have the least amount of negative effects on air quality and the best possible ventilation.

The public can view approved prescribed fires for any given day on the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s website at smoke.azdeq.gov/.

Information provided by Kaibab National Forest and your Sherwood Forest Estates Fire District