A Friendly Neighborhood Near Williams, AZ Nestled In the Kaibab National Forest
Thanks to all our neighbors who attended the annual Firewise Day. Around 50 neighbors showed up for the excellent tacos, ice cream sundaes and to hear Sue Peck’s moving account of her evacuation during the Tinder fire earlier this year.
You are invited to the “Annual Chili Cook-Off” hosted by Sherwood Forest Estates’ Property Owners Association (POA) and Mountain Rose Ranch’s Home Owners Association (HOA).
This year’s Cook-Off is being held on Sunday, September 2nd at the SFE Firehouse. This year Cook-Off judging will be from everyone who comes to the ‘Chili Chow Down’ dinner for all from 4:00-6:30PM. If you are interested in entering the Chili Cook-Off and sharing your favorite chili recipe please email Kathie Krushinsky at krushinskywk@gmail.com with “Chili Cook-Off Entry” in the subject line no later than August 30th. Once we receive your email we will email you additional information.
Please come meet your neighbors and enjoy a great chili dinner. This will be the last POA event for this season.Hope to see you for an afternoon of delicious Chili tasting! Mark this date and time on your calendar’s…… September 2nd 4:00 to 6:30 PM!
Good afternoon Sherwood Forest Estates neighbors!
Just take notice as you drive in and out of our beautiful community. It is so nicely cleaned up.
With the help of fellow Annual Neighborhood Clean-Up Committee member’s, Danny Hunter, Vicki Hunter and Walt Krushinsky and 30 neighbor volunteers we have had another successful neighborhood and surrounding area clean-up and enjoyed BBQ pulled pork sandwiches and sides at the Krushinsky cabin. We enjoyed meeting new neighbors and sharing a fun social afternoon with everyone.
We had 30 volunteers with a total of 160 hours worked and we collected approximately 260 pounds of miscellaneous trash. Thank you, Danny and Walt, for transporting it all into the Williams refuse disposal site.
Any bottled water we purchased and did not use for this event was 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!
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 Walt & Kathie Krushinsky’s house for a hamburger 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.
Coconino County will be entering Stage Three Fire Restrictions at 8 a.m. on May 23. The restrictions will be enacted for all of Coconino County up to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
This ordinance applies to unincorporated areas and residences in the County that are not under the jurisdiction of a fire district. Sherwood Forest Fire District will be following the county’s fire restrictions.
“The County is implementing common sense restrictions, in coordination with our regional partners, to mitigate the catastrophic damage of wildfire,” said Chairman of the Board Matt Ryan. “We live in a forested ecosystem and our forests provide jobs for our economy, trails for our adventures and comfort for our homes. We must be extremely firewise this dry and dangerous season.”
Stage Three Fire Restrictions prohibit any combustion, open fire, charcoal, propane, shooting of firearms and camp fires in unincorporated areas and residences in the County unless:
Update: Gas grills and portable stoves for the use of cooking food that have an on/off switch are still allowed on private property within the County.
While activities, that don’t involve mechanical operations, such as lawn care, home construction and community clean-ups, are not specifically prohibited, residents and visitors should use their best judgment when considering whether to engage in any activity that could spark a fire. Anyone engaging in these activities could be held legally responsible.
For the full Wildfire Defense Ordinance 2017-5 and to sign-up for emergency notifications, go to www.coconino.az.gov/ready.
There are several projects in Northern Arizona that might impact your travel to and from Sherwood Forest this summer.
I-40 reconstruction. Currently traffic on I-40 is narrowed down to one lane in each direction from slightly west of Sherwood Forest Road to slightly west of Garland Prairie Road. All traffic has been moved to the southern (formerly eastbound) lanes. Two exits are closed. You cannot exit onto Pittman Valley (Exit #171) nor Garland Prairie (Exit #167) when traveling westbound. So if you are coming to Sherwood from Phoenix be sure to exit at Parks (Exit #178) and take Old Route 66 (north of I-40) to Sherwood Forest Road. If you don’t exit at Parks, you will have to drive to the first Williams exit (#165) at State Route 64 to turn around and return to Sherwood. Traveling eastbound on I-40 from Williams, all exits are currently open, as of May 17th, 2018.
To get to Williams from Sherwood you can use the back roads. Take the Deer Farm Road past the Deer Farm and Davenport Lake. Once you get to the Garland Prairie overpass cross over I-40 and take the first right. This road will bring you into Williams near Bearizona.
I-17 to west I-40 transition. Currently, the cloverleaf exit from I-17 north to I-40 west is closed. The posted detour takes you east on I-40 to Butler to turn around and head west. Savvy travelers know that there are several more efficient ways to do this turn around. Try heading into Flagstaff and flipping a U-turn at the first light or try taking the McConnell exit towards NAU and left turn at the bottom of the ramp and then left turn again to join the ramp for I-40 westbound.
We hope that even though travel to Sherwood is challenging, you will join us for the semi-annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, May 26 from 8am-10am to help support our firefighters.
Due to the extreme fire danger this year, the Poker in the Pines Fun Run has been cancelled.
Williams, Ariz., April 20, 2018—For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the south zone of the Kaibab National Forest will resume implementation on the Sunflower prescribed fire project beginning Saturday of this week. With red flag conditions subsiding and a measure of moisture in the immediate forecast, favorable weather conditions have presented an opportunity to continue with treatments in this specific area.
The 15,195 acre Sunflower project is located approximately 7 miles southeast of Williams between County Road 73 and Whitehorse Lake. It began in the fall of 2017 and will likely be ongoing throughout the year as opportunities arise and conditions permit.
Officials understand that smoke impacts to air quality may be unpleasant at times, however they can significantly reduce the amount and limit the duration more effectively using prescribed methods as opposed to an uncontrolled wildfire situation with long term effects.
During operations, fire personnel and vehicles working in these vicinities will be visible to the public. Motorists are reminded to slow down and drive with heightened caution when passing through active project areas.
Full news release below.
Sunflower RX News Release 04_20_18 FINAL
Williams, Ariz., April 17, 2018—For Immediate Release. The Kaibab National Forest in cooperation with the Parks Area Connection and Sherwood Forest Estates Fire District are announcing dates the green waste disposal site will open to residents for dumping of woody debris materials from private property.
This alternative site is being offered to the local community as a result of the temporary closure of the Moonset Pit while undergoing construction to expand capacity for future operations.
The green waste disposal site located at the old dump site off forest road 900 north of Pittman Valley will be staffed and open between the hours of 08:00am and 2:00pm on the following dates. Users will only be allowed to access and discard herbaceous material on these dates while staff is present.
Residents are encouraged to take advantage of these services in order to make their private property more defensible against the threat of wildland fire. No garbage, household trash, building materials, lumber or other items will be allowed. Materials should not be bagged.
Bob Blasi
(928) 635-5653
bobblasi@fs.fed.us