The Kaibab (pronounced kī-bab) is one of six National Forests in Arizona operating under the care of the USDA Forest Service and here to serve our visitors at work and play! Whether it's a visit to Sycamore Canyon, Kendrick Mountain or Kanab Creek, visitors will not be disappointed with the natural pleasures that await in the Kaibab National Forest.
Court Ruling Affirms Warm Fire Recovery Project
The U.S. District Court in Phoenix ruled Wednesday, Nov. 4, in favor of the U.S. Forest Service in a lawsuit that challenged the North Kaibab Ranger District's Warm Fire Recovery Project.
Warm Fire Judgment (11 kb .pdf)
Warm Fire Decision (53 kb .pdf)
News Release
Twin Fire
Twin Fire Photo Gallery
Kaibab National Forest Visitor Use Surveys
The Kaibab National Forest will begin surveying forest visitors on all three of its districts Oct. 1 in an effort to better understand what sites and facilities they use, how long they stay, and how satisfied they are with their experience. More...
Arizona National Forests' Christmas Tree program
We are partnering with Big 5 Sporting Goods Stores again this year. Christmas tree tags will be sold directly over the counter at 11 or more Big 5 Sporting Goods vendor locations throughout the Valley, as well as Big 5 Sporting Goods stores located in Flagstaff, Prescott Valley, and Tucson beginning Saturday, October 10.
The Coconino National Forest and two additional ranger districts on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests have joined our Sale-by-Vendor program, adding 2,000 more tags to our total. Tags will be available for cutting areas in the following national forests: the Apache-Sitgreaves, the Coconino, the Kaibab, the Prescott, and the Tonto. The cost of the tag is still $15. The Arizona National Forests Christmas tree-cutting season lasts from November 21st through Christmas Eve.
Updated News Release 10/21/2009
Map of Cutting Area on Kaibab National Forest
Christmas Tree Hotline: (602) 225-5258 is now officially open
Over the counter Kaibab National Forest Christmas tree tags
Public Invited to Meetings on Proposed Uranium Exploration
The Kaibab National Forest will host four public meetings in August to provide information and accept comments on a proposed uranium exploratory drilling project. The purpose of the meetings is to provide information and allow the public to comment on the proposed VANE Minerals, Inc. Uranium Exploratory Drilling Project, which would be undertaken on the Tusayan Ranger District. The Kaibab National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement for the proposed project and is looking for comments on the scope and direction of the EIS. ...more
Personal Use Fuelwood
Firewood cutting season began April 13th...more
Management Indicator Species of the Kaibab NF: Population Status and Trends
The Kaibab National Forest MIS is available for download in the wildlife management area.
Forest Plan Revision
The Forest Service is currently in the NEPA process for a planning rule that provides the framework for individual forest and grassland plan revisions. It provides for plans that are more adaptable to the changing needs of the land, the resources, and those who use national forests and national grasslands. The planning rule also sets the stage for strengthening the role of science and collaborative relationships during the revision process and beyond...more
Warm Fire
The Warm Fire was started by lightning on June 8. The fire met the criteria for wildland fire use spelled out in the Kaibab National Forest's land and fire management plans, and federal wildland fire management policies. The forest managed the Warm Fire as a wildland fire use fire for approximately two and a half weeks.
However, the fire escaped the boundaries prescribed for wildland fire use and burned about 40,000 acres in the central part of the Kaibab Plateau from June 25, when fire managers shifted from a wildland fire use to a suppression strategy, until it was contained on July 4. Much of that area burned at a high intensity and suffered severe fire effects...more
Travel Management Rule
The new travel management policy requires each national forest and grassland to identify and designate those roads, trails and areas that are open to motor vehicle use. Local units will seek public input and coordinate with federal, state, county and other local governmental entities as well as tribal governments before any decision is made on a particular road, trail or area. Unplanned, user-created routes will be considered at the local level during the designation process.
Once the designation process is complete, motor vehicle use off these routes and outside those areas (cross-country travel) will be prohibited. This prohibition will not affect over-snow vehicles, such as snowmobiles...more
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