10/10/23

ANOTHER PRESCRIBED BURN IS ABOUT TO BEGIN IN THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST. FIRE MANAGERS PLAN TO IGNITE SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE CHINO LANDSCAPE PROJECT AREA STARTING THURSDAY. THE BURN AREAS INCLUDE THE GRAVERS R-X AT 4,050 ACRES, THE SOUTHFORK R-X AT 2,325 ACRES, AND THE LIMESTONE R-X AT 839 ACRES. 

THE SMOKE IMPACT TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE LIGHT, BUT IT COULD SETTLE IN VALLEYS AND DRAINAGES DURING THE NIGHT. SMOKE FROM THE BURN WILL BE VISIBLE TO CHINO VALLEY, PAULDEN, AND PRESCOTT. 

VISITORS TO THE NATIONAL FOREST SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND FIRE-RELATED PERSONNEL AND VEHICLES IN THE BURN AREA. PRESCRIBED BURNS HELP REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF HAZARDOUS FUEL IN THE FOREST.