U.S. Forest Service - Prescott National Forest issued the following announcement on Aug. 18.
Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to burn debris piles near the community of Groom Creek, in and around Lynx Lake, Walker Road, Goldwater Lake, and near White Spar Campground. Recent monsoon moisture and higher humidity provide desired conditions to burn piles created from previous fuels reduction projects. Ignitions are planned to start as early as Thursday, August 19, 2021 and will continue as long as favorable weather conditions allow. Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light in the surrounding areas. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface and increases ecosystem and community resilience.
In the interest of safety, forest visitors are reminded to obey all traffic signs and use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the prescribed burn as firefighters and fire-related traffic will be in the area.
The purpose of this project is to reduce hazardous fuels following thinning and fuelwood removal activities. Reducing hazardous fuels will help reduce the threat of high severity, high intensity wildfire to the public, adjacent private property and communities. Burning of debris left over from brush-crush and thinning projects requires moisture in the surrounding vegetation and typically produces much lighter smoke than broadcast burning.
All prescribed fire activity is dependent on the availability of personnel and equipment, weather, fuels and conditions that minimize smoke impacts as much as possible, and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
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