Tonto National Forest firefighters will begin a one-day, prescribed pile burn on the Mesa Ranger District, Feb. 26.
Firefighters will burn piles containing dead brush and limbs to reduce hazardous fuels from administrative sites and recreational areas at Pebble Beach and near Butcher Jones. One burn pile to be ignited is located between mile posts 207 and 208 on State Route 87. Motorist should expect to see smoke in the area.
Reducing these hazardous fuels from high-use recreation areas can help to limit the threat of wildfires to infrastructure and other values at risk. In...