Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to continue burning slash piles in the Prescott Basin near Spence Basin and Copper Basin. Ignitions are planned to start on Friday March 31, 2023, and continue through Sunday April 30, 2023, as conditions allow.
Smoke impacts are expected to be light however as nighttime temperatures cool smoke may linger in drainages and valleys in the areas of Prescott, Iron Springs, Copper Basin, and Thumb Butte. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface and increases ecosystem and community resilience.
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