Fire managers on the Alpine Ranger District have completed prescribed fire pile burns across 1,165 acres in the West Escudilla Restoration Project where timber thinning was conducted. The Pace Creek and ELC units were successfully burned and met the objectives of treating cumulative fuel loading and reducing potential threats from wildfires.
The remaining 49 acres to be burned in the Loco Knoll unit is located 11 miles north of Alpine and 14 miles southeast of Springerville. Slash piles are east of Forest Road (FR) 275, along FR 8889D, north of FR 851, and west of the Arizona-New...