Tonto National Forest fire officials are planning a prescribed pile burn on the Mesa Ranger District around Goldfield Estates beginning March 19-20, 2024.
The purpose of this project is to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire to the community of Goldfield Estates by removing natural hazardous fuels that have built up adjacent to the property boundary and national forest system land. This fuel reduction operation will alleviate the area of dead vegetation while maintaining healthy native trees and shrubs.
“We need to provide a barrier free of hazardous fuels for our...