Tonto National Forest firefighters will begin a one-day, prescribed pile burn on the Cave Creek Ranger District, April 25.
Firefighters will burn piles containing dead brush and limbs to reduce hazardous fuels on national forest land that is immediately adjacent to the communities of Rio Verde, Box-Bar Ranch, Ft. McDowell Indian Community, agriculture property and utility infrastructure. The unit is a 100-foot fuel break that totals 17 acres. In addition, the hazardous fuels reduction operation conducted along the community of Rio Verde will help residents maintain their Firewise...