The Springerville Ranger District on the Apache- Sitgreaves National Forests plan to begin ignitions on the Whiting prescribed fire during the next available window of favorable weather conditions, potentially from April 30, 2024 through May 04, 2024. The prescribed fire unit is approximately 10 miles southeast of Vernon, near the Whiting homestead, and west of Forest Road 117.
In the fall of 2023, firefighters conducted black lining fire operations on the northern portion of the Whiting project and completed 1,226 acres of the 2,137 total acres, leaving 911 acres left to treat on...