Payson

Forest Service to conducts pile burns on Payson Ranger District

2/25/2022 - 4:04 pm
prescribed, burns, smoke, Payson, ranger district, Tonto National Forest, Diamond Point Shadows, Lion Spring, Star Valley, Diamond Point, Tonto Village

Fire specialists will conduct a prescribed burn to reduce vegetative debris piles in the Diamond Point area and Forest Road 65 on the Payson Ranger District beginning Monday, Feb. 28 through Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

Residents and visitors to the area can expect to see and smell light-to-moderate amounts of smoke during the three-day 71-acre prescribed fire operation. To minimize the impact of smoke, fire personnel will end ignitions each day by 3 p.m.

State Forestry planning prescribed burn near northwest of Payson next week

11/12/2021 - 10:10 am
burn, prescribed, smoke, Payson, fire, Camp LoMia, Pine Creek Canyon, forestry, DFFM

Upcoming and favorable weather conditions provide an ideal window for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Pine-Strawberry Fire District to begin a multi-day, prescribed burn near the communities of Pine-Strawberry.

Starting November 15, DFFM begins ignitions to 100 acres of a 200-acre project at Camp LoMia in Pine.