Governor Ducey has issued a statewide Declaration of Emergency, including putting in place a curfew starting at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 31. Click here for more information.
Due to increasing fire danger the Prescott National Forest will implement Stage II fire restrictions effective Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 8 a.m. These additional fire restrictions will remain in effect until forest officials determine that conditions have changed sufficiently to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfire.
Stage II fire restrictions prohibit the following:
1. Igniting, building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, Southwestern Region is enacting a recreational shooting restriction for the Coronado, Prescott and Tonto National Forests to reduce wildfires and to protect the health and safety of employees and communities.
For the safety of all visitors and to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Prescott National Forest is undertaking steps to reduce public density on Forest Lands and facilities, while attempting to keep recreation sites open. We ask that the public adhere to CDC and state, local city, and forest guidelines to keep public spaces safe and accessible to everyone.
Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District hope to take advantage of current and forecasted weather to burn piles located along Walker Road, starting on Tuesday, March 10th through Friday, March 20th. Piles are located south of the Lynx Lake Recreation Area and continue to the community of Walker. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wildland urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience.
Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to burn piles located along Walker Road; south of the Lynx Lake Recreation Area to the community of Walker starting on Monday, March 2nd through Friday March 6th; weather conditions permitting. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wildland urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience.
Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to continue taking advantage of favorable conditions to continue burning piles at various locations in the Prescott Basin Thursday, Dec. 12 through Friday, Dec. 20.
Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to continue taking advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture level and forecasted weather to continue burning piles at various locations in the Prescott Basin Monday, December 2nd through Friday, December 6th. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wildland urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience.
Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District hope to take advantage of forecasted weather conditions and burn piles in the Prescott Basin on Wednesday, November 27th and Friday November 29th. Pile burning helps to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the wildland urban interface and increase ecosystem and community resilience.
Fire managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to burn on Wednesday, November 13th through Friday, November 15th. All burning will be dependent on appropriate current and expected weather conditions to achieve the desires fire effects. Fire managers plan to complete only one of the two burns listed below and will determine on Tuesday which burn will occur. While daytime wind direction is difficult to predict at this time, night time and early morning smoke impacts are expected to occur in low lying areas which will include Prescott, Thumb Butte, Copper Basin, Groom Creek and Walker.
