Weather permitting, the BLM Safford field office and the Gila District Fire Management Program are planning to conduct a prescribed fire at the Hot Well Dunes Recreation area today as long as the weather and seasonal conditions are appropriate for the burn. The prescribed fire will remove piled slash and debris from approximately one acre of BLM-managed land near the Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area entrance, located approximately 26 miles southeast of Safford.
The slash and debris were piled after vegetation was removed as part of a project to maintain fuel breaks that are designed to protect visitor safety, prevent damage from wildfires to day use recreation sites and help wildland firefighters control any wildfires that may occur in the vicinity.
Fire crews will monitor the burned area during and after all prescribed fire operations. Prescribed fire information will be available the day of the burn at the Safford Field Office. For more information, please contact Dolores Garcia at dagarcia@blm.gov or (602) 417-9241.
