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Two Controlled Burns Planned on Thursday, March 7th: Above Hitt Road and off Windemar Drive

This morning above Hitt Road on the north side of the Ashland, Ashland Forest Resiliency crews will manage a controlled burn to consume piles . Smoke will be visible from Interstate 5 and several parts of the community between Ashland and Talent. The Strawberry Hald neighborhood around Hitt Road could have smoke.

A second burn will be conducted south of Ashland off Windemar Drive. Smoke could impact the neighborhood around Windemar and Timberlake Drives. Smoke will be visible from Interstate 5 and on the south side of Ashland.

See the controlled burn map for burn locations.
Sign-up for burn notifications at ashlandwatershed.org.
For health information visit smokewiseashland.org.
Learn more about pile burns on the AFR Blog.

Thank you for your patience as we complete controlled burns to increase fire safety for our community.

The Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project (AFR) is a collaborative forest restoration project that reduces the risk of severe wildfire across public and private land in and around the Ashland Watershed by thinning overcrowded forests and conducting controlled burns.