Ashland Forest Resiliency and the Rogue-River Siskiyou National Forest are conducting a controlled underburn beginning today, Thursday, April 27th and as conditions allow, through Monday, May 1st. The controlled burn and smoke will be highly visible throughout town and the valley. Please avoid the controlled burn area to reduce your smoke exposure and give fire crews room to work.

Affected Areas
Several popular trails are located within the controlled burn area including: Wonder Trail and Fell on Knee. Please avoid using trails from the top of Granite Street on west side of the Ashland Loop Road (USFS 2060). Areas directly affected by the burn or smoke include the west side of the Ashland Loop Road (Forest Road 2060) from the swimming reservoir at Granite Street up to Horn Gap. Trails to avoid include Wonder, Fell on Knee, Ricketty, No Candies, and Horn Gap. Trails to the east of Ashland Creek like Jabberwocky and Bandersnatch are better recreation options. Due to traffic, ongoing burn operations and drifting smoke; please avoid the west side of the watershed. See the map below for burn locations.
 

Sign up for email notifications for controlled burns here. Please see some of the following resources for more information: 

• Visit smokewiseashland.org for air quality index information and to learn how to reduce exposure. 
• See the map for controlled burn locations. 
• Receive non-emergency controlled burn notifications:  

• Emergency Alerts Text 97520 in the message line to 888777
• Smoke and Wildfire Hotline:  (541) 552-2490 
• Facebook:  facebook.com/AFR.Project 
• Twitter:  twitter.com/ashlandforest
• See our Smoke and Health page
• For AFR Alerts Text WATERSHED in the message line to 888777