Today, Wednesday, April 2, the City of Ashland and Grayback Forestry will manage controlled burns to consume burn piles. The locations include the lower 2060 road off the end of Granite St, along the Red Queen, Jabberwocky, and Gryphon Trails. Visit SmokewiseAshland.org for updates and to get smoke and health information.
Predicted Smoke Impacts: Smoke will briefly impact areas close to the controlled burn. There will be minimal impacts to recreation due to few piles burned in each location. People should avoid these areas (Red Queen, Gyphon and Jabberwocky) if they are sensitive to smoke. There should be no impacts to neighborhoods.
| Location of Controlled Burn | Burn locations are the stars on the map below. |
| Date(s) of Controlled Burns | Wednesday, April 2 |
Potential Smoke Impacts | Smoke may impact areas close to the burn. |
| What to do if smoke is in the air | The City’s Smokewise Ashland site has all the resources you need to stay healthy. |
| More information | smokewiseashland.org |
Where is the Controlled Burning?
Why Burn?
For time immemorial Indigenous peoples used fire as a land management tool and research has shown that burning accumulated fuel is an important step to restore forest resilience and reduces severe summer wildfires in our municipal watershed and community. Our primary objective when using prescribed fire is the safety and well-being of our community and fire crews. Learn more about how proactive fire planning is used to prioritize our work and guide summer fire response. The City of Ashland works in partnership across city forest lands, with private landowners and on public land for improving community wildfire risk reduction.
Stay Informed with Non- Emergency Smoke and Controlled Burning Notifications
Controlled burns will continue throughout spring and several burn locations are close to town. Smoke is expected to impact recreation trails and the community. Text WATERSHED in the message line to 888777 for non-emergency text notifications about City of Ashland controlled burns, smoke, forest management activities and events for community risk reduction.