Tonto National Forest firefighters will conduct a 5,465-acre fuel treatment project on the Payson Ranger District beginning April 16 to May 3, 2024.
The Diamond Point / Pyeatt Draw prescribed fire will occur on Diamond Rim near Diamond Point Summer Homes and Diamond Point Lookout. Fire experts will ignite surface fuels such as ponderosa pine, juniper and shrubs under specified weather conditions.
These treatments modify wildfire behavior and effects by reducing surface fuels (dead vegetation on the forest floor such as branches or needles from ponderosa pine and juniper) and...