SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - Forest Work Begins Near Popular Prescott Trails: What You Need to Know

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

Send us a text and chime in!Beginning this week in Prescott, contractors will begin several hand-thinning operation projects on the Bradshaw Ranger District, including the Ruth Fire Stewardship Project, Lynx East Timber Stand Improvement project, and Poland Junction Timber Stand Improvement project. Chainsaws will be used to thin hazardous fuels, and material will be hand piled. The project locations are as follows: Ruth Fire Stewardship Project • Adjacent to the community of Ponderosa Park, along Ponderosa Park Road and Marapai Road-Forest Road 64. The following trails will be impacted: Butter Beans & Cool Beans Lynx East TSI & Poland Junction TSI • Adjacent to the communities... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/forest-work-begins-near-popular-prescott-trails-what-you-need-to-know/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Text to Speech Audio articles made possible by Cast 11 Talking Glass Media. Beginning this week in Prescott, contractors will begin several hand-thinning operation projects on the Bradshaw Ranger District, including the Ruth Fire Stewardship Project, Links East Timber Stand Improvement Project and Poland Junction Timber Stand Improvement Project. Chainsaws will be used to thin hazardous fuels, and material will be handpiled. The project locations are as follows. Ruth Fire Stewardship Project adjacent to the community of Ponderosa Park, along Ponderosa Park Road and Maripai Road Forest Road 64. The following trails will be impacted, butter beans and cool beans. Links East TSI and Poland Junction TSI adjacent to the communities of Walker and Breezy Pines, along Forest Road 261 and Big Bug Mesa

Road. The following trails will be impacted, Dandria Trail No. 285 and Yankee Doodle Trail number 284. No area or road closures are expected, however, we ask the public to exercise extreme caution using trails in these areas and avoid areas where contractors are actively felling trees, as operators may not see you. Operations could last until February 28, 2026, and are part of a broader effort to strategically treat high-priority areas to improve the health and resiliency of fire-adapted ecosystems while also mitigating the build-up of hazardous fuels that pose a threat to local communities and critical infrastructure. Catch up with more local news stories on signalsaz.com. Subscribe and be the F1RSD2 know.