Firefighters plan to conduct prescribed fire
operations on the Clifton Ranger District beginning September 23 through October 30, 2024, weather
permitting. The East Eagle project area is 2,506 acres and is 30 miles north of Clifton, AZ. The East
Eagle prescribed fire is within the San Carlos Tribal Forest Protection Project which is one of the initial high-priority landscapes selected under the Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy. These landscape
treatments are a cooperative effort with the San Carlos Apache Tribe and includes the National Forest
Foundation, the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the Mule Deer Foundation, and the Salt River
Project.
The boundaries of the project are along Forest Road 8369 to the east, Forest Road 704 to the north,
Clifton District/San Carlos Reservation boundary to the west, and Four Drag Ranch to the south.