Rescheduled 450-acre burn of downed juniper set for Crooked River Grassland
KTVZ file
(Update: Burn rescheduled for Thursday, Friday)
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) -– If conditions remain favorable, firefighters will be burning downed juniper later this week in two units totaling 450 acres on the Crooked River National Grassland near Juniper Butte, parallel to Highway 97 and south of Madras.
Smoke will be visible south of Madras near Highway 97, King and Morris lanes and Haystack Drive while fire managers continue juniper "jackpot" burning this Thursday and Friday, officials said Tuesday.
Predicted high winds prompted U.S. Forest Service officials to call off the scheduled burn last week.