The Mogollon Rim Ranger District is going to begin our yearly fall prescribed burning on Monday, October 2, 2017, if conditions warrant. Fire managers plan to begin burning the East Clear Creek Project, starting at the area north of Lockwood Pit, just north of Forest Road 96. The map indicates areas in red that are planned burns this fall. Most likely the communities in the Blue Ridge area will experience smoke. Smoke is heaviest in the late evening and early morning hours, lifting by mid-morning.