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FIRE MANAGEMENT Controlled burns could leave parts of Ashland smoky Some watershed roads and trails will remain closed through Thursday By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman MailTribune.com By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted May. 17, 2016 @ 12:34 pm By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted May. 17, 2016 @ 12:34 pm » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Portions of Ashland will see smoky skies for the next few days and the Ashland Loop Road will be closed through Thursday while firefighters touch off two controlled burns to reduce wildfire danger and improve forest health in the Ashland Watershed. A 20-acre controlled burn has just begun this afternoon on private property on the Ashland Loop Road above Morton and Terrace streets, according to Ashland Fire and Rescue. Another burn of up to 40 acres is planned Wednesday at the White Rabbit Trailhead within the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project thinning area. Over the next several days, residents can expect to see and smell smoke, especially in the evenings, said Chris Chambers, Ashland Fire & Rescue's Forest Division chief. People sensitive to smoke should close their windows and use their air conditioners while indoors to reduce exposure, Chambers said. Depending upon winds, residents around Southern Oregon University can expect to see and smell smoke this evening after abating winds allow the smoke to settle, Chambers said. "It's really variable," Chambers said. "Sometimes, there isn't any. Other times, it's like a light fog." Along with the road closure, access to the Caterpillar and Alice in Wonderland trails will be closed through Thursday. However, the Jabberwocky trail will remain open. That trail is popular among mountain bikers riding down the watershed into downtown Ashland. The burns are being conducted as part of the Ashland Prescribed Fire Training Exchange, known as TREX, during which participants from across the country and the world have been learning the techniques and benefits of using controlled burns to reduce wildfire danger. Using fire to strategically burn away brush and woody materials on the forest floor reduces fuels for would-be wildfires that threaten the watershed and its residents annually. The controlled burns also helping open up the forest for better tree growth. The short-term impacts of smoke from controlled burns helps lessen the long-term impacts of more intense fires and heavier smoke inundation over protracted periods of summer time during the fire season, Chambers said. —Reach Mail Tribune reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470 or [email protected] . Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MTwriterFreeman . 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