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Smoke near Ashland is from a controlled burn Tuesday May 23, 2017 at 1:56 PM May 23, 2017 at 2:10 PM A large column of smoke stretching into the sky at the the southern end of the Rogue Valley today is from a controlled burn, fire officials said. The smoke is emanating from a 61-acre underburn that is part of the Ashland Forest Resiliency Project intended to improve forest health and reduce the likelihood of wildfires. Ashland Fire & Rescue and U.S. Forest Service crews from the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are overseeing the burn, which is near the No Candies Trail. "The burn will be visible from several parts of the Ashland community on the west side of the watershed, and smoke may impact the No Candies Trail," a post on the Ashland Forest Resiliency Facebook page said.