Lynx mastication project to restart July 14 on the Bradshaw Ranger District

Prescott, AZ, July 11, 2025 — Contractors will resume masticating the remaining 105 acres of the 860-acre Lynx mastication project beginning July 14, 2025.

No area or road closures are expected; however, we ask the public to avoid the project areas when equipment is operating. Approaching such equipment is very dangerous as the operator may not see you.

Mechanical thinning has proven to be an effective restoration and management tool. Completion of this project will improve the health and resiliency of fire-adapted ecosystems while simultaneously restoring watersheds, rangelands, and wildlife habitat; and reducing hazardous fuels that pose a threat to life and property in the wildland-urban interface.