 Yavapai County encourages everyone to be alert and follow all warning signs when traveling through the Williamson Valley Road area during an upcoming fuels reduction project. County spokesman David McAtee. Starting the week of August 12th, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management will begin work on a 263 acre fuels reduction project located nine miles northwest of Prescott and two and a half miles southeast of the community of Williamson. The Granite Oaks project takes place on state trust land as part of the department's prioritized community protection