Around 60 firefighters went into the Cascade foothills Thursday to burn 60 acres of forest within the Naches Ranger District. Cool weather with a friendly wind from the southwest sending smoke up toward the Wenas and Kittitas valleys made it a perfect day for the U.S. Forest Service to keep working toward its goals. The agency identified 11,000 acres in Central Washington for burning over the remainder of the year to improve forest health and protect local communities. “Those 11,000 acres of planned burn area are aspirational,” Forest Service spokeswoman Deborah Kelly said. “The actual amount that we can accomplish depends on receiving approval to conduct the burn when the conditions are right and we have the right resources to conduct the operation.”