September 15, 2023 
Canjilon Ranger District staff will host a community meeting about continuing to implement the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project. Since 2011, staff and contractors have been thinning and applying prescribed fire around the communities of Canjilon and Placita Garcia, which are completely surrounded by Carson National Forest. Many adjacent private landowners have also been thinning on their properties.
The community meeting will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sep. 21 at the Canjilon Community Center, which is located at 401 NM-115, Canjilon, N.M. 87515.
Should weather and conditions align, potential plans for prescribed fire this fall will include two units. The 899-acre Montoya Unit is to the east of Canjilon, with some areas directly adjacent to private land. The 842-acre Blas Unit is south of Canjilon and east of Placita Garcia.
The project falls under the Rio Chama Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project, which seeks to restore forest resiliency and watersheds within a 3.8 million-acre area across Northern New Mexico and into Colorado.
(Photo: Prescribed fire ignitions on the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project in May 2019)
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