Fire managers are tentatively planning to begin pile burning throughout the Taos Ski Valley resort area on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 29. Plans to start operations earlier this week were postponed due to a lack of precipitation.  Precipitation is likely Sunday afternoon, falling as snow by evening, according to the latest National Weather Forecast. […]

Fire crews have determined there is no need to continue with hand and aerial ignitions for the broadcast prescribed fire in the 841-acre Blas Unit within the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project. They have been mopping up while patrolling and monitoring the burn area since Sunday and will continue throughout the week. Personnel will remain […]

Fire managers are postponing ignitions of piles within the Taos Ski Valley resort area due to weather. The chances of precipitation over the area has decreased. When treated, the Taos Ski Valley specials use permit burn piles will address fuels reduction within the resort boundary. The piles are mostly the result of clean-up after the December […]

CANJILON, N.M., Oct. 21, 2023— Fire crews treated another 591 acres with broadcast prescribed fire in the Canjilon area today, wrapping up the primary ignitions in the Blas Unit for a total of 841 acres. Tomorrow, crews will work to clean-up some areas in and around the edges of the burn but little to no […]

Canjilon, N.M., Oct. 20, 2023— After careful consideration of the current and forecasted weather, as well as the fuel conditions, fire officials determined that today was the best day to begin ignitions on the Blas Unit within the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project. Fire crews were able to create a solid black line along much […]

Fire managers are planning to move forward with pile burning throughout the Taos Ski Valley resort area as early as Tuesday, Oct. 24. The piles are located in the lower frontside, lower frontside steeps, Minnesota’s and parts of the backside. They represent 208 acres of fuels reduction, mostly blowdown from the December 2021 snow squall. […]

After a successful test fire this morning, fire crews are proceeding with ignitions on the 842-acre Blas Unit to the south of Canjilon, NM. They may treat up to around 500 acres with broadcast prescribed fire today. Smoke will be visible. More information about the project is available on InciWeb.

Fire crews will not move forward with prescribed fire ignitions on Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project units today due to poor ventilation. With very light winds, smoke would not loft and disperse out of the area and instead could build up and stay in the communities of Canjilon and Placita Garcia. Crews will continue to […]

Fire crews are planning to move forward with ignitions on the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project on Thursday, Oct. 19, pending weather. Crews are looking to first treat the 841-acre Blas Unit with broadcast prescribed fire before moving to the 899-acre Montoya Unit. The units are to the south and east of Canjilon, N.M., respectively.  […]

Today, fire crews finalized all hand and aerial ignitions on the 4,000-acre broadcast prescribed fire in the McCrystal Rock Unit within Valle Vidal. The remaining 2,333 acres will be addressed in the future. All resources and firefighters that performed the burn will stay assigned to hold and closely monitor the fire area through tomorrow, 10/16. […]

Fire crews treated another 2,800 acres with broadcast prescribed fire in the Valle Vidal today, wrapping up the primary ignitions in the McCrystal Rock Unit for a total of 4,000 acres this year. Tomorrow, firefighters will work to clean-up some areas in and around the edges of the burn but little to no acreage growth […]

Fire crews treated 1,200 acres with broadcast prescribed fire in the Valle Vidal today. Forest Service personnel, assisted by members of the Red River and Taos County fire departments, used drip torches to black line segments of the 6,333-acre McCrystal Rock Unit’s northern and eastern boundary before a helicopter crew ignited areas within.  Crews plan […]

Fire crews late this morning conducted a successful test fire and are continuing ignitions on the McCrystal Rock Prescribed Fire in Valle Vidal. Ignitions are expected to last two to three days. Today’s weather is tranquil with forecasted afternoon winds of 6 to 10 mph, according to the latest National Weather Service spot forecast. Go […]

Fire crews are planning to move forward with ignitions on the McCrystal Rock Prescribed Fire in Valle Vidal on Oct. 13, when forecasts show a significant decrease in winds and increase in relative humidity. Crews will first conduct a test fire to evaluate fire behavior. If the test is successful, ignitions within the 6,333-acre prescribed […]

Carson National Forest personnel are preparing to potentially begin prescribed fire operations in the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project next week. Ignitions on 899-acre Montoya and 841-acre Blas units could start as early as Monday, Oct. 16, but the timing will ultimately be based on weather and on-site conditions in consultation with a meteorologist.  Fire […]

Carson National Forest personnel are preparing to potentially start the McCrystal Rock Prescribed Fire in Valle Vidal late next week. Crews could begin ignitions on the 6,333-acre project as early as Oct. 12, but the timing will ultimately be based on weather and on-site conditions in consultation with a meteorologist.  “We’ve been looking for opportunities […]

Carson National Forest crews this morning responded and fully contained a lightning-caused fire on the Jicarilla Ranger District, west of Dulce, NM. The tenth-acre Cabresto Fire is off Forest Road 309B (Google Map) near Cabresto Canyon (not to be confused with the popular canyon of the same name near the communities of Questa and Red […]

[Update: The fire was contained on Sep. 26, 2023] Fire crews this afternoon were on scene in Taos Canyon of Carson National Forest (map) suppressing a small wildfire. Caused by lightning on a previous day, smoke from the Casita Fire was first reported around 12:30 p.m. It is a tenth-acre and smoldering in a mixed […]

Carson National Forest fire management personnel have called the Dorado/Cañada del Agua Prescribed Fire out. Fire crews have been monitoring and patrolling the 3,000-acre prescribed fire since ignitions three months ago and there have been no signs of heat or smoke in since mid-July. Significant rain over the area this week was the remaining action […]

Fire crews fully contained the 525-acre El Valle Fire by the end of their shift Sunday evening. They will continue to maintain a presence in the area to patrol and mop-up interior heat before calling it controlled and out. Suppression repair activities will also continue.  “I want to thank all the firefighters that responded to […]