Fire Mapped While Crews Complete Containment Line Acres: 822                                                                               Start Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 Location: 38 miles east of Glenwood, NM                                 Personnel: 182 Containment: 10%                                                                   Cause: Lightning Summary: Following several days of moisture over the fire area, an infrared (IR) flight was conducted to map the fire perimeter and identify areas of remaining heat. […]

Helipad Built to Support Fireline Supply Operations in Remote Terrain Acres: 901                                                                               Start Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 Location: 38 miles east of Glenwood, NM                                 Personnel: 168 Containment: 5%                                                                    Cause: Lightning Summary: Two hotshot crews used direct line construction tactics on the fire edge and completed construction of a helispot yesterday. The purpose of creating […]

Press Release – Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – Notification for Public Health and Safety Acres: 901                                                                                            Start Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 Location: 38 miles east of Glenwood, NM                                                                                   Personnel:  156 Containment: 0%                                                                                         Cause: Under Investigation Summary: At 6:00 a.m. today, Incident Commander Marcus Cornwell and the Gila Las Cruces Type 3 Incident Management Team […]

Wildfire reported in Gila Wilderness Reserve, NM, May 4, 2025—The Gila National Forest and Wilderness Ranger District are responding to the Iron Fire, reported about noon today in the Iron Mesa area of the Gila Wilderness. Driven by strong winds, the Iron Fire has grown quickly to 901 acres. The safety of firefighters and the […]

FIRE RESTRICTIONS NOTIFICATION Silver City, NM, Apr. 25, 2025—With continued windy, dry weather and increasing heat, the Gila National Forest will move to Stage 2 fire restrictions on Monday, April 28. The purpose of the restrictions is to protect public health and safety, as well as National Forest System lands, resources, and facilities by reducing […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Notification for Public Health and Safety Silver City, NM — April 23, 2025 — With fire danger at very high levels and no rain in sight, the Southwest Coordinating Group has brought in a five-person National Fire Prevention Education Team (NFPET) to support wildfire prevention efforts in the Gila National Forest and […]

FIRE RESTRICTIONS NOTIFICATION SILVER CITY, NM, Mar. 6, 2025 – Based on extremely high fire danger and persistent dry weather and fuels conditions, the Gila National Forest will begin to implement forest-wide Stage 1 fire restrictions at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, March 10, 2025, which will remain in effect through September 30, 2025, unless rescinded […]

PUBLIC SAFETY NOTIFICATION SILVER CITY, NM, Feb. 21, 2025 – The Silver City Ranger District is preparing to implement a prescribed fire within the 251-acre Mulberry 1 project area, in early to mid-March pending resource availability and appropriate weather and fuels conditions. Located 2 miles southwest of Oak Grove subdivision and 2 miles west of […]

Firefighters from the Silver City and Wilderness Ranger Districts plan to ignite slash piles today in the Little Walnut/Gomez Peak area, approximately 5 miles north of Silver City. Crews on the Wilderness Ranger District plan to ignite slash piles in the Terry Canyon area, approximately 13.6 miles north of Mimbres. It is recommended that hikers […]

QUEMADO, NM, Jan. 28, 2025 – The Quemado Ranger District plans to use prescribed fire to burn the Baca community slash disposal site when conditions allow. The district is also preparing to continue burning 800 acres of slash piles adjacent to Luna, New Mexico. Crews are monitoring weather for precipitation events to support slash pile […]

Silver City and Wilderness Ranger Districts are preparing to burn slash piles beginning as early as Wednesday, January 8, coincident with predicted snowy weather conditions. These prescribed fire activities have been previously announced in the latest news releases from Gila National Forest. Slash piles targeted for burning this week exist on Gila National Forest lands […]

Crews to burn slash piles near Little Walnut, Fort Bayard, and Pinos Altos areas SILVER CITY, NM, Dec. 6, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District is assessing conditions in preparation for burning slash piles in the Little Walnut, Fort Bayard, and Pinos Altos areas this fall and winter. Slash piles are […]

Black Range Ranger District plans prescribed fire near New Mexico Highway 59 and Forest Road 150 SILVER CITY, NM, Dec. 16, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Black Range Ranger District is preparing to implement prescribed fire at multiple locations across the district between now and the end of February 2025. A total of about […]

Burning of slash piles near Brushy Mountain to reduce hazardous fuels SILVER CITY, NM, Dec. 16, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Glenwood Ranger District is preparing to use prescribed fire to burn slash piles adjacent to private property at Pine Cienega off of Brushy Mountain Road (Grant County Road 5-12). The prescribed fire project […]

Wilderness Ranger district to conduct prescribed fires during early December MIMBRES, NM, Nov. 15, 2024 – The Wilderness Ranger District is planning to conduct multiple prescribe fire projects, including the 250-acre Upper Terry Canyon Prescribed Fire along Forest Road 150. The district will also look to implement the 128-acre T-bird Prescribed Fire directly behind Camp […]

Reserve Ranger District to burn SU and Gilita community slash sites and Doe Gun piles RESERVE, NM, November 8, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Reserve Ranger District is preparing to burn accumulated slash at the SU and Gilita community slash disposal sites and 427 acres of post-timber sale slash piles resulting from the Doe […]

QUEMADO, NM, Nov. 8, 2024 – The Quemado Ranger District plans to use prescribed fire to burn the Baca community slash disposal site beginning as early as Wednesday, November 20. Crews are also preparing to continue burning 800 acres of slash piles adjacent to Luna, New Mexico. “The Baca community slash disposal site provides a […]

Highway Bravo and 3 Circles slash piles along New Mexico Highway 35 to be burned MIMBRES, NM, November 6, 2024 – As previously reported in September, the Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District is preparing to burn slash piles of previously thinned piñon, juniper and oak brush. The 3 Circles piles are in the 3-Circles […]

Crews to burn slash piles near Little Walnut and Pinos Altos areas this fall and winter SILVER CITY, NM, Oct. 15, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District is assessing conditions in preparation for burning slash piles in the Little Walnut and Pinos Altos areas this fall and winter. Slash piles are […]

Project to maintain fuels reduction around infrastructure expected in late October RESERVE, NM, Oct. 17, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Reserve Ranger District is preparing to use prescribed fire to treat approximately 220 acres around Negrito Fire Base to protect site infrastructure from wildfire while helping to improve forest health. The prescribed fire project […]