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 […]

QUEMADO, NM, Oct. 16, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Quemado Ranger District is preparing to use prescribed fire to treat approximately 1,718 acres in the Slaughter Mesa area south/southeast of Quemado Lake starting in early- or mid-November as staffing, fuels, and weather conditions allow. The prescribed burn will occur in meadow and ponderosa pine […]

Acres: 4,123 Start Date: 7/4/2024Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM Personnel: 252Containment: 23% Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: At 6:00 PM on Thursday, July 18, the Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 will transfer command of the Ridge Fire to Incident Commander Victor Alcorta from the Wilderness Ranger District. Team 4 extends its […]

Daily Update, July 17, 2024 Acres: 4,123 Start Date: 7/4/2024Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM Personnel: 281Containment: 23% Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: Fire activity has generally cooled with the precipitation received on the north end of the fire area. Some increased fire activity was observed in Iron Creek on the southeast side as […]

Daily Update – Tuesday, July 16, 2024  Acres: 3,740 Start Date: 7/4/2024  Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM Personnel: 321  Containment: 20% Fuels: Timber, grass, understory  Highlights: Fire activity is expected to decrease with incoming rain forecasted today and through the week. Firefighters are completing erosion prevention activities around the fire area, including seeding […]

  Daily Update – Monday, July 15, 2024 Acres: 3,442                                                                            Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                                Personnel: 351 Containment: 9%                                                                     Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: Containment efforts continue along the western edge of the fireline to protect values at risk, including the Willow Creek community.Firefighters observed a slight […]

Daily Update – Sunday, July 14, 2024 Acres: 2,966                                                                             Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                                Personnel: 345 Containment: 9%                                                                     Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: After several days of successful firefighting efforts on the western flank, containment has increased to 9% on the Ridge Fire. The fire is expected […]

The Gila National Forest Wilderness, Reserve, and Glenwood Ranger Districts have issued a Closure Order for the Ridge Fire. Trails #141 (Cooper Trail), #151 (West Fork Trail), #157 (Middle Fork Trail), and #171 (Iron Creek Mesa Trail) are temporarily closed to the public. This Order shall be in effect from July 12, 2024 at 6:00am […]

QUEMADO, NM, July 13, 2024 – The Lolo Fire is 438 acres with 60% containment. The primary fire activity is concentrated on the northwest side where crews have been constructing hand line and will continue to scout and assess additional roads for future control lines. The southern perimeter is under patrol and monitor status as […]

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM, July 13, 2024 – The Paramount Fire was reported July 12 near milepost 20, north of New Mexico Highway 59 on the Gila National Forest, Black Range Ranger District, about 19 miles west of Winston, New Mexico. Currently approximately 5 acres, the fire was ignited by lightning within the Indian Peaks […]

Daily Update – Saturday, July 13, 2024 Acres: 2,488                                                                           Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                             Personnel: 312 Containment: 0%                                                                   Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: The Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 will host an open house tonight, on Saturday, July 13, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the […]

Daily Update – Friday, July 12, 2024 Acres: 2,245                                                                           Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                          Personnel: 290 Containment: 0%                                                                  Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: Fire activity was limited yesterday by increased moisture around the Ridge Fire area. Minimal fire activity is expected again today as relative humidity remains […]

QUEMADO, NM, July 11, 2024 – The Lolo Fire is 412 acres with 39% containment along the southern perimeter. Tasks for this area will include patrols and maintaining control features where crews have completed mop-up work which included mitigating hazards and hotspots along the fire boundary. Primary source of fire activity will be on the […]

Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 assumes command of Ridge Fire Daily Update – Thursday, July 11, 2024 Acres: 2,245                                                                          Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                          Personnel: 220 Containment: 0%                                                                  Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: The Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 assumed command of the […]

QUEMADO, NM, July 9, 2024 – The Lolo Fire transitioned to a type 3 incident management team on Monday and is estimated at 378 acres in the Quemado Ranger District. The fire is located between Escondido Mountain and the Continental Divide Trail, roughly 6 miles northeast of Quemado Lake. “Currently, there are no area closures […]

MIMBRES, NM, July 9, 2024 – The Ridge Fire is approximately 1,100 acres burning in the Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District. One to two-foot flames lengths were observed yesterday as the fire burns in an old fire scar, moving through grass, needle cast, and dead and downed logs. Crews began assessing private residences as […]