The 2025 Wildland Urban Fire Summit is just a few weeks away, from September 30th through October 2nd at UNM – Valencia. The event will feature presentations from industry experts and peers on the future of wildfire in New Mexico. This year’s agenda includes a field trip to the Bosque, presentations from the Valencia County […]

Santa Fe, NM – The Forest Stewards Guild (Guild) is partnering with the New Mexico State Land Office (SLO), The Nature Conservancy, Angel Fire Fire Department, Moreno Valley Fire Department, and a diverse group of collaborators to implement a prescribed broadcast burn on between 200 and 400 acres of SLO land in Black Lake, NM […]

Register now for the Wildland Urban Fire Summit, Sept 30-Oct 1 at UNM Valencia. https://web.cvent.com/event/16744544-8e25-4566-9343-79ec216fecd8/summary WUFS is New Mexico’s leading event for wildfire preparedness and planning. Join your peers, community leaders, fire service professionals, and federal, state, tribal, and local governments for this in-person event. Community members will share regional history and discuss living in […]

Firewise & Fire Adapted Communities (FAC): Nesting Programs to Advance Wildfire Work Thursday, August 21, 2025; 12-1pm MDT Join FACNM for an insightful webinar featuring the Director of the National Fire Adapted Communities Network and the Program Manager of Firewise USA®. Together, they will introduce the FAC framework and provide an overview of the Firewise […]

Highlights: This will be the final update on this fire unless there are significant changes. Yesterday, crews made good efforts to reduce interior heat on the Desert Willow Complex, raising containment to 80% on Cotton 1 and 60% on Cotton 2. Incident management has downgraded from a Type-3 to a Type-4 organization under NM Forestry […]

Highlights: Crews continue to maintain and improve containment lines on the Desert Willow Complex Fire. Containment on Cotton 1 has been raised to 80%, and Cotton 2 to 50%. The public should continue to avoid the bosque where heavy machinery and firefighters are working. Update: Today, response crews will continue their work mopping up in […]

Highlights: Due to the hard work of firefighters on the ground, containment has been raised on the Desert Willow Complex Fire to 70% on Cotton 1 and 40% on Cotton 2. The fire received precipitation yesterday and overnight. The public is advised to avoid the bosque area where firefighters will be continuing efforts to extinguish […]

Highlights: Yesterday’s fire suppression activities brought increased containment for the two fires of the Desert Willow Complex. Evacuations and road closures were also lifted, allowing residents to return to their homes. Today, efforts will focus on extinguishing hot spots in the bosque area, removal of hazard trees, and rehabilitation activities in the bosque. Containment for […]

Seven Springs Fire 66% contained, transfer of command back to local unit tomorrow at 8am Final Daily Update June 24th, 2025 Acres: 805                                                                               Start Date: 06/17/2025 Location: Mescalero, NM                                                         Personnel: 334 Containment: 66%                                                                   Fuels: Timber, timber litter, brush and grass Cause: Lightning Resources:    2 crews | 4 engines | 1 helicopters Highlights: This will be […]

Highlights: A combination of decreased fire activity and further containment line establishment by response crews on the two fires of the Desert Willow Complex has raised the containment level to 40% on Cotton 1 and 25% on Cotton 2. As a result of this good progress, all evacuations will be lifted in the area. The […]

Seven Springs Fire 30% contained – hard work and higher humidities aid in containment Acres: 805                                                                                Start Date: 06/17/2025 Location: Mescalero, NM                                                         Personnel: 347 Containment: 30%                                                                   Fuels: Timber, timber litter, brush and grass Cause: Lightning Resources:     9 crews | 13 engines | 1 helicopters | 2 water tender | 1 dozer | 1 excavator Highlights: […]

Highlights: Crews made good progress on containment for the Cotton 1 Fire, located on the west side of the river, raising containment of that fire to 20%. Dozer line was established along the Cotton 2 Fire’s north edge, but containment on that fire remains at 0%. The total acreage of both fires is 260 acres. […]

Desert Willow Complex Fire (Cotton and Cotton 2 Fires) Update 6/22/25 Highlights: Crews are still responding to the Cotton Fire, discovered Saturday, June 21, and the Cotton 2 Fire, which was discovered this morning across the river on the north side of the Main Street bridge in Los Lunas. Today local, state and federal crews […]

June 22, 2025  Skyline Fire  Update: Lines constructed around the Skyline Fire yesterday held overnight. Additional resources from the US Forest Service and retardant drops from air attack allowed the fire’s containment to increase to 40% as of 1 p.m. this afternoon.    Today crews will be able to start beginning to secure lines and […]

Near critical fire weather tested firelines yesterday as resources look ahead to changing weather Daily Update June 22nd, 2025 Acres: 805 Start Date: 06/17/2025 Location: Mescalero, NM Personnel: 256 Containment: 0% Fuels: Timber, timber litter, brush and grass Resources: 10 crews | 18 engines | 3 helicopters | 2 water tender | 1 dozer | […]

Cotton Fire, Valencia County  Update: The Cotton Fire is currently estimated at 150 acres and is located in the Los Lunas bosque area on the west side of the river, south of the Main Street bridge. The fire was discovered at 3:23 p.m on Saturday, June 21.   Current fire behavior is active, exhibiting runs and crowning […]

Resources make good progress constructing handline and securing hot spots around the fire. Acres: 805                                                                                Start Date: 06/17/2025 Location: Mescalero, NM                                                         Personnel: 256 Containment: 0%                                                                     Fuels: Timber, timber litter, brush and grass Resources:     10 crews | 13 engines | 3 helicopters | 2 water tender | 1 dozer Highlights: Resources on the Seven Springs Fire […]

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Notification of a controlled burn in Mora County by Circle E Ranch of Colorado LLC. Mora County is aware and has approved this controlled burn. Latitude: 36.13418 Longitude 105.30702

April 29, 2025  Otero Fire  Update: Yesterday, crews were able to strengthen fire lines on the fire’s west portion and raise the Otero Fire’s containment to 20%. Further mapping efforts found the fire’s size to be 405 acres. Most of the fire activity was found on the southern portion of the fire, and today crews […]