Paliza Fire on Santa Fe National Forest June 18, 2016; 10:00 a.m. Location: • Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest • In Paliza Canyon off Forest Road 266 northeast of the Paliza Campground and a mile west of the Ponderosa Christian Camp Start Date: Reported June 18, 2016 Size: Approximately 1 acre […]

Santa Fe, NM – June 15, 2016 – For Immediate Release.  You may see smoke in the air around Santa Fe over the next few weeks.  That smoke is likely from the 2,000 acre Dog Head Fire burning southeast of Albuquerque.  Smoke is currently drifting north/northeast towards Santa Fe. Smoke-sensitive individuals and people with respiratory […]

May 29, 2016; 7:00 p.m. Location: • Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest • One mile south of Jemez Falls Campground Start Date: May 29, 2016 Size: Approximately 2 acres Percent Contained: 100% Cause: Under investigation Growth Potential: Minimal Vegetation: Ponderosa pine, logging slash Summary: Fire crews, including two aircraft, responded to […]

May 29, 2016; 7:00 p.m. Location: • Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest • On Rowe Mesa about 12 miles southeast of Pecos Start Date: Reported May 26, 2016 Size: Approximately 146 acres Percent Contained: 100% Cause: Human Growth Potential: Minimal Vegetation: Pinon-juniper, ponderosa pine, heavy slash from thinning Summary: The […]

May 29, 2016; 4:15 p.m. Location: Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest One mile south of Jemez Falls Campground Start Date:  May 29, 2016 Size:  Approximately 2 acres                                                 Percent Contained: 0% Cause:  Under investigation                                                  Growth Potential:  Moderate Vegetation:  Ponderosa pine, logging slash Summary:  Fire crews are responding to a fire one mile […]

May 28, 2016; 10:30 a.m. Location: • Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest • On Rowe Mesa about 12 miles southeast of Pecos Start Date: Reported May 26, 2016 Size: Approximately 146 acres Percent Contained: 75% Cause: Human Growth Potential: Minimal Vegetation: Pinon-juniper, ponderosa pine, heavy slash from thinning Summary: The […]

Barbero Fire Update May 27, 2016; 9:00 a.m. Location: • Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest • On Rowe Mesa about 12 miles southeast of Pecos Start Date: Reported May 26, 2016 Size: Approximately 146 acres at 8 a.m. Percent Contained: 50% Cause: Human, under investigation Growth Potential: Minimal Vegetation: Pinon-juniper, […]

Santa Fe, NM – May 23, 2016 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest have postponed the French Mesa prescribed burn on the Coyote Ranger District until further notice.  The 5,041-acre treatment area is located approximately 10 miles north of Gallina. The window for prescribed burns is dependent on favorable […]

Santa Fe, NM – May 20, 2016 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest hope to take advantage of conditions next week to conduct a prescribed burn on the Coyote Ranger District. The 5,041-acre French Mesa treatment area is located approximately 10 miles north of Gallina. Hand ignitions may begin […]

May 11, 2016 11:30 a.m.:  Ignitions have begun on the Mesitas prescribed burn on the Española Ranger District.  Crews are strengthening the perimeters with hand ignitions this morning in preparation for aerial ignitions later today and tomorrow. Smoke will likely be visible from Abiquiu, Española, Los Alamos, Coyote, Cañones, Youngsville and Pojoaque.  See the original […]

Final update 8:30 p.m. Location: Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest West of the community of La Cueva and east of Forest Road 376 Latitude and Longitude: 35°52’30″N 106°39’18″W Start Date:  May 6, 2016 Size:  Approximately 2.3 total acres                            Percent Contained: 100% as of 7:30 p.m. Cause:  Downed power line                                                  Growth Potential:  Low […]

May 6, 2016; 6:00 p.m. Location: Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest Near Fenton Ranch and the Rio Cebolla (additional information on location is expected soon) Start Date:  May 6, 2016 Size:  Approximately 1.3 acres at 6 p.m.                              Percent Contained:  0% Cause:  Downed power line                                                  Growth Potential:  Moderate Vegetation:  Ponderosa pine, pine […]

Santa Fe, NM – April 14, 2016 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest hope to take advantage of warmer weather in May 2016 to conduct the Mesitas prescribed burn on the Española Ranger District.  The 1,800-acre treatment area is located approximately six miles southwest of Abiquiu, 15 miles north […]

SANTA FE, NM – March 24, 2016 – For Immediate Release – Favorable conditions today allowed fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest to proceed with the planned prescribed burn in the lower portion of the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed. The 200-acre broadcast burn adjacent to the Nichols Reservoir will be done with hand […]

Wildland-Urban Interface is Focus of Prescribed Burn Planned on Santa Fe National Forest Jemez Ranger District SANTA FE, NM – March 17, 2016 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are working with communities in the Jemez Ranger District to conduct the bi-annual Thompson Ridge slash-pit prescribed burn. The […]

SANTA FE, NM – March 17, 2016 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct the previously announced prescribed burn on the south end of the Paliza treatment area within the boundaries of the Southwest Jemez Mountains Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project on the Jemez Ranger […]

SANTA FE, NM – March 15, 2016 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to begin the previously announced prescribed burn in Gallinas Canyon and Las Dispensas area on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 if conditions are favorable. Once ignitions have started, […]