Taos, NM – May 20, 2017 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Carson National Forest hope to begin operations on the lightning-caused Hondito Fire, located within the Tres Piedras Ranger District, as early as Sunday May 21, 2017 to achieve resource objectives on the landscape. Lightning struck the Hondito Canyon four miles southwest […]

Taos, NM, May 18, 2017—For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Carson National Forest are monitoring the lightning-caused Hondito Fire on the Tres Piedras Ranger District as Forest officials consider use of the wildland fire to achieve Forest Plan resource objectives on the landscape. The fire was reported near Hondito Canyon 4 miles Southwest of […]

SANTA FE, NM – May 12, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest hope to take advantage of continuing favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weekend weather, to conduct the Gallina wildland-urban interface (WUI) prescribed burn on the Coyote Ranger District on Monday, May 15. WUI […]

SANTA FE, NM – May 8, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest plan to continue the Mesa Poleo prescribed burn on Tuesday, May 9, if conditions, including fuel moistures, predicted weather and air quality, remain favorable. The treatment unit planned for Tuesday is […]

SANTA FE, NM – May 2, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest hope to take advantage of recent moisture and forecasted weather to conduct the previously announced Mesa Poleo prescribed burn on Thursday, May 4, if conditions, including fuel moistures, predicted weather and […]

SANTA FE, NM – May 2, 2017 – For Immediate Release. After taking a look at conditions on the ground after moisture over the weekend, fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest hope to conduct the previously announced Moya prescribed burn on the Cuba Ranger District May 4 and 5. The treatment area for […]

SANTA FE, NM – May 1, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest hope to conduct the previously announced Virgin Mesa prescribed burn this week if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, remain favorable. The plan is to use hand […]

SANTA FE, NM – April 25, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest have postponed the previously announced Mesa Poleo and Gallina Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) prescribed burns that were tentatively scheduled for this week due to forecasted weather, including high winds and precipitation. Fire […]

SANTA FE, NM – April 24, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest today postponed the previously announced Moya prescribed burn that was tentatively scheduled for this week due to forecasted winds. The National Weather Service issued a Fire Weather Watch for northern and Central New Mexico for Monday […]

SANTA FE, NM – April 21, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest hope to conduct the previously announced Moya prescribed burn over two days next week if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, remain favorable. The treatment area for the Moya prescribed burn is […]

SANTA FE, NM – April 19, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) said today that the prescribed burn implemented one week ago in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed successfully met objectives, removing heavy fuels to reduce the risk of high-intensity wildfire and restore the landscape to historic […]

SANTA FE, NM – April 17, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct previously announced prescribed burns as early as Monday, April 24, and continuing through the rest of the week if conditions, including fuel moistures, predicted weather and air […]

Media Advisory SANTA FE, NM – April 11, 2017 – For Immediate Release – Fire crews completed the 340-acre prescribed fire in the Santa Fe Watershed at approximately 4:20 p.m. today. Transport winds from the south are expected to continue into the evening, pushing the smoke north of Santa Fe. Moisture, including higher humidity and […]

SANTA FE, NM – April 11, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest hope to take advantage of favorable spring conditions to conduct prescribed burns during a window that opens April 17 and ends on May 21, 2017.  That window is dependent on favorable […]

SANTA FE, NM – April 10, 2017 – For Immediate Release. After careful consideration of current and forecasted conditions, including winds, weather and relative humidity, fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to take advantage of a favorable window to conduct the previously announced prescribed burn in the Santa Fe Watershed […]

SANTA FE, NM – March 29, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest hope to conduct two prescribed burns on the Cuba Ranger District this spring. The treatment area for the Moya prescribed burn is 3,371 acres west of the community of LLaves and northeast of Lindrith. Ignitions could […]