SANTA FE, NM – Dec. 15, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning a prescribed pile burn on the Cuba Ranger District. The La Jara prescribed pile burn, a total of 77 acres located just northeast of the community of La Jara, may be conducted Jan. 1 […]

Dec. 14, 2015 12:28pm.  Ignitions have begun on the Joaquin Canyon Prescribed burn on the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts. Santa Fe, NM – Nov. 20, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct three pile burns on the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts sometime between […]

Santa Fe, NM – Nov. 20, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct three pile burns on the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts sometime between Nov. 30 and Dec. 30, 2015.  That window is dependent on the amount of snowfall on the ground as well […]

Santa Fe, NM – October 27, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct prescribed burns in the Joaquin Canyon on the Jemez Ranger District.  The Joaquin Canyon prescribed burn area, a total of 142 acres, is located approximately 8 miles west of Jemez Springs. The […]

SANTA FE, NM – October 16, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to begin the previously announced prescribed burn in Gallinas Canyon on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District on Saturday, October 17, 2015, if conditions are favorable. Once ignitions have started, they are expected to […]

SANTA FE, NM – October 13, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on the Cuba Ranger District on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, if conditions including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts are favorable. The initial treatment area under […]

SANTA FE, NM – October 9, 2015 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are postponing 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 District. Fire managers […]

  SANTA FE, NM – October 1, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to begin the previously announced prescribed burn in Gallinas Canyon on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District on Saturday, October 3, 2015, if conditions are favorable. Once ignitions have started, they are expected […]

Smoke Continues to Disperse After Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn SANTA FE, NM – September 29, 2015 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest completed ignitions in the Santa Fe Watershed at approximately 2:30 p.m. Monday.  While smoke from the burn did impact Santa Fe and surrounding communities, residual smoke continues […]

SANTA FE, NM – September 28, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct a 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 District. The window […]

SANTA FE, NM – September 28, 2015 – For Immediate Release. After determining that conditions are favorable for a successful prescribed burn, fire managers are proceeding with aerial ignitions today to complete treatment on approximately 644 acres in the Santa Fe Watershed. Winds are expected to push the smoke southeast of town during the day, […]

Ignitions begin on Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn SANTA FE, NM – September 27, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Weather conditions are favorable today and fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest have decided to begin ignitions on the Santa Fe Watershed prescribed burn, on the Española Ranger District . Today crews will […]

August 12, 2015; 1:00 P.M. Location:  Chama River Canyon Wilderness, Coyote Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest Start Date:  August 7, 2015                                        Cause:  Lightning Size:  Less than one acre                                            Percent Contained:  0% Vegetation: Ponderosa pine                                      Growth Potential: Low Summary:  Light smoke may be visible from the lightning-caused Rincon Fire in the Chama River […]

July 30, 2015, 2:00 P.M. SANTA FE, NM – July 30, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest’s Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District have completed operations on the 2,483-acre fire. The Commissary Fire started on June 5 and has been managed over the past few […]

July 20, 2015; 10:00 A.M. Size: Approximately 2,100 acres                                                                               Growth Potential: Moderate Vegetation: Ponderosa pine, aspen, mixed conifer, grass and brush Summary: Fire managers on the lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District will try to complete firing operations this week with hand ignitions on a remaining 350 acres as part of a […]

July 13, 2015, 1:00 P.M. SANTA FE, NM – July 13, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Interior fuels on the lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest’s Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District continue to burn naturally. The fire responded to drier weather over the weekend with increased activity, producing a moderate volume of white […]

July 7, 2015, 09:00 A.M. SANTA FE, NM – July 7, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest’s Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District are wrapping up operations on the 1,700-acre fire. The Commissary Fire started on June 5 and has been managed over the past […]

July 3, 2015, 09:00 A.M. Summary: The lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District remains at 1,700 acres. The fire continues to burn in larger dead and down fuels. With a 50% chance of precipitation forecasted for today and tomorrow, crews will continue with chipping and piling operations around the perimeter. The Commissary […]

July 2, 2015, 09:00 A.M. Summary: Fire managers on the lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District took advantage of the drier weather yesterday and strengthened the western perimeter along Forest Road 66, burning 150 acres. With wetter conditions forecasted today, crews will continue chipping and piling operations around the perimeter today. The […]

July 1, 2015, 09:00 A.M. Summary: Crews on the lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District will continue chipping and piling operations around the perimeter of the fire today. Fire managers will take advantage of the drier weather today and attempt to burn 200 to 300 acres along Forest Road 66 and along […]