Favorable weather conditions in place for hazardous fuels reduction work The Santa Fe National Forest is planning prescribed fire pile burns, pending all required approvals. We estimate this work to continue through the winter as weather conditions allow. Pile burning is meant to treat slash, like branches, piled by thinning crews with the aim of […]

NOVEMBER 4, 2025 Fire crews completed 209 acres of the 878-acre North Holiday Prescribed Fire located on Holiday Mesa in the Jemez Ranger District. Tomorrow, fire crews will continue this broadcast burn applying fire to the landscape within a defined boundary. Ignitions are planned for 2-3 more days. Smoke is visible from Jemez Springs, La […]

Favorable weather conditions in place for hazardous fuels reduction work The Santa Fe National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations on Holiday Mesa in the Jemez Ranger District on Tuesday November 4, 2025, pending all required approvals. The 878-acre Holiday North prescribed fire is a broadcast burn meaning fire is applied to the landscape within […]

October 28, 2025 The Espanola Ranger District Borrego Campground Prescribed Fire had a successful test ignition this morning due to favorable conditions. Ignitions will continue on the remaining 99 acres this afternoon.   Ignitions began Wednesday October 22, 2025, on the Borrego Campground Prescribed Fire located in the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe […]

Update for October 24, 2025 The project area received considerable moisture yesterday and today. Fire managers decided to postpone ignitions until next week—Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Fire crews hope to accomplish the remaining 99 acres next week. Ignitions began Wednesday October 22, 2025 on the Borrego Campground Prescribed Fire located in the Espanola Ranger District […]

October 22, 2025 Ignitions began today on the Borrego Campground Prescribed Fire located in the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, and fire crews completed 300 acres of the 399-acre jackpot burn. A “jackpot” prescribed fire is when fire crews burn concentrations (jackpots) of fuels only under specified environmental conditions. This method […]

Favorable weather conditions in place for hazardous fuels reduction work The Santa Fe National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations in the Española Ranger District on Tuesday October 21, 2025, pending all required approvals. The Borrego Campground prescribed fire is a 399-acre jackpot burn, meaning fire crews will burn concentrations (jackpots) of fuels only under […]

Favorable weather conditions in place for hazardous fuels reduction work SANTA FE, N.M., Oct. 8, 2025— The Santa Fe National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations in the Española Ranger District on Wednesday October 15, 2025, pending all required approvals. The Borrego Campground prescribed fire is a 399-acre jackpot burn, meaning fire crews will burn […]

Favorable weather conditions must be in place for hazardous fuels reduction work  Santa Fe, N.M., September 9, 2025— The Santa Fe National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations in September, pending all required approvals. We estimate this work to continue through the fall and winter as weather conditions allow. Prescribed fire helps reduce overgrown vegetation […]

Jose Vialpando – Incident Commander September 5, 2025 Acres: 17,415 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Containment: 90 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 5  Resources: 1 engine Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper Highlights: This is the final update for the Laguna Wildfire. Engines continue to monitor and patrol the Laguna Wildfire perimeter daily.  No smoke has been visible for the last two weeks.  The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has completed their soil burn severity map and […]

Samuel Lynch – Incident Commander  Acres: 17,415  Start Date: 6/25/2025  Containment: 90 %  Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness.  Personnel: 5   Resources: 1 engine   Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper  Highlights: Updates will be provided once a week, unless significant activity or changes occur. The next Laguna Wildfire Weekly Update will be provided Tuesday September 2, 2025.  Over the weekend the fire area received ¾ of […]

Joseph Medina – Incident Commander Acres: 17,415 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Containment: 90 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Resources: 1 engine | 1 water tender                      Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper Highlights: Updates will be provided once a week, unless significant activity or changes occur. The next Laguna Wildfire Weekly Update will be provided Monday August 25, 2025. Over the weekend, the Laguna Wildfire […]

Rian Ream – Incident Commander August 11, 2025 Acres: 17,415 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Containment: 85 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 17  Resources: 2 engines | 1 module | 1 water tender                      Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper Highlights: Updates will be provided once a week, unless significant activity or changes occur. The next Laguna Wildfire Weekly Update will be provided Monday August 18, […]

Contact Title: Claudia Brookshire (505) 438-5320 claudia.brookshire@usda.gov fs.usda.gov/r03/santafe Laguna Post-Fire Summary Report is Available Santa Fe, N.M., August 8, 2025— A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has completed their assessment of the Laguna Fire to identify and manage potential risks to resources on National Forest System lands and reduce these threats through appropriate emergency […]

Rian Ream – Incident Commander Acres: 17,415 Containment: 78 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 17                       Resources: 2 engines, 1 module, 1 water tender Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper Highlights: Updates will be provided […]

Acres: 17,413 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Completion: 78 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 17                       Resources: 2 engines, 1 module, 1 water tender Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper Highlights: This will be the last […]

Acres: 17,413 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Completion: 78 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 33                       Resources: 1 helicopter, 3 engines, 1 water tender Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper Highlights: Thanks to the continued hard […]

Santa Fe, N.M., July 31, 2025— A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team has created the soil burn severity map for the Laguna Wildfire that shows an estimate of fire effects on soils.  Approximately 81% of the Laguna Fire acres are either unburned/very low or low soil burn severity, while 14% sustained moderate and 5% […]

Acres: 17,413 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Completion: 78 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 38                       Resources: 2 helicopters, 3 engines, 1 water tender Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper Highlights: The firefighters that were inserted […]

Santa Fe, Nuevo México, 31 de julio de 2025. Después de darse un incendio forestal, la prioridad del Servicio Forestal es la estabilización de emergencia para prevenir daños adicionales a la vida de las personas, a la propiedad o a los recursos naturales. Bosque Nacional de Santa Fe ha iniciado una evaluación de respuesta de […]