SANTA FE, NM – March 5, 2021 – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are looking at a two-week window from Monday, March 8, to Monday, March 22, 2021, to continue implementation of the East Rowe Mesa prescribed burn located east of NM State Road 34 approximately 10 miles south of the […]

TAOS, NM – Mar. 2, 2021 —Fire managers on the Carson National Forest are planning to strategically implement prescribed burns across the forest this spring to reduce hazardous fuels before the onset of the 2021 wildland fire season. Fuels treatments are an effective way to slow wildfires and change fire behavior. The decision to implement […]

SANTA FE, NM – March 1, 2021 – If conditions remain favorable, fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) may begin implementation of the previously announced East Rowe Mesa prescribed burn on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District as early as tomorrow. The decision to proceed will depend on multiple factors, including resource availability, […]

SANTA FE, NM – Feb. 24, 2021 – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, to implement a prescribed burn on Cat Mesa on the Jemez Ranger District starting as early as Friday, March […]

SANTA FE, NM – Feb. 18, 2021 – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to strategically implement prescribed burns across the forest this spring to reduce hazardous fuels before the onset of the 2021 wildland fire season. Fuels treatments are an effective way to slow wildfires and change fire behavior. […]

TAOS, NM – Feb. 17, 2021 – Fire managers on the Carson National Forest are taking advantage of favorable conditions today and continuing the previously announced Kiowa-San Cristobal prescribed pile burns. The Kiowa-San Cristobal pile burns located near San Cristobal and Gallina Canyon is designed to remove woody debris from a previously thinned area. As […]

Roswell, N.M. – In mid-February 2021, the Bureau of Land Management will seek opportunities to conduct prescribed fire operations approximately 10 miles northeast of Ruidoso, N.M. and 6 miles southeast of Capitan, N.M., in Lincoln County. The project area is within the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area and will encompass approximately 1,900 acres. […]

Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers are proceeding with the San Diego wildland-urban interface (WUI) prescribed pile burn on the Jemez Ranger District today.Fire managers are taking advantage of favorable conditions after the recent winter storms to reduce hazardous fuels near the San Diego wildland-urban interface (WUI) by Jemez Springs. Each prescribed burn is […]

SANTA FE, NM – Feb. 11, 2021 – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to take advantage of favorable conditions, including snowpack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, to implement a previously announced prescribed burn on Rowe Mesa on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District starting as […]

TAOS, NM – Feb. 11, 2021 – With most of northern New Mexico in extreme drought, the 2021 fire season could begin as early as late March or early April. The Carson National Forest is working with local, state, federal, and tribal partners, and non-governmental organizations to encourage New Mexicans to recognize that in our […]

TAOS, NM – Feb. 10, 2021 – Fire managers are taking advantage of favorable conditions to proceed with the previously announced La Jara pile burns today on the Carson National Forest to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire and amount of hazardous fuels on the ground. Crews completed over 10 acres of the 50-acre La […]

Between Feb. 10 and March 15,the Bureau of Land Management’s Socorro Field Office, in cooperation with the New Mexico State Land Office and private landowners, will be burning sacaton grass draws east of Socorro, N.M., weather permitting. Up to 1,200 acres of grass and brush will be burned in two separate burn units. One unit […]

The Spring Fire Jurisdiction: Private Land and Lincoln National Forest Size: 5 acres Cause: Human Caused Date/Time Detected: 8:30 pm Feb. 5, 2021 Location: Spring Canyon, near Sacramento Firefighting Resources: 2 Type-6 engines, numerous volunteer fire departments, miscellaneous personnel. Fuel Type:  Ponderosa pine, grasses Values at Risk: Structures near Sacramento Fire Update: The Spring Fire began as […]