Santa Fe, NM – Dec. 5, 2019 – Fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are taking advantage of favorable conditions, including snow pack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind and weather forecasts, to burn piles of woody debris on the previously announced Joaquin project area this week. […]

SANTA FE, NM – Nov. 26, 2019 – Fire crews on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) may begin blacklining the perimeter of the previously announced La Presa prescribed fire on Mesa los Indios near Forest Road 473 as early as Dec. 2. The decision to proceed will depend on […]

SANTA FE, NM – Nov. 25, 2019 – Fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are concerned about a rash of fires that posed a potential threat to homes in the wildland urban interface (WUI). The cause of the fires is under investigation. Since Oct. 31, firefighters have […]

SANTA FE, NM – Nov. 21, 2019 – Fire managers on the Española Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to implement prescribed pile burns to remove woody debris from the Pacheco Canyon and Hyde Park fuels reduction projects as early as Dec. 5 if conditions, including snow pack, fuel moisture levels, […]

SANTA FE, NM – Nov. 1, 2019 – Fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are working with local communities to reduce the risk of wildfire by planning a prescribed burn at the Thompson Ridge slash pit this winter. The half-acre slash pit, located at the end of […]

Santa Fe, NM – Oct. 31, 2019 – Fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including snow pack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind and weather forecasts, to burn piles of woody debris on the Joaquin project area starting as early […]

SANTA FE, NM – Oct. 29, 2019 – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning a prescribed pile burn on the Coyote Ranger District. The 67-acre Highway 96 burn unit is located along NM State Road 96 about 4 miles west of the Coyote Ranger Station and 4 miles east of the […]

Upon consultation with the Fire Chiefs of Colfax County, and under the authority of Colfax County Ordinance Number 2006-l, the Colfax County Fire Marshal hereby declares effective immediately, a “Dry Season” in the Farley, French Tract, Ute Park, Miami and Rapid Response Fire Districts in Colfax County, and establish a ban on open burning within […]

Angel Fire, NM – The Forest Stewards Guild (FSG), working closely with the New Mexico State Land Office (SLO), New Mexico State Forestry, Moreno Valley Fire Department, and Angel Fire Fire Department have postponed the prescribed burn for the area around Little Coyote Creek adjacent to Black Lake, NM. The burn has yet to be […]

The Bureau of Land Management, Taos Field Office, has completed an additional 100 acres of the Wind Mountain Prescribed Fire (Cerro del Aire), in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.  To date, approximately 400 acres have been completed out of 735 total project acres.  Ignitions have stopped temporarily due to stronger wind in the […]

The Bureau of Land Management is continuing ignitions this week at the Wind Mountain prescribed fire in the Río Grande del Norte National Monument.  Approximately 300 acres have been completed out of 735 acres.  This project is located on the south side of Cerro del Aire (Wind Mountain), 4 miles northeast of Tres Piedras, N.M. […]

Taos, NM – October 16, 2019 – A new wildfire is burning on the El Rito Ranger District near Forest Road 274E, 14 miles west of the community of Tres Piedras, NM. The Jarosita Fire was reported on Monday, October 14 and is approximately 34 acres. It is burning in mixed conifer with a high […]