The New Mexico State Land Office is coordinating with Eddy County Fire Service, Carlsbad Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Bureau of Land Management to implement the Red Bluff Draw Prescribed Fire on State Trust Land in southern Eddy County. Ignition operations are anticipated to last one day and occur on a Saturday between […]

The Crossroads fire in Lea County was contained yesterday at approximately 2,075 acres.

Fire weather conditions exist across southeast New Mexico today.  A Red Flag warning has been issued by the National Weather Service.  This means that the threat of wildfire ignition and spread is extreme.  Please use common sense and avoid activities today that could pose a risk.  Some tips to stay safe: Obey all regulations regarding […]

The BLM, Taos Field Office is planning a prescribed fire at the Orilla Verde Recreation Area, near Pilar, NM as early as Feb. 24 and continuing as needed until March 5, 2017. Please contact the BLM Taos Field Office in Taos New Mexico for any questions or comments. Pat Pacheco, District Fire Management Officer: (575) […]

SANTA FE, NM – Feb. 17, 2017 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on the Joaquin fuelwood unit on the Jemez Ranger District. Ignitions could begin as early as Feb. 24, if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, […]

Carlsbad, NM – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to conduct prescribed burns at two locations in the Carlsbad District beginning Feb 22 and continuing through the first 2 weeks of March, weather permitting. These prescribed burn projects are part of a restoration effort to improve rangeland health and reduce hazardous fuels throughout […]

Roswell, NM – February 2017 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burn operations in Chaves County.  The Sand Ranch prescribed fire (consisting of three burn units) is located 45 miles East of Roswell and the Milner Lake prescribed fire is located 10 miles Northeast of Roswell.  These operations are dependent upon […]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct a 300 acre burn within the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas (Mesa Chivato) during the month of February. Due to weather constraints, the BLM was unable to conduct the burn, originally scheduled to take place between November 2016 and January 2017. The area is comprised […]

Between February 13 and March 31, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Socorro Field Office, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), will conduct a pile burn on BOR-administered lands along the Rio Grande south of Bosque del Apache. The objectives of the burn are to remove limbs and branches created as part […]

The Bureau of Land Management Socorro Field Office will burn up to 50 acres in Catron County between February 1 and April 15, 2017, weather permitting.  The objective of these burn projects is to remove piles of limbs and branches created as part of an old thinning project one mile west of Pie Town, immediately […]

  The Roswell BLM fire crew intends on completing “Blackline” operations starting 01-17-2017 and wrapping up on 01-19-2017 if all goes as planned. Depending on favorable weather conditions and resource availability we will be looking at conducting the main firing operations the following week (01-23-2017 thru 01-26-2017).  The units to be burned are Bull Pasture […]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be burning slash piles in two different locations near  the Wild Horse Subdivision, which is located about 40 miles south of Grants, New Mexico, and 30 miles north of Pie Town.  The Wild Horse Slash Pit and Tank Canyon South projects total approximately 240 acres.  The burns will […]

Due to lack of moisture in early winter, two prescribed burns originally scheduled for November-December 2016 are expected to be conducted this month.  Weather permitting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will continue conducting prescribed burns that include approximately 20 acres along the Perea Nature Trail in the Rio Salado Riparian Area and another area […]

SANTA FE, NM – Jan. 10, 2017 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct an administrative pile burn to reduce illegally dumped slash and woody debris that has accumulated along Forest Road 86-A on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District. Ignitions on the 0.1-acre site, located […]

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Santa Fe, NM – Dec. 14, 2016 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to continue the Joaquin prescribed pile burn on Thursday, Dec. 15, if conditions, including air quality and weather forecasts, remain favorable. The 60-acre treatment area sits on the boundary between the Jemez and Cuba […]

SANTA FE, NM – Dec. 12, 2016 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning a prescribed pile burn on the Cuba Ranger District. The 20-acre Ojitos prescribed pile burn, located just northeast of Rancho Del Chaparral Girl Scout Camp, may begin as early as Wednesday, Dec. 14, only […]