Continuing this Spring, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burn operations about 10 miles northeast of Ruidoso and 6 miles southeast of Capitan in Lincoln County.  There are two burn units totalling 780 acres located within the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area.  Another 20-acre unit is located two miles […]

SANTA FE, NM – March 4, 2020 – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on east Rowe Mesa on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District sometime between March 16 and April 30, 2020, if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, […]

Beginning March 4, and continuing for up to 30 days, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burns in the Río Grande del Norte National Monument on the Guadalupe Mountains south of Cerro, N.M., and on Pot Mountain approximately 7 miles west of Cerro, N.M.  Smoke may be visible from highways NM 522, […]

Fire officials on the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest plan to ignite the slash pit near Cloudcroft, NM off Highway 244 on Sunday, March 1 if conditions permit. Smoke may be visible from Cloudcroft and surrounding communities. For information on the slash pit visit http://www.highcountryposts.com/slash-pit/ .  

It may seem premature to plan for the upcoming fire season while there is still snow in some areas, but fire managers from New Mexico State Forestry, the Bureau of Land Management, and Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands are encouraging residents to take action now to help protect their homes in the event of […]

Santa Fe, NM –Glorieta Camps, The Nature Conservancy’s Rio Grande Water Fund and the Forest Stewards Guild plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including moisture levels, air quality, wind direction, and weather forecasts, and initiate a prescribed burn at Glorieta Camps, west of Pecos, as early as February 18th, 2020. This burn will be […]

Cloudcroft, NM – 2/4/2020-Fire officials on the Sacramento Ranger District in Cloudcroft, NM, are prescribed burning today in the 16 Springs area near Mayhill, NM. Smoke may be visible from Mayhill and along Hwy 82.  Smoke may linger at night and early morning and maybe seen for several days following ignition. Prescribed fire Removes dead […]

SANTA FE, NM – Jan. 6, 2020 – Fire managers on the Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to implement the Ojitos and Poso/Sanchez prescribed pile burns sometime between Jan. 13 and March 31. The timing will be dependent on favorable conditions, including snow pack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, […]

Santa Fe, NM – Fire managers from the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Forestry Division plan to implement prescribed pile burns at Hyde Memorial State Park within the month of January provided that conditions, including snowpack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction, and weather forecasts, remain favorable. Recent snowfall makes this an […]

SANTA FE, NM – Dec. 9, 2019 – Fire managers on the Española Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to implement the previously announced prescribed pile burns in Pacheco Canyon and Hyde Park as early as tomorrow if conditions, including snow pack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather […]

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. […]