Fire crews are planning to begin the Willow Piles Prescribed Fire on Thu., Feb. 9. The plan was determined after a meeting between fire staff and meteorologists on Tue., Feb. 7. Impacts from any smoke are expected to be moderated due to an incoming weather system. Light winds out of the north and northwest will […]

Fire crews are waiting for improved conditions to begin ignitions on the Willow Piles Prescribed Fire located near Hopewell Lake on the Tres Piedras Ranger District. Current weather modeling shows low chances of smoke ventilation tomorrow (Feb. 7), the first day of potential ignitions. Another update will be posted after fire management leadership meets with […]

Pile burning operations continue ALBUQUERQUE, NM – February 1, 2023 – Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands fire crews are continuing prescribed fire operations today on the Sulphur unit of the Sandia Ranger District. The pile burn area is located in the Sandia east mountains, north of I-40, west of NM-14 and south of NM-536. […]

The pile burns planned for today in La Luz Canyon are canceled due to poor ventilation. Fire managers will wait for a better day for optimal smoke dispersion.

Pile burning to occur in La Luz Canyon CLOUDCROFT, NM, Feb. 1, 2023 – Fire managers on the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest are planning to continue prescribed fire operations on the West Side Piles project in La Luz Canyon today. Today’s ignitions on one acre of piles will complete the 147-acre project. The […]

Pile Burning on Mountainair & Sandia Ranger Districts ALBUQUERQUE, NM – January 30, 2023 – Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands fire crews are preparing this week to strategically implement two prescribed fires within the Mountainair and Sandia Ranger Districts. Prescribed fires are utilized to remove hazardous fuels, return nutrients to the soil and improve […]

Carson National Forest fire crews are preparing to resume prescribed fire operations this winter to reduce hazardous fuels in advance of warmer, drier weather. The Willow Piles Prescribed Fire, which would only move forward pending suitable conditions, is the first such for the Carson National Forest after the USDA Forest Service National Prescribed Fire Review was released […]

Pile burning starting as early as Jan 31 ALBUQUERQUE, NM – January 26, 2023 – Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands fire crews are preparing this month to strategically implement 8 acres of piles within the Capilla Fuels Reduction and Restoration Project in the Manzano Mountains. The pile burn area is located near the Red […]

Pile burning starting as early as Jan 30 ALBUQUERQUE, NM – January 24, 2023 – Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands fire crews are preparing this month to strategically implement 100 acres of piles within the Sulphur unit under the Sandia Piles Rx plan. The pile burn area is located in the Sandia east mountains, […]

For Immediate Release: 1/17/2023 Glorieta Camps, The Nature Conservancy’s Rio Grande Water Fund and the Forest Stewards Guild plan to take advantage of favorable conditions on Jan. 19th, including snow levels, air quality, wind direction, and weather forecasts, and initiate prescribed pile burning at Glorieta Camps. This is the first of ongoing burns throughout the winter when conditions […]

Mt Taylor, Magdalena, Mountainair, Sandia, Black Kettle and Kiowa Rita Blanca Ranger Districts ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Jan. 10, 2023 – Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands fire crews are preparing this week to strategically implement multiple prescribed fires across the forest and grasslands to reduce hazardous fuels in advance of warmer, drier weather and pending […]

For Immediate Release Glorieta Camps, The Nature Conservancy’s Rio Grande Water Fund and the Forest StewardsGuild plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including moisture levels, air quality, wind direction, and weather forecasts, and initiate prescribed burning at Glorieta Camps as early as January 3rd, 2022. Glorieta Camps is west of the village of Pecos. […]

 Don’t Hibernate on a Preparedness Plan Take this seasonal break to create or review and improve your personal preparedness plan for emergencies. Your New Mexico wildfire cooperators at nearby national forests, agencies, and non-governmental organizations conclude the 2022 Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round campaign with a December message: Don’t Hibernate on a Preparedness Plan. Although emergencies and disasters can occur […]

The Lewis Prescribed Fire on the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest was postponed after a foot of snow fell in areas across the forest. Instead, fire managers are turning their attention to pile burning and ignitions are underway today on the Jim Lewis debris piles, 11 miles southwest of Weed. Ignitions may […]

CLOUDCROFT, NM, Nov. 23, 2022 – Fire managers on the Sacramento Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest are preparing to implement one of the prescribed fires planned across the forest this fall and winter. Ignitions on the Lewis Prescribed Fire could begin as early as Monday, Nov. 28, and continue through Thursday, Dec. 1 […]

For more information contact: Mark Meyers 505-946-7082  The New Mexico State Land Office (NMSLO) is planning a collaborative prescribed fire scheduled for Nov. 11-17, 2022, on approximately 400 acres of state trust land near Mangas Divide (approximately 16 miles southwest of Pie Town, NM in Catron County).  The project is being implemented in the fall while there is an opportunity to safely […]

Magdalena Ranger District – San Mateo Mountains – Socorro County, NM ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Nov. 14, 2022 – Pending favorable conditions, fire managers on the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands (NF & NGs) plan to implement the previously announced Durfee Bolander Unit 7 prescribed fire on the Magdalena Ranger District as early as Tuesday, […]