Taos, NM, March 15, 2016—For Immediate Release. The Canjilon Ranger District of the Carson National Forest will begin prescribed burning piles beginning March 21st and continue through April 20th on days that conditions such as wind, relative humidity, temperature, expected weather pattern and available resources are favorable. The Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface area (WUI) prescribed […]

Las Cruces, NM – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a prescribed burn at the Dripping Springs Natural Area (Natural Area) near Las Cruces, New Mexico.  The Dripping Springs prescribed burn is planned for the morning of March 15, 2016, weather permitting.  Smoke will be highly visible to the City of Las Cruces and […]

For Immediate Release   –  February 12, 2016 For Additional Information:  Matias Telles, 575-644-4431   BLM Prescribed Burns Planned Near Carlsbad Carlsbad, NM – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to conduct prescribed burns at three locations in the Carlsbad area beginning Feb 17 and continuing through the first 2 weeks of March, […]

Socorro – The Bureau of Land Management Socorro Field Office will burn up to 20 acres in Catron County between February 15 and April 1, 2016, weather permitting.  The burn includes slash piles one mile west of the Pietown, immediately north of Highway 60. The objective of this burn project is to remove piles of […]

Ignitions have begun on the Thompson Ridge Pile Burn.  The burn, a total of 35 acres, is located nine miles north of Jemez Springs. For more information contact the Jemez Ranger Station at 575-829-3535. Santa Fe, NM – Jan. 13, 2016 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning […]

  Santa Fe, NM – Jan. 13, 2016 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct three pile burns on the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts sometime between Jan. 15 and March 31, 2016.  That window is dependent on the amount of snowfall on the ground as […]

SANTA FE, NM – Dec. 15, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning a prescribed pile burn on the Cuba Ranger District. The La Jara prescribed pile burn, a total of 77 acres located just northeast of the community of La Jara, may be conducted Jan. 1 […]

Dec. 14, 2015 12:28pm.  Ignitions have begun on the Joaquin Canyon Prescribed burn on the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts. Santa Fe, NM – Nov. 20, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct three pile burns on the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts sometime between […]

Prescribed Burn Planned for Gorham Scout Camp, South of Cundiyo Taos, NM – During the month of December, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office will conduct a prescribed burn at Gorham Scout Camp, south of Cundiyo, New Mexico, weather permitting.  Burn operations could be on any day within December 7 through December […]

Albuquerque, NM – Starting Monday, December 7 and continuing through December 31, 2015, weather permitting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office will be conducting a prescribed burn that includes approximately 20 acres along the Perea Nature Trail in the Rio Salado Riparian Area. The area is comprised of salt cedar and […]

Santa Fe, NM – Nov. 20, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct three pile burns on the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts sometime between Nov. 30 and Dec. 30, 2015.  That window is dependent on the amount of snowfall on the ground as well […]

Taos, NM – During the month of November, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office will conduct a prescribed burn at Gorham Scout Camp, south of Cundiyo, New Mexico, weather permitting. Burn operations could be on any day within November 9 through November 30, 2015. The objectives of the burn are to remove […]

Albuquerque, NM – Starting Monday, November 9, 2015, weather permitting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office will begin conducting a prescribed burn that includes approximately 20 acres along the Perea Nature Trail in the Rio Salado Riparian Area. The area is comprised of salt cedar and Russian olive, and is approximately […]

Albuquerque, NM – Starting Monday, November 9, 2015, weather permitting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office will begin conducting a prescribed burn that includes approximately 300 acres within the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas. The area, known as Mesa Chivato, is comprised of ponderosa pine, piñon, and juniper, and […]

Santa Fe, NM – October 27, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct prescribed burns in the Joaquin Canyon on the Jemez Ranger District.  The Joaquin Canyon prescribed burn area, a total of 142 acres, is located approximately 8 miles west of Jemez Springs. The […]

SANTA FE, NM – October 16, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to begin the previously announced prescribed burn in Gallinas Canyon on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District on Saturday, October 17, 2015, if conditions are favorable. Once ignitions have started, they are expected to […]

SANTA FE, NM – October 13, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on the Cuba Ranger District on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, if conditions including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts are favorable. The initial treatment area under […]