Jemez Ranger District tentatively plans to implement the North Joaquin prescribed fire Thursday, September 26 Santa Fe, N.M., September 25, 2024— Taking advantage of fall weather, fire managers from the Santa Fe National Forest will begin implementing fall prescribed fire projects in the next few months. Jemez Ranger District plans to begin ignitions on the […]

Santa Fe, N.M., September 13, 2024— Fire Managers from the Española Ranger District are preparing and planning for multiple prescribed fire projects tentatively planned for fall and winter. A final decision to proceed with a prescribed fire on the SFNF depends on agency administrator approval, resource availability, and favorable conditions including fuel moisture levels, air […]

Jemez Ranger District tentatively plans to implement the North Joaquin prescribed fire mid-September Santa Fe, N.M., September 9, 2024— Fire managers from the Jemez Ranger District plan to begin ignitions on the 1,701-acre North Joaquin prescribed fire project as early as mid-September. The project area is located approximately 6 miles west of Jemez Springs and […]

Taking advantage of fall weather, Carson National Forest fire managers are planning to begin prescribed fire ignitions to improve forest health and resilience as early as Oct. 1. Crews plan to start with the American Creek Prescribed Fire to the west of Tres Piedras, N.M. The exact days of ignitions will depend on wind, weather […]

Magdalena, Mountainair, Sandia, Black Kettle and Kiowa Rita Blanca Ranger Districts ALBUQUERQUE, NM – September 25, 2024 – The Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands (NF&NGs) fire crews are preparing to implement multiple prescribed fire projects as early as October 14 through the fall and winter months to reduce hazardous fuels as conditions allow. See […]

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New Webpage Section Launched to Provide More Information Taking advantage of cooler temperatures, shorter days and recent moisture, Carson National Forest fire managers have determined which prescribed fires they will potentially move forward with in the first half of fall 2024. The exact timing of each will depend on specific wind, weather and fuel moisture […]

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ALBUQUERQUE, NM, August 24, 2024 – Fire crews are responding to two remote area fires on the Magdalena Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands. Magdalena Ranger District: Baldy Springs Fire Reported Date / Time: August 24, 2024 / 1131Cause: Lightning         Size: .1 acres             Location: Central Magdalena Mts. near Water Canyon Road on […]

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, August 21, 2024 – Fire crews have responded to two remote area fires on the Mt Taylor Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands. Mt. Taylor Ranger District: Monaghan Fire Reported Date / Time: August 20, 2024 / 1630Cause: Lightning         Size: .4 acres              Containment: 100%Location: Monaghan Canyon off FSR50 in […]

Friday, July 26, 2024 Location: Northwest corner of the Santa Fe National Forest in the Cuba Ranger District, approximately 27 miles north of Cuba, NM. Start Date: July 18, 2024 Size: 2,745 acres with a planned perimeter of 7,000 acres Percent completed: 35 % Cause: Lightning Vegetation: The wildfire is burning in ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper, […]

The lightning caused Tanques Wildfire, located in the northwest corner of the Cuba Ranger District, around 25 miles north of Cuba, NM, was first reported the morning of July 18. Currently, the fire is 13 acres, burning in ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper, and oak. Santa Fe National Forest will manage the fire as a Type 3 […]

This will be the final regular update The Mestenas Canyon Fire is now fully surrounded by control lines. Crews on Wednesday cut handline on the fire’s northwest edge, increasing containment on the now 837-acre blaze to 65 percent. The fire’s north end remains the only uncontained area, however the control line is Forest Road 312N, […]

Crews on Tuesday completed significant work on the Mestenas Canyon Fire, which has grown to 716 acres with 40% containment. The fire’s heel on the south end is now completely contained.  Meanwhile, the fire’s head continues to slowly progress north toward Forest Road 312, which crews prepared as a potential containment line. Low-hanging branches, known […]

Crews on Monday continued to build control lines and conducted more firing operations on the Mestenas Canyon Fire, which has grown to 628 acres with 30% containment. Containment was gained on the fire’s southern edge, and a ¾-mile stretch of Forest Road 312 was blacklined, which is when fire personnel burn fuels along a control […]

Crews continue to work the Mestenas Canyon Fire, which is slowly growing within completed and planned containment lines. The fire is currently estimated at 584 acres with 15% containment. On Sunday, crew members black lined along the northern segment of Forest Road 312N. Black lining is burning fuels along a control line ahead of the […]

Rain tamped down much of the behavior on the Mestenas Canyon Fire, where the perimeter has grown to 477 acres with 15% containment. Steep terrain and outflow winds from nearby thunderstorms are driving the fire’s spread on its north and east sides. To contain the fire, crews are nearby using indirect methods by reducing fuels […]

Crews continue to work the Mestenas Canyon Fire, which has grown to 350 acres with 0% containment. Outflow winds from nearby storms pushed two heads of the fire up canyon slopes onto Mestenas Mesa where crews are securing roads as potential containment lines. The overall suppression strategy is to contain the fire using existing roads […]

Acres: 4,123 Start Date: 7/4/2024Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM Personnel: 252Containment: 23% Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: At 6:00 PM on Thursday, July 18, the Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 will transfer command of the Ridge Fire to Incident Commander Victor Alcorta from the Wilderness Ranger District. Team 4 extends its […]