Size: 10 acres Date detected: Friday, June 21 Cause: Unknown, Under Investigation Location: Carson NF, El Rito Ranger District, west of El Rito Canyon, T26N R7E Section 30 Growth Potential: Moderate Vegetation: Ponderosa Pine Resources: 4 engines, 1 helicopter, 1 crew, 30 personnel Current status: The Potrero Fire was reported on Friday night, June 21, […]

Date detected: Friday, June 21 Cause: Unknown Location: Carson NF, El Rito Ranger District, Potrero Springs, T26N R7E Section 30 Size: Approximately 12 acres Growth Potential: Moderate Resources: 4 engines, 1 helicopter, 1 hand-crew Vegetation: Timber Taos, NM—June 21, 2019— On the afternoon of June 21 a fire was reported approximately 7 miles northwest of […]

SANTA FE, NM – June 21, 2019 – The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) may proceed with the previously announced Tent Rocks prescribed burn on the Jemez Ranger District Saturday, June 22, if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, are favorable. The Tent Rocks treatment area is approximately 2 […]

The Lone Mountain Fire will continue to put up smoke over the coming days and weeks as interior pockets of vegetation that was not burned previously is consumed by the fire. Fire personnel will continue to monitor the fire. Smoke will be visible from Carrizozo, Capitan, White Oaks and Highway 54. Please visit the NM […]

Santa Fe – Smoke from multiple wildfires burning in Arizona and southern New Mexico is impacting much of the state today (06/21). The 65,000-acre Woodbury Gap Fire, located east of Phoenix in the Superstition Wilderness, is producing a majority of the smoke. New Mexico firefighters are working in the state and in Arizona to keep […]

Gurule Fire Smoke Update Firefighters utilized helicopter aerial ignitions and ground ignitions to mimic a natural burn used to reduce fuels and cleanup the under-story. The effect increased smoke over the fire. Smoke may be visible from the communities of Abiquiu, Canjilon, Cañon Plaza, Vallecitos, La Madera, El Rito, and Tres Piedras which may continue […]

Taos, NM (June 20, 2019) – For Immediate Release.  After taking into consideration current and predicted weather, fuel moistures and current and expected fire behavior, fire managers on the Camino Real Ranger District of the Carson National Forest plan to implement prescribed fire projects as early as June 28th and continuing as long as weather […]

The Big Spring Fire is now 100% contained. The 2-acre fire is burning on private land northeast of Laguna, NM in Cibola County. Today (06/20), firefighters will continue to mop up hot spots and strengthen containment lines. The cause is under investigation. This will be the last notification unless there are significant changes.   Incident Name: […]