SANTA FE, NM – October 25, 2018 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) expect to begin ignitions today on piles that will reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire. Fire managers will take advantage of favorable conditions, to include fuel moisture levels, air quality, […]

SANTA FE, NM –October 22, 2018 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) anticipate a broadcast burn on the Borrego Mesa fuelwood unit as early as Thursday, October 25. Conditions were not favorable enough for the anticipated start date of October 22; therefore, should […]

  The 387 acre slash pile burn is located in the Tio Gordito unit. The piles are located on the west side of US Highway 285, 4 miles south of Tres Piedras. Fire managers plan to continue with hand ignitions through Friday to complete this burn, weather permitting. This prescribed burn is conducted to consume […]

The Bureau of Land Management is planning to burn piles of juniper and piñon cuttings in three locations in Catron County from Oct. 20–Dec. 31, 2018, weather permitting.  In addition, debris from the creation of defensible space in the Wild Horse Subdivision will be burned.  The Wild Horse Slash Pit is located 40 miles south […]

Taos, NM (October 18, 2018) – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Carson National Forest in cooperation with the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish plan to take advantage of favorable conditions and weather forecasts to implement the Tio Gordito prescribed burn. Fire managers expect to begin ignitions on October 22, 2018 and […]

Jemez Springs —Valles Caldera National Preserve is looking for opportunities to implement prescribed burning, consisting of broadcast and/or pile burning, starting as early as October 22nd and as late as mid-December. The prescribed burns will target up to 622-acres in the Banco Bonito area with broadcast burning, up to 112-acres in the Seco area via […]

SANTA FE, NM – October 15, 2018 – For Immediate Release.  Over the next several weeks, the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will perform forest restoration work in two project areas located on the Española Ranger District of the SFNF – the Hyde Park WUI Project and the Pacheco Canyon Forest Resiliency Project. The two […]

SANTA FE, NM –October 15, 2018 – For Immediate Release. If favorable conditions allow, to include acceptable fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, fire managers on the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) may begin a broadcast burn on the Borrego Mesa fuelwood unit as early as Monday, October […]

Taos, NM (October 5, 2018) – For Immediate Release.  The Tres Piedras Ranger District on the Carson National Forest plan to conduct the Bighorn/Stateline prescribed burn if condition allow from October 15 and November 15, 2018.   Implementation of this project will only occur when weather, fuel moisture, and smoke dispersal conditions are within the defined […]

Taos, NM (October 5, 2018) – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Jicarilla District of the Carson National Forest hope to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, winds, and weather forecasts to conduct two prescribed burns between October 5 and November 30, 2018. Picture is taken at the Carracas […]

Taos, NM (October 2, 2018) – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Carson National are taking advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, and winds and weather forecasts to conduct the Highway 84 prescribed burn on the Canjilon Ranger District today.  This unit will be conducted by hand ignitions, and may […]