Fire Area Received Rain Yesterday Ute Park Fire – June 14, 2018 Daily Update Acres: 36,740 acres (26,387 acres on Philmont Scout Ranch)         Percent Containment: 95% Start Date: May 31, 2018, 2:10pm Cause: Unknown, under investigation Jurisdiction: New Mexico, State and Private Land Fuels: grass, piñon-juniper and ponderosa pine Origin Location: Near Highway 64 in […]

SANTA FE, NM – June 13, 2018 – For Immediate Release.  Santa Fe National Forest (Forest) officials remind everyone that the entire Forest is closed to the general public. The Rio Chama Corridor is closed to all public use, with the exception of permitted commercially outfitted and private boaters that launch from El Vado Ranch […]

Ute Park Fire Stakeholders Meeting Date: Friday June 15, 2018 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Philmont Scout Ranch Philmont Training Center Beaubien Room USDA NRCS is holding a Stakeholders meeting to discuss the potential implementation of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWPP). Anyone interested in obtaining more information on the program can attend. If you have […]

ALERT: The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Flash Flood Warning for West central Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico until 430 PM MDT. At 228 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain near Ute Park. The storm producing the heavy rain is moving slowly toward the east along the northern […]

Soldier Canyon Fire Morning Update – June 13, 2018 Jurisdiction: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mescalero Apache Reservation Date/Time Detected: 6/7/2018 3:00 pm Location: Soldier Canyon. 1 Mile North of the town of Mescalero Firefighting Resources: 354 Personnel total. 6 Type-1 Hotshot Crews, 3 Type-2 Hand Crew, 2 Camp Crews, 1 Type-1 Helicopter, 1 Type-2 Helicopter, […]

Post Suppression Repair Efforts Begin   Ute Park Fire – June 13, 2018 Daily Update Acres: 36,740 acres (26,387 acres on Philmont Scout Ranch)         Percent Containment: 92% Start Date: May 31, 2018, 2:10pm Cause: Unknown, under investigation Jurisdiction: New Mexico, State and Private Land Fuels: grass, piñon-juniper and ponderosa pine Origin Location: Near Highway 64 […]

 June 12, 2018 Tribal members need to be aware of an approaching weather system that may have a significant impact on the Soldier Canyon Fire area. Hurricane Bud is currently traveling northward along the west coast of Mexico. The track of this storm may take it over the fire area, dumping a considerable amount of […]

This lightning caused fire started on June 8, 2018 and is burning in New Mexico and Colorado. An estimated 834 acres has burned in both states, 368 acres is in New Mexico.  The fire is 95% contained in New Mexico.  The Emery Fire is located on private land, 8 miles north of Folsom, NM in […]

The Apple Fire is burning in New Mexico and Oklahoma.  An estimated 475 acres has burned in New Mexico and it is currently 75% contained.  The fire is located 30 miles northeast of Clayton, NM and no structures are threatened.  This fire spread from Kenton, Oklahoma onto private land in Union County, New Mexico on […]

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