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 […]

SANTA FE, NM – October 9, 2015 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are postponing the previously announced prescribed burn on the south end of the Paliza treatment area within the boundaries of the Southwest Jemez Mountains Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project on the Jemez Ranger District. Fire managers […]

  SANTA FE, NM – October 1, 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 3, 2015, if conditions are favorable. Once ignitions have started, they are expected […]

Smoke Continues to Disperse After Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn SANTA FE, NM – September 29, 2015 – For Immediate Release.  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest completed ignitions in the Santa Fe Watershed at approximately 2:30 p.m. Monday.  While smoke from the burn did impact Santa Fe and surrounding communities, residual smoke continues […]

SANTA FE, NM – September 28, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on the south end of the Paliza treatment area within the boundaries of the Southwest Jemez Mountains Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project on the Jemez Ranger District. The window […]

SANTA FE, NM – September 28, 2015 – For Immediate Release. After determining that conditions are favorable for a successful prescribed burn, fire managers are proceeding with aerial ignitions today to complete treatment on approximately 644 acres in the Santa Fe Watershed. Winds are expected to push the smoke southeast of town during the day, […]

Ignitions begin on Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn SANTA FE, NM – September 27, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Weather conditions are favorable today and fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest have decided to begin ignitions on the Santa Fe Watershed prescribed burn, on the Española Ranger District . Today crews will […]

Fire officials on the Lincoln National Forest’s Sacramento District plan to take advantage of favorable weather and burning conditions during the upcoming fall and winter months. District personnel will focus on multiple projects that include pile and broadcast burning. These prescribed fire projects are located at various sites within the Sacramento Ranger District: 171 project: […]

U.S. Forest Service Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands 2113 Osuna Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87113 Web: http://www.fs.usda.gov/cibola Twitter: @Cibola_NF Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cibolanf News Release Media Contact: McKenzie Helmandollar-Powell 505-346-3894 mhelmandollarpowell@fs.fed.us Balsam Glade Fire Sparked in the Sandia Mountains Tijeras, NM, September 17, 2015—For Immediate Release. Crews from the Sandia Ranger District along with Bernalillo and […]

August 12, 2015; 1:00 P.M. Location:  Chama River Canyon Wilderness, Coyote Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest Start Date:  August 7, 2015                                        Cause:  Lightning Size:  Less than one acre                                            Percent Contained:  0% Vegetation: Ponderosa pine                                      Growth Potential: Low Summary:  Light smoke may be visible from the lightning-caused Rincon Fire in the Chama River […]

General Information/Announcements: More accurate mapping resulted in a revised and reduced acreage figure for the fire. Fire activity was minimal yesterday morning. No fire was observed on the extreme west end of the fire, and containment line on the north side west of the power line was secure. Crews patrolled the line around the east […]

July 30, 2015, 2:00 P.M. SANTA FE, NM – July 30, 2015 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the lightning-caused Commissary Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest’s Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District have completed operations on the 2,483-acre fire. The Commissary Fire started on June 5 and has been managed over the past few […]