SANTA FE, N.M., Sept. 21, 2023—Pending favorable weather and fuels conditions, fire managers are preparing to conduct the Golondrino and Rincon prescribed fires on the Santa Fe National Forest. The 2,227-acre  Golondrino prescribed fire is in the Cuba district east of the communities of Llaves and North of Gallina. The 2,227-acre Rincon prescribed fire is […]

Mountainair Range District Detection Date / Time: September 19, 2023 / 3 pm  Cause: Lightning   Size: 4.75 acre  Containment: 0% Location: Approximately 12 miles west of the village of Corona and 1 mile north of Gallinas Lookout. The fire is burning within the 2004 Lookout Fire burn scar in the Gallinas Unit of the Mountainair Ranger District. […]

MOUNTAINAIR, NM, September 19, 2023 – Fire Crews from the Mountainair Ranger District are currently on scene of an approximately one acre, lightning caused fire on the Gallinas Unit of the Mountainair Ranger District on the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands. Mountainair Ranger District: Buford Fire Detection Date / Time: September 19, 2023 / […]

Carson National Forest fire management personnel have called the Dorado/Cañada del Agua Prescribed Fire out. Fire crews have been monitoring and patrolling the 3,000-acre prescribed fire since ignitions three months ago and there have been no signs of heat or smoke in since mid-July. Significant rain over the area this week was the remaining action […]

Fire crews fully contained the 525-acre El Valle Fire by the end of their shift Sunday evening. They will continue to maintain a presence in the area to patrol and mop-up interior heat before calling it controlled and out. Suppression repair activities will also continue.  “I want to thank all the firefighters that responded to […]

Fire crews, including from local fire departments, increased containment on the 525-acre El Valle Fire to 88% today. Crews have also been focusing on suppression repair activities, such as fixing fences, building waterbars along handlines, grading roads and rehabilitating culverts.   Forest Road 207 in El Valle has reopened, but Forest Road 714 will remain […]

Canjilon Ranger District staff will host a community meeting about continuing to implement the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project. Since 2011, staff and contractors have been thinning and applying prescribed fire around the communities of Canjilon and Placita Garcia, which are completely surrounded by Carson National Forest. Many adjacent private landowners have also been thinning […]

Fire crews are still on scene of the 525-acre fire, which remains 85% contained. Forest Roads 207 and 714 are closed, except to residents of those roads. Suppression repair efforts have begun. On a weather front, a flood watch is once again in effect, beginning at noon and lasting into the evening. Residents should be […]

A flood watch is in effect for burn areas in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Carson National Forest from noon through late night. Residents should be aware of potential debris flows and monitor forecasts for flood warnings. Be prepared to take action should flooding develop and move to higher ground.

Fire crews, including from local fire departments, continued to increase containment on the 525-acre El Valle Fire, reaching 83% today. Earlier, the Taos County Sheriff lifted all evacuation statuses at 10:30 a.m.  Rain across the area has aided crews in their efforts with firefighters reporting ground saturation up to a half foot down into the […]

In consultation with the unified command team, the Taos County Sheriff’s Office has lifted all evacuation statuses for the El Valle Fire. Forest Roads 207 and 714 remain closed to non-residents.

Date/ Time/ Situation: Crews progressed in their efforts to contain the Stout Canyon fire over the weekend and into Monday. As of this morning, the fire is 110 acres and 75% contained. This new acreage number reflects more accurate mapping through GPS software. The fire is receiving precipitation today, as well as over the past […]

Crews were back on scene today to continue increasing containment, which is now at 58%. Fire behavior has been minimal, but residual heat and isolated smoke were found throughout the burn area. Rainfall did occur in the later afternoon with no observations of flooding. With minimal fire behavior, fire personnel were able to walk and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2023 Contact: Eytan Krasilovsky, 505-470-0185, eytan@forestguild.org Forest Stewards Guild and NM State Land Office to implement a broadcast burn in Black Lake, NM this autumn. Santa Fe, NM – The Forest Stewards Guild (the Guild) is partnering with the New Mexico State Land Office (SLO), The Nature Conservancy, Angel Fire […]

Fire crews continued progress on the 521-acre El Valle Fire today, increasing containment to 32%. Continued work to strengthen lines and a change in weather prompted the Taos County Sheriff’s Department to lift all “Go” evacuations starting at 6:30 p.m., moving El Valle and Las Trampas to a “Set” status, using the Ready, Set, Go! system.  […]

With favorable weather and light fire behavior, fire crews and air resources continued suppression actions on the El Valle Fire today by nearly lining the entire 521-acre burn area, which was mapped earlier this morning by an infrared flight. Containment, however, will remain at 0% as crews have not begun to secure and mop up […]

An infrared flight took place this morning, finding the size at 521 acres, as of 9:45 a.m. Containment remains at 0%. This map shows the 521-acre burn area. Green shading is National Forest land (341 acres) and brown shading shows non-Forest Service lands (181 acres). The fire is currently showing much less intense behavior, however, […]

Fire crews this morning are continuing to take suppression actions and make good progress on the El Valle Fire, which is located near the communities of El Valle and Las Trampas between Forest Service roads 207 and 714. The estimated size remains between 200 and 400 acres with no containment. An overnight infrared flight to […]