Fire managers are planning to move forward with pile burning throughout the Taos Ski Valley resort area as early as Tuesday, Oct. 24. The piles are located in the lower frontside, lower frontside steeps, Minnesota’s and parts of the backside. They represent 208 acres of fuels reduction, mostly blowdown from the December 2021 snow squall. […]

A Community Meeting will be held on Nov. 15 to learn more about the upcoming planned burn in the Aztec Springs area, near Santa Fe. Questions welcomed. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, 5:30-7 p.m. Randall Davey Audubon Center Classroom, 1800 Canyon Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87501 Collaborative partners will utilize snowpack conditions to conduct a prescribed […]

After a successful test fire this morning, fire crews are proceeding with ignitions on the 842-acre Blas Unit to the south of Canjilon, NM. They may treat up to around 500 acres with broadcast prescribed fire today. Smoke will be visible. More information about the project is available on InciWeb.

Reported start date / time: Oct 18, 2023 / 9:55 a.m. Cause: Under Investigation. Size: 0.10 acre. Location: Northwest of 9 Mile recreation site off NM Hwy 536 on the Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest. Containment: 100% Fuels: Ground fuels. Strategy: The strategy for the 9 Mile Fire is full suppression.Firefighters worked […]

Fire crews will not move forward with prescribed fire ignitions on Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project units today due to poor ventilation. With very light winds, smoke would not loft and disperse out of the area and instead could build up and stay in the communities of Canjilon and Placita Garcia. Crews will continue to […]

SANTA FE, NM –Oct. 18, 2023 – Today, fire management and leadership from the Santa Fe National Forest decided to cancel the North Aztec Springs prescribed fire for the fall of 2023.  After careful evaluation of weather patterns and fuel moisture, fire management personnel determined conditions did not meet the required criteria outlined in the […]

Fire crews are planning to move forward with ignitions on the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project on Thursday, Oct. 19, pending weather. Crews are looking to first treat the 841-acre Blas Unit with broadcast prescribed fire before moving to the 899-acre Montoya Unit. The units are to the south and east of Canjilon, N.M., respectively.  […]

9 Mile Fire – October 18, 2023 Reported start date / time: Oct 18, 2023 / 9:55 a.m. Cause: Under Investigation. Size: 0.10 acres. Location: Northwest of 9 Mile recreation site off NM Hwy 536 on the Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest. Fuels: Ground fuels. Strategy: The strategy for the 9 Mile […]

Mountainair Ranger District, Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Oct. 17, 2023 – Yesterday’s prescribed fire operation completed ignitions on 72 acres of unit A of the Capilla Prescribed Fire on the Mountainair Ranger District. Crews will continue to secure and monitor the perimeter and interior burn areas of unit A. Residual […]

Mountainair Ranger District Today, fire crews began prescribed fire operations on block A of the previously announced Capilla prescribed fire on the Mountainair Ranger District. Fire crews plan to burn 616 acres on the Capilla Fuels Reduction and Restoration Project in the Manzano Mountains located approximately 6 miles northwest of the town of Mountainair in […]

Today, fire crews finalized all hand and aerial ignitions on the 4,000-acre broadcast prescribed fire in the McCrystal Rock Unit within Valle Vidal. The remaining 2,333 acres will be addressed in the future. All resources and firefighters that performed the burn will stay assigned to hold and closely monitor the fire area through tomorrow, 10/16. […]

Fire crews treated another 2,800 acres with broadcast prescribed fire in the Valle Vidal today, wrapping up the primary ignitions in the McCrystal Rock Unit for a total of 4,000 acres this year. Tomorrow, firefighters will work to clean-up some areas in and around the edges of the burn but little to no acreage growth […]

Fire crews treated 1,200 acres with broadcast prescribed fire in the Valle Vidal today. Forest Service personnel, assisted by members of the Red River and Taos County fire departments, used drip torches to black line segments of the 6,333-acre McCrystal Rock Unit’s northern and eastern boundary before a helicopter crew ignited areas within.  Crews plan […]

SANTA FE, N.M., Oct. 13, 2023—The North Joaquin, a 1,701-acre prescribed fire, is planned to start sometime after the Albuquerque Ballon Fiesta, which ends on October 15. Jemez Ranger District fire management personnel are currently completing preparation related work on the perimeter containment lines. The unit is located on Forest Service administered lands on the […]

Starting as early as October 16 ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Oct.  13, 2023 – Pending favorable conditions, fire managers on the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands (NF & NGs) may implement the previously announced Capilla prescribed fire (RX) on the Mountainair Ranger District as early as Monday October 16, 2023. Fire crews plan to burn […]

Fire crews late this morning conducted a successful test fire and are continuing ignitions on the McCrystal Rock Prescribed Fire in Valle Vidal. Ignitions are expected to last two to three days. Today’s weather is tranquil with forecasted afternoon winds of 6 to 10 mph, according to the latest National Weather Service spot forecast. Go […]

Fire crews are planning to move forward with ignitions on the McCrystal Rock Prescribed Fire in Valle Vidal on Oct. 13, when forecasts show a significant decrease in winds and increase in relative humidity. Crews will first conduct a test fire to evaluate fire behavior. If the test is successful, ignitions within the 6,333-acre prescribed […]

Starting as early as October 17 ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Oct.  11, 2023 – Pending favorable conditions, fire managers on the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands (NF & NGs) may implement the previously announced David Canyon prescribed fire (RX) on the Sandia Ranger District as early as Tuesday October 17, 2023. Smoke may be visible […]

Carson National Forest personnel are preparing to potentially begin prescribed fire operations in the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project next week. Ignitions on 899-acre Montoya and 841-acre Blas units could start as early as Monday, Oct. 16, but the timing will ultimately be based on weather and on-site conditions in consultation with a meteorologist.  Fire […]

October 9 Update Mountainair Ranger District Detection Date / Time: September 19, 2023 / 3 pm        Cause: Lightning Size: 2358 acres            Containment: 56%       Total Personnel: 78 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 […]