All future Lone Mountain Fire Updates will be posted on https://inciweb.nwcg.gov Incident Name – Lone Mountain Fire Jurisdiction: Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: 124 acres Cause: Lightning Date/Time Detected: May 26, 2019 Location: 6 miles north of White Oaks, NM. Lat/Long: 33.80809, -105.7386 Legal Description: T6S, R12E, SESW Sec 1 Firefighting […]
Continue readingLincoln National Forest- Smokey Bear Ranger District- Lone Mountain Fire Update 6/6/2019
Incident Name – Lone Mountain Fire Jurisdiction: Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: 21 acres Cause: Lightning Date/Time Detected: May 26, 2019 Location: 6 miles north of White Oaks, NM. Lat/Long: 33.80809, -105.7386 Legal Description: T6S, R12E, SESW Sec 1 Firefighting Resources: 1 Wildland Fire Module, 1 Type-6 Engine Fuel Type: Pinon/Juniper, Grass, […]
Continue readingLincoln National Forest – Smokey Bear Ranger District- Gavilan Prescribed Burn
Fire Crews will be pile burning in the Gavilan Prescribed Burn area. Smoke may be visible. Schedule: Ignitions will begin Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at the north end of the project off Road 120a and may be ongoing throughout the week and month of June, conditions permitting. Location: Between Gavilan Canyon and Gavilan Ridge from the […]
Continue readingLincoln National Forest- Prescribed Burns Planned on the Smokey Bear Ranger District
Ruidoso, NM—5/31/2019— The Smokey Bear Ranger District on the Lincoln National Forest hopes to take advantage of unusual green conditions and the forecasted precipitation to burn piles using prescribed fire. The treatments in the wildland urban interface have been on-going since 2000. These have mostly consisted of thinning with hand crews and piling the wood. […]
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June 8, 2019 


