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VALLES CALDERA NEWS RELEASE The National Park Service plans to implement prescribed burn projects in Valles Caldera National Preserve beginning December 2023 through the end of the 2023-24 winter season as conditions allow. The prescribed burns will occur in previously thinned areas where materials have been piled for burning. The burn operations will be completed…

News from Grant County, New Mexico

News from Grant County, New Mexico

News from Grant County, New Mexico

SFNF: Quiet Day On Cuervito Fire SFNF News: SANTA FE – As the vicinity of the Cuervito Fire received welcome moisture over the last few days, the Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) is wrapping up operations and preparing to turn command of the fire back to the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) at 6 a.m. Friday morning. Since lightning sparked the Cuervito Fire on Mother’s Day, crews have successfully managed the naturally ignited wildfire to achieve significant resource benefits, reducing ...

May 18, 2021 by SFNFPIO SANTA FE, NM – May 18, 2021 – While a weather cell over the Cuervito Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest put a hold on operations during much of the day, the Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) continued releasing resources from the fire. Since lightning sparked the Cuervito Fire on Mother’s Day, crews have successfully added low- to moderate-intensity fire to the ground to reduce the hazardous build-up of heavy vegetation, including dead and down timber a...

SFNF: Weather Stalls Operations On Cuervito Fire SFNF News: SANTA FE — While a weather cell over the Cuervito Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest put a hold on operations during much of the day, the Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) continued releasing resources from the fire. Since lightning sparked the Cuervito Fire on Mother’s Day, crews have successfully added low- to moderate-intensity fire to the ground to reduce the hazardous build-up of heavy vegetation, including dead and down...

April 21, 2021 by SFNFPIO SANTA FE, NM – April 21, 2021 – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) hope to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, to conduct a prescribed burn on the Oso 4 unit of the Moya treatment area on the Cuba Ranger District. Hand and aerial ignitions on the 966-acre unit, located 5 miles northeast of the community of Lindrith, could begin as early as today. The Oso 4 unit prescribed...

SFNF Española District Pacheco Canyon Burn Underway - 7:36 pm The SFNF Pacheco Canyon prescribed burn underway on the Española Ranger District is visible this afternoon from Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com  SFNF News: SANTA FE – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are taking advantage of optimal conditions today to conduct the previously announced Pacheco Canyon prescribed burn on the Española Ranger District. Smo...

SFNF May Implement Rowe Mesa Prescribed Burn Tuesday SFNF News: SANTA FE — If conditions remain favorable, fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) may begin implementation of the previously announced East Rowe Mesa prescribed burn on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District as early as Tuesday, March 2. The decision to proceed will depend on multiple factors, including resource availability, fuel moisture levels, air quality, ventilation, and forecasted weather and winds. During the C...