By NM State Parks Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park is resuming operations as a New Mexico State Park effective Monday, June 24, 2019. Park offerings will include access to the hiking trails throughout the park as well as the visitor center complex. “We are very pleased to have transitioned Mesilla …
Read More »SFNF Plans Prescribed Burn on Jemez Ranger District This Week
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are planning to implement the previously announced Tent Rocks prescribed burn on the Jemez Ranger District this week if conditions remain favorable. Ignitions could begin as early as tomorrow, June 19, and are expected to conclude by Friday, June …
Read More »SFNF Extends Window for Prescribed Burn on Jemez Ranger District
By SFNF Precipitation throughout May has delayed implementation of the previously announced Tent Rocks prescribed burn on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF). Fire managers have extended the window for the Tent Rocks burn to June 30, dependent on conditions. The Tent Rocks treatment area …
Read More »Abandoned Campfires Down 64% from 2018 Memorial Day Weekend
By SFNF Fire prevention staff on the Santa Fe National Forest found approximately 30 abandoned campfires over the three-day Memorial Day weekend. Still too many, Deputy Fire Staff Officer Terrance Gallegos said, but a big improvement over the 84 abandoned campfires found over the same weekend in 2018. The 64% …
Read More »Help Wanted: Volunteer for Trail Workday on SFNF
By SFNF The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) and Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invite you to show one of our popular trails a little love by volunteering for a trails workday on Sunday, June 9. The June 9 workday will focus on the Perimeter Trail (Forest Trail 290) between …
Read More »SFNF Reschedules Prescribed Burn on Rowe Mesa
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct the previously announced East Rowe Mesa Phase II prescribed burn on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District sometime between May 13 and May 31, 2019, if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather, remain favorable. …
Read More »SFNF Plans Moya Prescribed Burn on Cuba Ranger District
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, to conduct a prescribed burn on the Jacquez unit of the Moya treatment area on the Cuba Ranger District Tuesday, May 7, 2019. …
Read More »SFNF Issues New Closure Order for Jemez Cave
By Arnie Leshin The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) has reissued a closure order that prohibits the public from entering Jemez Cave and closes public access to trails that lead to the cave as well as the area immediately surrounding it. This closure order, which replaces one issued in 2017, …
Read More »SFNF Plans to Conduct Prescribed Burn on Rowe Mesa Next Week
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest plan to conduct the East Rowe Mesa Phase II prescribed burn on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District from Tuesday, April 23, through Sunday, April 28, if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather, remain favorable. The 293-acre treatment …
Read More »Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn Planned for Tomorrow
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, to conduct the previously announced prescribed burn near Nichols Reservoir in the lower Santa Fe Municipal Watershed tomorrow, April 16. Up …
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