By SFNF Firewood permits for dead and down timber will be available for purchase at the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District and the Santa Fe National Forest(SFNF) Headquarters on Friday, April 5, and at all other SFNF offices on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Dead-and-down (D&D) permits are valid on the entire …
Read More »SFNF Postpones Prescribed Burn in Santa Fe Watershed; Next Possible Window April 5
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) have postponed the previously announced prescribed burn near Nichols Reservoir in the lower Santa Fe Municipal Watershed. The plan was to conduct the burn on Tuesday, April 2, but due to current conditions, including forecasted weather and fuel moisture …
Read More »Pacheco Canyon Prescribed Burn Planned for Mid-March
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 initiate a prescribed burn in Pacheco Canyon on the Española Ranger District as early as Monday, March 18, 2019. Exact …
Read More »SFNF Plans La Cueva Prescribed Burn
By SFNF Fire managers on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to conduct a prescribed burn in the La Cueva area 7 miles northwest of the village of Pecos if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather, remain favorable. Ignitions on …
Read More »Jemez RD to begin piles burns in February
By SFNF To take advantage of favorable conditions, to include fuel moisture levels, air quality, and weather forecasts, fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) expect to begin ignitions on piles between February 4 and February 14 to reduce the risk of high-severity …
Read More »La Cueva prescribed burn slated in December near Pecos
By SFNF Fire managers from the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest expect to prescribed burn approximately 372 acres in the La Cueva area through Dec. 31 as weather permits. The treatment area is approximately seven miles northwest of Pecos. Smoke may be visible from the …
Read More »Fire managers complete 150 acres on Borrego Mesa prescribed burn
By SFNF Fire managers on the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) completed 150 acres of a 200 acre broadcast burn on the Borrego Mesa fuelwood unit yesterday. The remaining 50 acres are expected to be completed sometime between early November and December 31. The treatment …
Read More »Forest officials plan Borrego Mesa for prescribed burn Oct. 22
By SFNF If favorable conditions allow, to include acceptable fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, fire managers on the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) may begin a broadcast burn on the Borrego Mesa fuelwood unit as early as Monday, October 22. Up to …
Read More »Jemez Ranger District Vallecitos Piles burn
By SFNF To take advantage of favorable conditions, to include fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, fire managers on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) expect to begin ignitions sometime between October 15 and February 28, 2019 on Vallecitos piles to reduce the …
Read More »Santa Fe Watershed prescribed burn underway
By SFNF Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are taking advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, and winds and weather forecasts to conduct a prescribed burn today in the Santa Fe Watershed. A total of 545 acres are to be treated today between …
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