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Operations may begin in February, weather and resource dependent
Bayfield, Colo., Feb. 14, 2025 —The Columbine Ranger District is planning to burn 4,150 acres in the HD mountains of the San Juan National Forest. From the town of Bayfield, the project areas are approximately six miles (Yellow…
This week on the Upper Lake District, firefighters will attempt burning potentially up to 52 acres of piles along the M1 road pending favorable conditions.
Maps of pile burn operations can be found on Inciweb under the…
Region 3, Prescott National Forest
Forest Service News Release
Prescott National Forest Fire Information
(928) 443-8000
…On the Upper Lake Ranger District, firefighters completed 22 acres of pile burning yesterday along the M1 Rd. Today firefighters will be burning another 13 acres of piles.
On the Grindstone District firefighters will attempt burning potentially up to 150 acres of…
Brady Fire Daily Update - February 13, 2025
Notification for Public Health and Safety
Acres: 363…
Last updated: 2025-02-21
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The type of incident is Prescribed Fire and involves the following unit(s) San Juan National Forest.
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State: Colorado
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 37° 16 24.2796 Longitude: 107° 53 34.8822
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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.
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Incident Overview: The 2024/25 prescribed fire (pile burning) season continues. Fire personnel will carry out prescribed fires as weather, fuel, and the availability of fire resources permit. The forests in Southwest Colorado are part of a fire-adapted ecosystem, which historically experienced frequent, low intensity fires on a large scale. Prescribed fire replicates that fire regime and increases the area on our landscape that has been burned at low and moderate conditions.Reintroduction of prescribed fire is necessary to improve and restore vegetative conditions. This effort will reduce hazardous ground fuels, lessen the risk of unplanned large-scale wildfire, help restore ponderosa pine ecosystems, and improve wildlife habitat. Prescribed fire also reduces the ladder fuels that can carry fire into the canopy, killing mature trees. 2025 Spring Broadcast Burning PlansColumbine Ranger District:Little Bull Prescribed Fire, planned for February 26 and 27, 2025. (News release) (Map)12 miles southeast of Bayfield, CO 2024/25 Winter Pile Burning PlansThe Dolores Ranger District plans to burn slash piles near the following locations: (Smoke may be visible from State Highway 184, State Highway 145, and U.S. Route 491)Haycamp Mesa area (250 acres, 800 piles) near FSRs 556, 556.G and 492, south of Beef Pasture Reservoir COMPLETEDBoggy Draw area (14 acres, 4 piles) near FSR 526.B Beaver Rim Gravel PitTaylor Mesa area (390 acres, 134 piles) near FSRs 545 and 545.J COMPLETEDSalter area (400 acres, 400 piles) near FSRs 514, 504, 519 and 293, northwest of Salter YLake Canyon and Glade areas (3100 acres, 1400 piles) near FSRs 506, 504, 508, 512, 514, 215 , 270, 216 and 218 near Glade Canyon. Pagosa Ranger District plans to burn slash piles near the following locations: Kenney Flats, 30 acres COMPLETEDQuartz Piles, 20 acres COMPLETEDColumbine Ranger District:Saul’s Creek (50 acres, 100 piles) near FS road 755 COMPLETEDFossett Gulch (17 acres, 100 piles) near FS road 841 COMPLETEDBaldy Mountain (117 acres, 10 piles) near FS roads 69 and 601 COMPLETED_____________2024 Broadcast Prescribed Fire Accomplishments: DOLORES RANGER DISTRICT:Boggy Draw: 1,156 acresSalter Y Units 34 and 37: 1,279 acres COLUMBINE RANGER DISTRICT:Vallecito-Piedra: 235 acresSaul's Creek: 1,615 acresSouthern HDs: 1,080 acresPAGOSA RANGER DISTRICT:Fawn Gulch 1,100 acresMill Creek: 400 acres 2023/24 Winter Pile Burning Accomplishments: DOLORES RANGER DISTRICT:Haycamp Mesa area (427 acres, 750 piles) near FSRs 556 and 492, south of Beef Pasture ReservoirTaylor Mesa area (145 acres, 44 piles) near FSRs 545 and 692Salter area (321 acres, 267 piles) near FSRs 514, 504, 519 and 293, northwest of Salter YLake Canyon area (518 acres, 336 piles) near FSRs 506, 504, 508, 514, 215, and 216 near Cow Canyon COLUMBINE RANGER DISTRICT:Sauls Creek (110 acres, 1800 piles) near FS roads 755, 755.A, 131, and 131.C Junction Creek (90 acres, 75 piles) near FS road 171, in the Log Chutes trail area Fossett Gulch (40 acres, 100 piles) near FS roads 613 and 841Baldy Mountain (623 acres, 60 slash piles) off of Beaver Meadows Road PAGOSA RANGER DISTRICT:Lower portion of Turkey springs Road (FSR 629) near the powerlinesTurkey Springs Road near the Turkey Springs Guard Station Brockover Road (FSR 919), Buckles Lake Road (FSR 633)Huerto Creek timber sale between Piedra Road (FSR 621) and Poison Park Road (FSR 644)
Last updated: 2022-09-13
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The type of incident is Prescribed Fire and involves the following unit(s) Cibola National Forest.
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State: New Mexico
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 36° 30 14 Longitude: 103° 2 11
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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.
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Incident Overview: Pending favorable conditions, fire managers on the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands (NF & NGs) may implement the previously announced prescribed fires to reduce hazardous fuels within two units of the Kiowa and Rita Blanca NGs starting as early as Sunday February 23 through Monday February 24 on 1,297 total acres as conditions allow. See map attached. In these “broadcast burn” projects, fire will be allowed to burn within a predetermined area that has been prepared to receive fire. Smoke may be visible from Clayton, New Mexico and Felt, Oklahoma. Ignition will depend upon agency administrator approval and conditions within the ranges outlined in the prescribed fire plan. Desired conditions will result in effective smoke ventilation and dispersal and help achieve the effects needed to accomplish the burn plan objectives. With fire there is smoke, but firefighters take measures to reduce smoke impacts as much as possible. Fire crews use tactics such as starting early in the day and ending ignitions early in the afternoon to allow for the most ventilation possible throughout the burn and dividing blocks into smaller units to minimize smoke impacts as much as possible. However, smoke may be visible periodically from local communities for the duration of the project until the burning vegetation is out. Information on air quality and protecting your health can be found online at the www.airnow.gov/.
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The type of incident is Prescribed Fire and involves the following unit(s) Carson National Forest.
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State: New Mexico
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 36° 08 46 Longitude: 105° 44 57
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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.
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Incident Overview: Fire managers are preparing to potentially begin ignitions as early as Jan. 31.Fire crews are planning to continue with prescribed fire treatment on this multi-year project to reduce the threat of wildfire to surrounding communities. For the 2024/2025 season, fire managers have identified piles created from 219 acres of thinning. Piles are all located west of Highway 76: South of ChamisalBetween Trampas and Ojo SarcoTake ActionGet Smoke ReadySign up for email updatesProject BackgroundThe Rio Trampas project aims to restore forest health and resiliency next to communities while providing fuelwood and other wood product opportunities to residents and visitors. Some areas have been thinned by local leñeros, or woodcutters, who adopt one-acre blocks of the forest.The project is part of the national Wildfire Crisis Strategy. As an area with some of the most at-risk firesheds in the nation, the strategy identified a 1.5-million-acre area in and around the Carson National Forest as the Enchanted Circle Landscape. Forest Service staff and partners across the region are working to protect communities and natural resources by restoring healthy, resilient, fire-adapted forests using mechanical thinning and returning beneficial fire in these landscapes.
Last updated: 2025-01-28
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The type of incident is Prescribed Fire and involves the following unit(s) Carson National Forest.
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State: New Mexico
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 36° 42 03 Longitude: 106° 14 09
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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.
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Incident Overview: Crews completed ignitions on Jan. 29. They will continue to patrol and monitor until the fire is called out.Fire crews are looking to treat piles from 25 acres of thinning at Hopewell Lake Campground. The thinned trees were infected by Tomentosus root disease, which is naturally occurring but can create hazard tree conditions for visitors to recreation facilities. Visitors were able to use larger diameter wood for campfires. The remaining slash make up the targeted piles.
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The type of incident is Prescribed Fire and involves the following unit(s) Carson National Forest.
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State: New Mexico
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 36° 33 45 Longitude: 105° 38 33
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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.
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Incident Overview: Fire managers are preparing to potentially begin pile burning in early February.Fire crews are planning to continue with prescribed fire treatment on this multi-year project to reduce the threat of wildfire to surrounding communities. For the 2024/2025 season, fire managers have identified over 1,700 acres for different kinds of treatment:Pile Burning: Over 400 acres of piles are ready for treatment near Arroyo Hondo and Turley Mill.Jackpot Burning: Over 1,300 acres are ready for treatment east of Highway 522 and south of D.H. Lawrence Ranch Road.Take ActionGet Smoke ReadySign up for email updatesLearn about the differences between pile and jackpot burningProject BackgroundThe Kiowa-San Cristobal Wildland Urban Interface Project aims to reduce hazardous fuels on Forest Service land by thinning and safely reintroducing fire, all while opening areas for personal fuelwood and forest products collection. 183 acres of the area were thinned by local community members as part of the Mayordomo Program, in which one-acre blocks are adopted out for green fuelwood collection.The approximately 9,000-acre project was approved in 2017, with work beginning shortly after. Because fire knows no boundaries, partner groups are conducting work on private lands in the area.The project is part of the Wildfire Crisis Strategy, a national initiative to reduce the threat of wildfire to communities, infrastructure and natural resources. The Enchanted Circle Landscape is one of the strategy’s priorities.