Pueblo Parks Fire Crew members monitor a lightning-strike fire on the edge of Valle Grande. Courtesy/NPS

NPS News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS — The National Park Service (NPS) prepared a fire management plan for Valles Caldera National Preserve and is seeking public input on the plan’s environmental assessment (EA) from Oct. 1 through Nov. 3.

The environmental assessment is available for review and comment on the National Park Service’s Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/VALLFMPEA2024.

To aid in understanding the assessment, there are companion documents and a link to an interactive StoryMap on the PEPC site.

To read an overview of the fire management plan process in the Aug. 20, 2024 news release, visit  https://www.nps.gov/vall/learn/news/2024-26.htm.