Alert: Heavy Police Presence to Limit Public Activity, Travel on N.M. 4 from Jemez Springs to Los Alamos and Highway 126 to Cuba
SFNF News Alert:
Public Advisory: We would like to encourage everyone to limit activity and travel on N.M. 4 from Jemez Springs to Los Alamos and Highway 126 to Cuba due to heavy fire traffic in and around the Thompson Ridge Fire.
Heavy police presence from the Sandoval and New Mexico State Police Departments will be in the area to monitor traffic.
For more information regarding the fire please visit www.inciweb.org or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ThompsonRdgFire. Additional photos and information are available at www.facebook.com/ThompsonRdgFire and www.flickr.com/ThompsonRdgFire Read More
Biologists Rescue Trout Threatened by Tres Lagunas Fire
Game and Fish biologists remove cutthroat trout in Macho Creek threatened by the Tres Lagunas Fire. Courtesy photoPECOS – Fisheries biologists with the Department of Game and Fish and the Santa Fe National Forest removed 49 Rio Grande cutthroat trout from a small creek threatened by the Tres Lagunas Fire this week, ensuring the pure strain of native fish will survive if the fire threatens its watershed.
A crew of 10 hiked two miles up Macho Creek, about three miles southwest of Terrero, and used electroshocking equipment to stun and net the trout. The 5- to 10-inch fish Read More
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Plumbing – The Sublime to the Ridiculous
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano CompetitionWith just five hours remaining before the Cliburn Competition final round begins, I want to turn from pianists and music to a topic of vital concern to every female concert-goer ─ bathrooms.
Fort Worth’s Bass Performance Hall is an admirable venue: lovely to look at, comfortable, with great acoustics. But even the most beautiful performing arts facility can shortchange women when it comes to bathrooms, so I faced my first trip to this necessity with the usual nagging Read More
Udall and Heinrich: Prevent Fires From Downed Power Lines
Downed power line illustration. Courtesy photo
U.S. SENATE News:
Thompson Ridge Fire Burning on Redondo Peak Thursday
The Thompson Ridge Fire burning on Redondo Peak just west of Los Alamos taken after sunset Thursday, June 6. Photo by Momo Vuyisich/WildWestGallery.com Read More
Thomas Ridge Fire Images on the Valles Caldera
Spot fires from the Thompson Ridge Fire at Headquarters Wednesday evening at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Jim ODonnell
An Air Crane passes Headquarters with a fresh load of water from the Jemez River. Photo by Jim ODonnell
A closeup of the understory burn from the Thompson Ridge Fire Wednesday at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Jim ODonnell
An Air Crane siphons water from the Jemez River. Photo by Jim ODonnell
A healthy underbrush burn on the west side of the Valle Wednesday. Photo by Jim ODonnell
Morning Fire Update: Thompson Ridge 10 Percent Contained; Tres Lagunas 34 Percent
Smoke from the Thompson Ridge Fire visible Thursday looking west from Espanola. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.comAcres: 14,430; Start date: May 31, 2013; Cause: Downed powerline; Location: Valles Caldera National Preserve; Containment: 10 percent; Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine; Terrain: Steep, rugged; Resources: 25 crews, 49 engines, 23 water tenders, 2 dozers; Total personnel: 1,015; Available air support: 3 air tankers, 4 helicopters;
Summary: Overnight, the fire activity was quiet compared with previous Read More
Thompson Ridge Fire on The Valles Caldera – Update June 6 at 9 p.m.
Valles Caldera National Preserve June 5. Photo by Robert Beberniss
Thompson Ridge Fire
June 6, 2013 9 p.m.
Acres: 12,900, Start date: May 31, 2013, Cause: Downed powerline Location: Valles Caldera National Preserve, Containment: 10 percent; Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine; Terrain: Steep, rugged; Resources: 25 crews, 49 engines, 23 water tenders, 2 dozers; Total personnel: 1,015; Available air support: 3 air tankers, 6 helicopters.
Summary: Crews continue to work day and night shifts to take advantage of a narrow window of favorable weather to conduct burnout operations along Read More
Valles Caldera Buildings Remain Intact
Structure protection is underway at the Valles Caldera as the Thompson Ridge Fire approached the Historic Ranch section of the Valles Caldera. So far firefighters have protected all buildings on the Preserve. All public access to the Valles Caldera National Preserve remains closed to the public due to increased fire activity from the Thompson Ridge Fire. Photo by Kristen Honig/Valles Caldera
The Best Offense Is a Good Defense. Photo by Kristen Honig/Valles Caldera
Old Growth Protection. Photo by Kristen Honig/Valles Caldera
Another structure saved at the Valles Caldera. Photo by Kristen Read More
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Finalists Announced!
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano CompetitionFINALISTS ANNOUNCED!
The judges have ruled and the six Cliburn Competition finalists have been announced. The result met our expectations with one curious surprise.
I have been smitten with Russian Nikita Mndoyants since hearing his performance in the preliminaries via the Cliburn’s web stream. Mndoyants, 24, has made a clear statement about his artistic intentions. He is a musical storyteller. His performances of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and three Debussy Preludes were gorgeous, vivid, illuminating.
