Fire

Santa Fe National Forest Community Meeting Sept. 19

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) officials will hold a community meeting 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19 to discuss the upcoming Golondrino Prescribed Fire.

The meeting will be held at the Regina Fire Department at 923 N.M. 96 in Regina. 

Fire managers will be present to discuss the prescribed fire, which is tentatively scheduled to begin the week of Sept. 25. A final decision on whether to proceed with the project will depend on agency administrator approval, resource availability, fuel moisture levels, air quality and forecast weather. Prescribed fires are designed to meet Read More

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Issues Statement Marking 22 Years Since 9/11 Terrorist Attacks 

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joined the Albuquerque Fire Department this morning at their annual memorial stair climb to honor the 343 firefighters lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Courtesy photo

From the Office of the Governor: 

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement today on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks:

“Today, I join all those mourning the loss of 2,977 innocent victims killed in the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history.

“Among those lost were mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. One New Mexican, Retired Alamogordo police Lieutenant Read More

SFNF Seek Appropriate Weather To Conduct Golondrino, North Aztec Springs, Joaquin North Prescribed Fires

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Fire managers and district rangers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are looking for appropriate weather conditions to implement three prescribed fires during the fall season.

The three prescribed fires include:

          • The 2,227-acre Golondrino prescribed fire in the Cuba district west of the communities of Llaves and north of Gallina;
          • The 650-acre North Aztec Springs, in the Española district, east of Santa Fe; and
          • The 1,750-acre Joaquin North prescribed fire will be in the Jemez district North of the Community of Gilman, west of Jemez Springs and south of Rancho de Chaparral
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County Parks Division Schedules Tree Pruning Operations To Begin Monday Sept. 25 For Downtown Los Alamos

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Parks Division has contracted with Southwest Fire Defense to prune trees in Ashley Pond Park and along Central Avenue as part of ongoing maintenance.

Work has been scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 25.

Pruning is an important management measure that will extend the health, safety, and life of trees. There are many different pruning needs depending on the location, size and growth habits of the trees.

Pruning falls into the following categories:

  • Crown Cleaning: includes the removal of dead, diseased, obstructing, split, and/or broken branches
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Smoke Plume From Fire Burning East Of Ojo Sarco Today

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The smoke plume created from a fire burning east of Ojo Sarco on the Carson National Forest viewed about 2 p.m. today looking east from the end of Los Pueblos in Los Alamos. LAFD Wildland Division Chief Sterna said crews are responding. Ojo Sarco is in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 1 mile from State Road 76 and 1.5 miles west-southwest of Las Trampas. Photo by Ann Greene Read More

Forest Service Hiring Wildland Firefighters In New Mexico

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USDA News:

SANTA FE — The Forest Service is hiring Wildland Firefighters for permanent positions on hand crews, engine crews, hotshot crews and more.

Make a lasting impact on the world around you and unlock opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.

Join the Forest Service’s New Mexico or Arizona fire organization and be a part of the team that is committed to caring for the land and serving people.

The mission is to protect natural resources for multiple uses for today and future generations.

The Forest Service is holding an in-person recruitment event to fill approximately Read More

FBI: Farmington Man Charged With Arson Faces Up To Life

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Ulrick Bruce Canyon appeared in federal court on a complaint charging him with arson of a dwelling within the maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

Canyon, 40, of Farmington and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was to remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Sept. 5, 2023.

According to the criminal Read More

Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Opens Dashboard

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FEMA News:

SANTA FE — The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office announces the availability of updated claims data in the attached infographic.

To ensure transparency, this information will be released biweekly.

The infographic updates the numbers of claimants, total compensation of claims, and provides a breakdown by types of losses. The infographic is available in Spanish and English.

The release of data is scheduled biweekly Mondays.

Once public, data will be posted on Claims Office website: Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire | FEMA.gov and on our Facebook page: Facebook/HermitpeakCalfCanyon. Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Begins Forest Thinning In Rendija Canyon

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LANL News:

  • The project aims to protect the community from devastating wildfires

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Emergency Management division has begun a forest-thinning project to protect the community from devastating wildfires and create a healthier forest in Rendija Canyon.

The Rendija Canyon Wildland Fire Fuels Reduction and Defensible Space Project will create a fuel break across 135 acres near Rendija Canyon Road, providing protection to the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club and nearby residents in the Barranca Mesa area.

The project, which takes place on land owned by the Read More

Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Announce $6.6 Million For Wildfire Recovery In San Miguel County

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Congessional News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced more than $6,618,321 in federal funding to San Miguel County for reimbursement for county road repairs as a result of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.

The grant now awaits distribution by the New Mexico’s Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management.

“I will not stop fighting until all New Mexicans impacted by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire are made whole again, and this investment takes us one step closer to Read More