Fire

SFNF May Implement Gallinas Prescribed Pile Burn Monday

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Fire managers on the Pecos/Las Vegas District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) hope to implement the previously announced Gallinas Canyon wildland-urban interface (WUI) prescribed pile burn Monday, Jan. 10.

The decision to proceed will depend on multiple factors, including snowpack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, ventilation, forecasted weather and wind, and resource availability. 

The 374-acre Gallinas Canyon WUI pile burn is approximately 17 miles west of Las Vegas. The primary objective is to reduce hazardous fuels and protect communities in the WUI, Read More

Winter Prescribed Burns Underway At Valles Caldera National Preserve

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NPS News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS — The National Park Service (NPS) will begin today the prescribed burn projects in Valles Caldera National Preserve by burning piles of previously thinned materials in the Cerro Seco area.

This is the first of five areas around the preserve where burn piles have been prepared. The operation is expected to take a few days to complete.

The purpose is to reduce hazardous fuels and the chance for future high-intensity wildfires.

Smoke may be visible from all directions coming into the Jemez Mountains, including Los Alamos, La Cueva, Sierra Los Pinos, Jemez Springs, Jemez Read More

Pile Burning Operation Possible On Pajarito Mountain

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Previous pile burn operation in the area. Post file photo

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Fire Marshal’s Office has issued an open burn permit to the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area operators to perform pile burning for the Jan. 6-20 timeframe.

Burning will only be conducted if outlined permit criteria and certain weather conditions are present to allow for safe activity. As a result, smoke may be visible from surrounding areas.

Direct questions to Los Alamos County Fire Marshal Wendy Servey at 505.695.3643. Read More

BLM Continues Prescribed Fire Operations Near San Pedro

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BLM News:

TAOS — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office will continue prescribed burn operations near San Pedro throughout the month of January.

The agency began burn operations in November with the intent to burn up to 200 acres near San Pedro in two units. The first unit is on BLM-managed lands in Santa Fe County on the south side of NM Highway 344, approximately one mile east of NM Highway 14 and NM Highway 344.

The second unit on Verbina Road was completed during the November burn operations. This location is on lands managed by the State of New Mexico to the east of the first unit.

This Read More

SFNF: Wildfire Preparedness … Resolve To Be Ready In 2022

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE – The Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round campaign continues in 2022 with monthly wildfire preparedness messages from the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) and partners at other forests, agencies and non-governmental organizations.

While winter may provide a break from wildfire activity, wildfires are possible during any time of year. As 2022 begins, the message for January is Resolve to be Ready.

In spite of recent snow in many parts of the state, New Mexico is still expected to have a dry, “La Niña” winter following a strong 2021 monsoon season which regenerated grasses Read More

Local Officials Share 2021 Christmas Wishes For Community

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Spectators gather Saturday, Dec. 4 after the 2021 Holiday Lights Parade for the annual lighting of the trees at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by JohnMcHale/ladailypost.com 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

With Christmas just two days away, the Los Alamos Daily Post news team would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude and wish our readers in Los Alamos, across the state, nation and around the world a very merry Christmas and happy holiday season.

Local officials with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos County, UNM-Los Alamos, Los Alamos Public Read More

Friday Night Fire Burns Barn At Los Luceros Historic Site

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A fire Friday night burned a barn at the Los Luceros Historic Site near the village of Alcalde. Courtesy/DCA

DCA:

ALCALDE – The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) has announced that a barn caught fire Friday evening at Los Luceros Historic Site.

While the cause of the fire is under investigation, no one was harmed, and the site’s beloved Churro sheep and goats were saved.

Los Luceros is a grand historical hacienda and home site on the Rio Grande River in the Española Valley near the village of Alcalde.

Los Luceros Historic Site will maintain its regular operations with the affected Read More

Los Alamos Public Safety Association Honors County Open Space Manager Eric Peterson At 2021 Awards Banquet

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Los Alamos Public Safety Association (LAPSA) President and Centerra-Los Alamos General Manager Lennie Upshaw, left, presents Los Alamos County Open Space Manager Eric Peterson with the 2021 Outstanding Community Service and Public Safety Award during LAPSA’s annual Awards Banquet Thursday night at Cottonwood on the Greens. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

LAPSA President Lennie Upshaw, left, shares remarks submitted by LAPSA member Oliver Morris in his nomination of Eric Peterson for the annual safety award. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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Los Alamos High Country 4-H Team Thanks Local Police Officers And Firefighters For Keeping Community Safe

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Los Alamos High Country 4-H Team members Chloe, Emilia and Sylvia deliver cookies Dec. 9 to one of the fire stations in town. Courtesy/4-H Club

By KAEDYN HOLLANDER
High Country Team 4-H Club

Thursday, Dec. 9, the Los Alamos High Country 4-H Team made baked goods to send to each Fire Station and Police Station in town as a thank you for everything they do for the community.

The members each brought a baked good, (cookies, bars or snacks of some kind) and then combined the baked goods into individual containers, which were given to the first responders.

This project allowed the team members to practice Read More

Council On American-Islamic Relations Calls For Hate Crime Probe Of Fires Set At Mosque In Albuquerque

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CAIR News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate fires set at an Albuquerque mosque as a possible hate crime.

Surveillance video shows a woman setting multiple fires Monday morning near the prayer hall of the Islamic Center of New Mexico. Mosque members believe the fires were started by a woman who came to the center last week expressing hostility.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact the FBI Read More