BAER Assessment Update – June 27, 2013 JEMEZ SPRINGS, NM (June 27, 2013) – Thompson Ridge BAER specialists recently completed their field surveys and are finalizing their analysis and findings. The hydrologists and soils scientists finished their modeling for predicted post-fire water run-off and erosion levels. The BAER team identified critical values-at-risk and is finalizing their recommended emergency stabilization actions and treatments for these values that will be included in their BAER assessment report along with their data, analysis, and findings. The BAER report is expected to be submitted to the BAER coordinators at the Forest Service Regional and Washington Offices by July 1. The BAER assessment team produced the burn severity map for the Thompson Ridge Fire. The map shows that approximately 74% of the 23,965 acres within the Thompson Ridge fire perimeter are either unburned or received a low-severity burn, 23% sustained a burn of a moderate severity, and...