BAER Assessment Update – June 21, 2013 JEMEZ SPRINGS, NM (June 21, 2013) – The Thompson Ridge BAER assessment team held a public meeting at the Valles Caldera Science and Education Center, Thursday evening, June 20. BAER interagency cooperators, stakeholders, and tribal government representatives also attended the meeting. Contact information for the interagency cooperators involved in post-fire response for the Thompson Ridge Fire can also be found on InciWeb (http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3430/). BAER team specialists described their BAER process and what they look for when surveying critical values and resources. The team’s presentation can be found on InciWeb at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/3430/18735/. The BAER team also shared their initial burn severity map for the Thompson Ridge Fire. The map shows that approximately 74% of the 23,903 acres within the Thompson Ridge fire perimeter are either unburned or received a low-severity burn, 23% sustained a burn...