Sierra Los Pinos

Jemez Mt. Electric Co-op is working in the location above Cerro Pelado on Los Griegos.

Be aware of:
Possible power outages
Reduced water availability
Blocked road access on that Los Griegos area.

Following on the heals of the SLPPOA Annual Meeting, the September monthly Board Meeting is being cancelled. The regularly scheduled October meeting will be held next month.

SANTA FE, NM – Sept. 1, 2016 – For Immediate Release. Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct multiple prescribed burns across the forest between now and the end of the year. Any decision to burn will be dependent on favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts.

Here is a list of planned burns:

Coyote Ranger District
· Mesa Potrero – 470 acres on Mesa Alta 7 miles northwest of Coyote
· French Mesa – 5,041 acres located 10 miles south of Gallina

We will be testing the water mains in system one on Wednesday 31. This will require that all of the home services in System One will need to be shut for a part of the day. This will begin between 0730 and 0800. The last time we did this all services were returned by 2:30 Pm. Sorry for the inconvenience but we need to see what progress we have made so far in order to continue appropriately.

Peter Veverka

Jemez Residents Invited to Jemez Ranger District Open House

Residents of the Jemez Valley will have an opportunity to have questions answered and to interact with the rangers representing the different departments at the Jemez Ranger District offices in Jemez Springs on August 31, 2016 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Prescribed Burn Planned on Santa Fe National Forest
Española Ranger District

SANTA FE, NM – Aug. 17, 2016 – For Immediate Release – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to take advantage of the warm days and cool nights of September to conduct prescribed burns in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed and on Borrego Mesa, both on the Española Ranger District. The September window is intended to take advantage of fall weather but is dependent on favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts.

Cuerno Fire Continues to Slowly Consume Ground Fuels
August 17, 2016

Location: 13 miles southeast of Coyote and Size: 33 acres
10 miles southwest of Abiquiu
on top of La Mesita del Cañoncito Seco

Start Date: Aug. 1, 2016 Structures Threatened: None

Cause: Lightning Percent Contained: 0%

Closing Down Big Firing Operations, (Managed) Burns and Lifting Bans on Small (Authorized) Open Burns in Sandoval County

We are all no doubt aware that recently it has been raining here and there now and then. The mini(so far)-monsoon has changed the picture in our area to where the controlled burns in the National Forest have flickered, given that last hiss and gone cold, but we can now compensate for the absence of smoke in the valley from the deliberate, managed burning of forests by having our own authorized and hopefully controlled conflagrations.