Sierra Los Pinos

Fire managers at Santa Fe National Forest are planning to continue prescribed pile burns on the Jemez Ranger District. The Las Conchas Meadow, Thompson Ridge and Fenton Hill prescribed pile burns may be conducted October 28 through November 21, 2014, only on favorable days as conditions allow.

The Los Griegos prescribed pile burn started today at about 10 a.m. and may continue through October 31, only on favorable days as conditions allow. A total of 300 acres of piles may be treated in an area adjacent to the Sierra Los Pinos community, 17 miles southwest of Los Alamos. Small blocks may be treated each day to decrease the daily smoke volume.

Fire managers at Santa Fe National Forest are planning to continue a prescribed pile burn on the Jemez Ranger District.

The Los Griegos prescribed pile burn may be conducted Oct. 23 through Oct. 31 only on favorable days as conditions allow. A total of 300 acres of piles may be treated in an area adjacent to the Sierra Los Pinos community, 17 miles southwest of Los Alamos. Small blocks may be treated each day to decrease the daily smoke volume.

Fire managers at Santa Fe National Forest are planning to continue a prescribed pile burn on the Jemez Ranger District. The Los Griegos prescribed pile burn may be conducted October 23rd through October 31st only on favorable days as conditions allow. A total of 300 acres of piles may be treated in an area adjacent to the Sierra Los Pinos community, 17 miles southwest of Los Alamos. Small blocks may be treated each day to decrease the daily smoke volume.

Have just been informed by the Jemez Electric Co-Op, that there will be a scheduled outage on October 22nd, 9am-3:30pm in our neighborhood.

The Valles Caldera Trust is planning to implement a prescribed burn project that may begin as early as Tuesday, Oct. 14 and last for two to four days.

New board members elected at this year’s annual meeting to fill the five vacancies are:

Joe Brophy – 3-year term
Eleni Fredlund – 3-year term
Max Otero – 3-year term
Katie Ballman – 2-year term
Scott Downing – 1-year term

Board members continuing are:

Stan Bennett – 2 years remaining
Judy Kilburg - 2 years remaining
Jack Nyhan – 1 year remaining
Peter Veverka – 1 year remaining

Election of officers and committee chairs will be decided at the October Board meeting. Stay Tuned!

September 26, 2014, Santa Fe, NM – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest’s Jemez Ranger District met this morning in conference with New Mexico Environment Department Air Quality Bureau, Jemez Pueblo Liaisons, and other agencies. Changing weather conditions are not predicted to be favorable for prescribed burning in the next few days. This prompted the decision to cancel implementation of the 6200-acre Paliza prescribed burn that was scheduled to begin this weekend.