Sierra Los Pinos

SANTA FE – Today and Monday, more firefighters and equipment will be arriving in Jemez Springs to strengthen the Type 3 Incident Management organization on the Pino Wildfire.

The lightning caused fire, on Santa Fe National Forest’s Jemez Ranger District, is now estimated at 141 acres. The fire is five miles south of N.M. 4 and six miles east of Jemez Springs. The wildfire is being managed for resource benefit.

Community Meetings About Piño Fire

Monday at Walatowa Visitors Center

Management Activity Increases on Piño Fire

SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST

There will be two community meetings held at the Walatowa Visitor Center at Red Rocks Monday, Sept. 1, to inform the public about the Piño Fire and the Forest Service plans for managing it.

If you have not done so already, sign up for CODE RED at: www.sandovalcountynm.gov/fire. Go to bottom of page and open icon for "fire alert emails". Sign up and get informed when necessary.

Firefighting operations on the Pino Fire are gradually intensifying to take advantage of predicted favorable weather. It is expected that conditions on Tuesday, September 2 will be optimal for aerial and hand ignitions to direct fire to holding and control features. Management of the wildfire is under the direction of a Type 3 Incident Management organization.

Photos and Story by R.W.
Slow winds, rain and humidity have up till now helped to keep the fire under control.

NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN YESTERDAY

August 28, 2014, Santa Fe, NM

The lightning caused Pino Fire, on Santa Fe National Forest's Jemez Ranger District, is now estimated at 124 acres. The wildfire is being managed for resource benefit. The fire is located five miles south of State Highway 4 and six miles east of Jemez Springs.

Due to efforts to install a blow down valve and do leak repairs on the central water supply system of system 1, there are currently either water outages (at higher elevations) or reduced flow/pressure (at lower elevations) from the meadow to nm route 4.

HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE TODAY

August 26, 2014, Santa Fe, NM – The lightning caused Pino Fire, on Santa Fe National Forest’s Jemez Ranger District, is now estimated at 117 acres. The fire is located 5 miles south of State Highway 4 and 6 miles east of Jemez Springs

Folks, please ask your friends and family that might have a spare room in their house & heart to FOSTER Parker ... he was trapped in Sierra Los Pinos recently, and because we didn't have a foster home for him, he is at Zoey's TLC. He is scared (see how he hides in the middle bin, afraid to be in the open pens) and has to listen to many dogs barking 24 hours/day. He can't get calm due to all the noise there!

I am able to pet him and he purrs, but I know he will need time to relearn what it is to be a family cat. He was either dumped or left behind when someone moved.