News & Events

News Archive

October 2023

• Golondrino prescribed fire update

  Release Date: Oct. 2, 2023     

September 2023

• Cuba Ranger District treats 1,630 acres of hazardous fuels on Golondrino prescribed fire

  Release Date: Sept. 29, 2023     

• Cuba Ranger District treats 1,630 acres of hazardous fuels on Golondrino prescribed fire

  Release Date: Sept. 29, 2023     

• Golondrino prescribed fire ignitions completed; Rincon prescribed fire canceled

  Release Date: Sept. 28, 2023     

• Good progress with Golondrino prescribed burn; Rincon prescribed burn scheduled to start on September 28

  Release Date: Sept. 27, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest initiates Golondrino and postpones Rincon prescribed burns

  Release Date: Sept. 26, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest to conduct Golondrino and Rincon prescribed fires

  Release Date: Sept. 22, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest/Coyote Ranger District Continues to Monitor Status of Black Feather Fire

  Release Date: Sept. 19, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest to host community meeting

  Release Date: Sept. 14, 2023     

• Forest Service Hiring Wildland Firefighters in Arizona and New Mexico

  Release Date: Sept. 8, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest to conduct Golondrino North Aztec and Joaquin North prescribed fires

  Release Date: Sept. 8, 2023     

• Rincon prescribed fire planned

  Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023     

August 2023

• The Santa Fe National Forest Updates Black Feather Fire Closure Order

  Release Date: Aug. 21, 2023     

• Firefighters responding to McKinney Fire

  Release Date: Aug. 21, 2023     

• Sanra Fe National Forest lifts fire restrictions

  Release Date: Aug. 17, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest lifts fire restrictions

  Release Date: Aug. 16, 2023     

• Black Feather Fire Update - August 13 - Community Meeting Tuesday, August 15

  Release Date: Aug. 13, 2023     

• Black Feather Fire Evacuation Status Reduced -- Saturday, August 12, 2023

  Release Date: Aug. 12, 2023     

• Black Feather Fire Prompts Partial Closure Order – Friday, August 11, 2023

  Release Date: Aug. 11, 2023     

• Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team reassigned to Flood Response

  Release Date: Aug. 11, 2023     

• Community Meeting Scheduled for The Black Feather Fire – Thursday, August 10, 2023

  Release Date: Aug. 10, 2023     

• Black Feather Fire – August 9, 2023, Daily Update

  Release Date: Aug. 9, 2023     

• Black Feather Fire - Firefighters use Forest Road 103 as possible containment line

  Release Date: Aug. 8, 2023     

• Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team takes over the Black Feather Fire

  Release Date: Aug. 7, 2023     

• New lightning-caused wildfire on Santa Fe National Forest

  Release Date: Aug. 6, 2023     

July 2023

• New Fire Restriction Order for the SFNF

  Release Date: July 24, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service confirms cause of the 2022 Cerro Pelado Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest

  Release Date: July 24, 2023     Albuquerque, NM

• Seasonal Positions for 2024 Open on July 27

  Release Date: July 20, 2023     

• Jeremy Golston Named District Ranger for the Jemez Ranger District

  Release Date: July 17, 2023     

• New Leadership on Pecos-Las Vegas Ranger District

  Release Date: July 17, 2023     

• Fall Fire and Fuels Forest Stewards Youth Corps Hiring Now!

  Release Date: July 13, 2023     

• Forest Service to Begin Cleanup of Nacimiento Mine near Cuba, New Mexico

  Release Date: July 6, 2023     

• Hazard Tree Removal Provides Free Fuelwood to the Community

  Release Date: July 6, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest implements Stage 1 fire restrictions forest -wide

  Release Date: July 6, 2023     

June 2023

• Celebrating Fourth of July on the Santa Fe National Forest

  Release Date: June 30, 2023     

• Teen and Family Trail Workday

  Release Date: June 27, 2023     

• Temporary Closure of Forest Road 376 in Santa Fe National Forest

  Release Date: June 9, 2023     

• New Deputy Forest Supervisor Selected for Santa Fe National Forest

  Release Date: June 8, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest Under Flash Flood Warning

  Release Date: June 1, 2023     

May 2023

• Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project Town Hall Scheduled for June 8

  Release Date: May 25, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest Under Flash Flood Watch

  Release Date: May 19, 2023     

• Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project Signed

  Release Date: May 18, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest Monitors New Fire Start

  Release Date: May 17, 2023     Espanola Ranger District

• Forest Road 69 Closed for Elk Calving

  Release Date: May 15, 2023     

• Opportunity with the Forest Stewards Youth Corp

  Release Date: May 2, 2023     

• Santa Fe National Forest Prepares for Seasonal Openings

  Release Date: May 1, 2023     

April 2023

• Jemez Mountains Snow Melt Update – How can you help?

  Release Date: April 16, 2023     

March 2023

• Santa Fe National Forest partners with Tierra Y Montes Soil and Water Conservation District to pilot virtual fence project  

  Release Date: March 21, 2023     

• Project Update - Deer Lake Prescribed Pile Burn

  Release Date: March 14, 2023     

• Hermit’s Peak / Calf Canyon Hazard Trees (Roads) Project Seeking Public Comment

  Release Date: March 6, 2023     

• Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District Distributed 110-Free Use Permits for Fuelwood We will notify the public when additional permits become available.

  Release Date: March 6, 2023     

February 2023

• Santa Fe National Forest Issuing Free Special Use Permits for Fuelwood at Rowe Mesa Permits available at Pecos and Las Vegas Ranger District Offices starting March 1

  Release Date: Feb. 23, 2023     

• Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round: Preparedness is all Year, Pack a Go-Bag and Keep it Near

  Release Date: Feb. 14, 2023     

• Prescribed fire planned on Santa Fe National Forest Pile burning to occur on Cuba Ranger District

  Release Date: Feb. 8, 2023     

January 2023

• Shaun Sanchez Named Forest Supervisor of the Santa Fe National Forest

  Release Date: Jan. 27, 2023     

• Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round: Resolve to be Ready in 2023

  Release Date: Jan. 19, 2023     

• SFNF Waives Fees in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; SFNF Offices Closed Jan. 16 for Federal Holiday

  Release Date: Jan. 11, 2023     

• Application Period for 2023 Fire, Field Season Opens Soon

  Release Date: Jan. 9, 2023     

• Summer Internships Available on the SFNF

  Release Date: Jan. 9, 2023     

2022 Archive