Single Incident Information

Crews treated 15 acres on Nov. 17 and the project will enter a monitoring phase until another good weather window emerges to continue burning.  Read the latest update.

Ignitions are in progress this morning Nov. 17. Smoke may impact nearby areas today and overnight. 

Fire crews treated 40 acres on Nov. 16. Smoke may impact nearby areas overnight. Crews are expected to continue ignitions Nov. 17. Read the latest update.

Ignitions are in progress this morning Nov. 16. Smoke may impact nearby areas today and overnight.

Fire crews treated 88 acres on Nov. 15. They plan to return for more ignitions on Nov. 16. Read the latest update.

Ignitions are in progress this morning Nov. 15). Smoke will drift from the area and may impact nearby and farther out areas today and overnight.

Ignitions originally scheduled for Nov. 13 were postponed. Crews are now looking to begin pile burning as early as Friday, Nov. 15.

Ignitions may last up to 10 days; however they may not occur consecutively, potentially leaving periods of weeks between.

Smoke is expected to drift westward out of the Hondo Canyon and may impact 

• Arroyo Hondo
• Arroyo Seco
• El Prado
• Lama
• San Cristobal
• Taos Ski Valley
• Valdez

Residents and visitors can prepare with tips on the Carson National Forest smoke readiness webpage.

Background

This work is part of the Highway 150 Corridor Wildland Urban Interface Project. Local organizations in 2014 came together to form the Taos Valley Watershed Coalition, which named the highway corridor as one of its priorities for protecting the forest and watershed that communities depend on.