Colder weather has made conditions favorable for prescribed pile burning in the Carson National Forest and are expected to begin Tuesday, Jan. 13, near Capulin Peak above Taos Canyon near the Agua Piedra Campground along Highway 518, a U.S. Forest Service news release said.Piles collected from 134 acres that are ready for burning will be the first be done in the 10,000-acre Pueblo Ridge Restoration area. The goal is to reduce the threat of wildfire to the pueblo and private property, and the watershed on both sides of the ridge.Continuation of the ongoing Rio Trampas project will improve forest health and protect several villages adjacent to the forest, with burns being set south of Chamisal, southeast of El Valle, and between Trampas and Ojo Sarco on the west side of Highway 76. Daily updates will be available online at fs.usda.gov/r03/carson/alerts/pile-burning-updates. Although prescribed burns are designed to be short, smoke may settle in some local and remote areas overnight. People with respiratory ailments should stay inside if smoke is in their vicinity.
Colder weather has made conditions favorable for prescribed pile burning in the Carson National Forest and are expected to begin Tuesday, Jan. 13, near Capulin Peak above Taos Canyon near the Agua Piedra Campground along Highway 518, a U.S. Forest Service news release said.
Piles collected from 134 acres that are ready for burning will be the first be done in the 10,000-acre Pueblo Ridge Restoration area. The goal is to reduce the threat of wildfire to the pueblo and private property, and the watershed on both sides of the ridge.
Continuation of the ongoing Rio Trampas project will improve forest health and protect several villages adjacent to the forest, with burns being set south of Chamisal, southeast of El Valle, and between Trampas and Ojo Sarco on the west side of Highway 76.
Daily updates will be available online at fs.usda.gov/r03/carson/alerts/pile-burning-updates.
Although prescribed burns are designed to be short, smoke may settle in some local and remote areas overnight. People with respiratory ailments should stay inside if smoke is in their vicinity.
