A news release from the Forest Service said,
The Fourth of July weekend on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) was unexceptional in the best definition of the word – no fire starts, no reports of illegal fireworks and no abandoned and/or illegal campfires on three of the five districts.
Patrols did find 21 illegal and/or abandoned campfires on the Jemez Ranger District, and another three on the Coyote Ranger District. But none of those campfires escaped and became a larger problem for firefighters to contend with.
“We want to thank all the visitors who spent their Fourth of July on the national forest recreating responsibly and taking good care of their public lands,” Acting Forest Supervisor Debbie Cress said. “Most of our campgrounds were full, and the Jemez District had by far the largest number of visitors. But for the most part, we saw good compliance with Stage 2 fire restrictions across the forest.”
Any weekend that doesn’t burn down the forest is a great one.
June is often a bad month for fires, but this year we’ve had enough moisture to keep the vegetation green. It’s supposed to dry out some, so Andy is still cutting down bushes in the defensible space. Joe’s crew completely cleared this area last fall. You can see in this picture how the bushes have grown back, some of what Andy has done, and what he still has to do.
July 6, 2020
well that’s good news via the fire/forest service…
Yes. They will be alert for fires during the coming hot, dry weather. But at least we’re into July already.
Looks like he still has a bit to do! But wonderful that there was no fireworks damage!
Yes! We’ll see if andy can keep up with the vegetation.
What wonderful news! Do you think that some of the success can be attributed to people staying home due to the virus, Jean? Love, Andrea xoxo
I don’t know. Apparently there were a lot of people and a lot of problems Memorial Day weekend. I would imagine that a lot of people would be out last weekend too. But again, I don’t know.
That’s wonderful news.
Yes.
That is really great news about the no fires I know it’s a big problem on holidays! And your Mountain Top looks like it’s got a lot more work to do and makes me tired looking at it but it is pretty in green
We agree with you about hte green. There’s supposed to be a drying trend in a few days, but fingers crossed it won’t be too bad.
So glad people were taking the fire danger seriously and acting accordingly. Fires are bad but some how worse when they are caused by man.
Amen to that!
I hope the rest of the summer is free of fires, too. Andy has a job ahead of him…
It will be interesting to see who gives up first, him or the bushes. 🙂
That is wonderful news!!! It was pretty uneventful here except for the family of some children who go to school with some of the grands. Someone put hot fireworks debris in the trash, a fire ignited overnight, and they lost their entire home and everything in it. – so sad.
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That is sad! 🙁
Goodness, getting rid of all those bushes looks like a Herculean task. That’ll keep Andy busy for a while!
Yes, he never lacks for things to do. 🙂