IF YOU SEE SOME SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE JEMEZ RANGER DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IT’S DUE TO A PRESCRIBED BURN NOW UNDERWAY. IT’S BEING DONE IN THE JOAQUIN CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST, EIGHT MILES WEST OF JEMEZ SPRINGS.
FIRE MANAGERS PLAN ON BURNING AROUND 140 ACRES. SMOKE FROM THE BURN WILL BE VISIBLE FROM LOS ALAMOS, ALBUQUERQUE, HIGHWAY 550 AS WELL AS JEMEZ SPRINGS AND THE PUEBLO OF JEMEZ.
