Forest managers on the Gila National Forest plan to conduct a prescribed fire on Signal Peak North in the Silver City Ranger District. The fire will be about 12 miles northeast of Silver City and north of Signal Peak Lookout - east of NM State Highway 15. Fire managers plan to treat up to 1,000 acres, over a period of two to three days, when optimum conditions are present in November and/or December. It is one of several fire activities that are planned during the upcoming fall and winter months. Several projects have been identified for treatment with prescribed fire. Weather conditions will be a primary factor in determining the best times to conduct the burns. The Eckleberger prescribed fire, projected to be 4,000 acres, will be on the Reserve Ranger District along the west side of Forest Road 28 and Forest Road 141, adjacent to Negrito Fire Base. Fire managers estimate that they will need about two weeks to complete the fire operations associated with this project and are planning to begin during the first part of November...read more
Let's speculate a moment and ask what would happen if the Forest Service violated our clean air laws. Would the NM Environment Dept. enforce our law against the feds? I doubt it. After all, under Bill Richardson the NM Livestock Board caved in to the feds and refused to enforce state law when it came to rancher Kit Laney. So why would this be any different?
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It is pretty humorous that the Forest Service would proscibe burning while Al Gore is still pushing climate control and carbon emissions.
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