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Bandelier National Monument
Fire Management

"Fire belongs in the mountain southwest and unless the peaks flatten, the monsoon evaporates, the seasons homogenize, or the biota vanishes, those fires will continue." - Stephen Pyne

The Bandelier Fire Management program encompasses many disciplines, including fire suppression, prescribed burn, and ecological monitoring professionals. Working with our partners, we protect human life and structures, while managing wild fire for the good of our fire-dependent landscape.

Visit inciweb.org for up-to-date information on any Park Service wildfire or prescribed burn.

 
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San Miguel Wildland Fire: A Cooperative Approach to Fire

Read the Success Story
Visit the Incident Overview Page

Photo Gallery
Maps of Fire Progression

 
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Novemeber 2007 Prescribed Burn in Upper Frijoles
The November 2007 Upper Frijoles (Unit 9) Prescribed Fire treated approximately 1,500 acres – the park’s first large scale burn since the Cerro Grande Fire. Read more about the November 2007 burn success...
 
Cerro Grande fire

photo by sally king

The Cerro Grande fire approaches the town of Los Alamos.

The 2000 Cerro Grande Fire 10 Years Later

Learn how this prescribed fire that turned into a destructive wildfire forever changed how fire is managed. More

 
Fire Newspapers

Park Fire Newspapers
Read the latest news about Bandelier's fire management program:

- Fall/Winter 2007
- Spring/Summer 2007
- Summer/Winter 2006

 
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Fire Management Plan
Bandelier's Fire Management Plan describe's the programs objectives, the area's fuel and prevention, rehabiliation and suppression techniques. Read the plan...

 

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Last Updated: November 29, 2010 at 15:51 MST