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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

Video

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...
 
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...

 

 

 
Pinon cone with nuts  

Did You Know?
Pinon nuts are rich in vitamins, flavor, and calories (3,000 per pound). Although produced in abundance only every 7 to 10 years, these nuts were a valuable native food source for the Ancestral Pueblo people.
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Last Updated: August 27, 2009 at 16:29 EST