SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Crews will repair boundary fences and remove hazard trees in the Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon (HPCC) burned area of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) beginning early fall 2025. This project reduces wildfire risk, prevents power outages along the Mora-San Miguel (MSM) Cooperative power line, and keeps livestock out of nearby villages, including San Geronimo, San Pablo, San Ignacio, Las Dispensas, Gallinas, and Cow Creek.

This work is authorized under a categorical inclusion (CE) and project actions include:

• Prioritize removing hazard trees based off the HPCC burn severity map (high, moderate, low) or trees with less than 20 percent live canopy, or all dead trees along powerlines on USDA Forest Service lands that have the potential of damaging existing powerlines in the post fire recovery area.
• All hazard trees will be cut within 100 feet of powerlines using hand crews with chainsaws.
• Crews will repair and reconstruct exterior fencing on the El Solitario Allotment (11 miles), Fisher Hill Allotment (2 miles), and the Rosilla Allotment (3.5 miles).
• Hazard tree mitigation will occur on USDA Forest Service lands to protect the new fences.

To learn more about this project visit the project website or call the Las Vegas District Office at 505.425.3534. For SFNF news and updates visit the SFNF website, and social media pages (Facebook and X).  

About the Forest Service

The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology– and rooted in communities–the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.