Environment

Rains Bring Shift In Strategy Fighting 3,422 Acre Medio Fire

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SFNF News:

The Medio Fire has burned 3,422 acres off the Rio en Medio Trail on the Española Ranger District about 7 miles north of Santa Fe and is now 54 percent contained.

Friday’s rain is limiting the size of burnout operations that were planned along the western flank. In response, crews will take a more direct suppression approach along the slow-moving fire’s edge. Lightning sparked the Medio Fire Aug. 17 and 283 fire personnel are on the scene.

Operations: During Friday’s burnout operations, light white smoke was observed with a few areas that experienced higher intensity burning as the fire Read More

Southwest Area Incident Management Team 4 Urges Public To Keep Drones Away From Medio Fire: ‘If You Fly, We Can’t’

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View of a gannet drone pro in flight. Courtesy/commercialdroneprofessional.com

SAIMT News:

The Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 4 urges individuals and organizations that fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), often referred to as “drones”, to stay away from the Medio Fire area to ensure the safety of firefighters and the effectiveness of wildfire suppression operations.

The Medio Fire is burning approximately 7 miles north of Santa Fe.

Aerial firefighting aircraft, such as airtankers and helicopters, fly at very low altitudes, typically just a couple of hundred feet above Read More

Curious House Wren Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos

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A curious house wren is lifting spirits around Los Alamos as it explores rocks and crevices on the ground near a home Monday on Barranca Mesa. The house wren is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. Named for its tendency to nest in human-provided bird houses near human houses, the house wren is one of the most familiar backyard birds. Source: www.birdwatchersdigest.com. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A curious house wren is lifting spirits around Los Alamos as it explores rocks and crevices on the ground near a home Monday on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A curious house Read More

Caja Fire 85 Percent Contained Friday

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SFNF News:

Start date: Aug. 23, 2020

Cause: Lightning

Size: 158 acres

Location: Colorado Peak on the Caja del Rio Plateau, the Española Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF)

Containment: 85%

Fuels and fire behavior:  Fire behavior Friday was minimal with some creeping and smoldering.

Strategy: As part of the full suppression strategy for the Caja Fire, firefighters used natural and manmade barriers, including the two-track road, to secure its perimeter. Crews today continue to secure the edges and mop up to make sure the containment lines remain secure.  

Resources: Approximately Read More

NuScale Power: Small Modular Reactor To Receive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Design Approval

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NUSCALE POWER News:

PORTLAND, Ore. — NuScale Power announced Friday that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed Phase 6 review—the last and final phase—of the Design Certification Application (DCA) for the company’s small modular reactor (SMR) with the issuance of the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER).

The FSER represents completion of the technical review and approval of the NuScale SMR design. With this final phase of NuScale’s DCA now complete, customers can proceed with plans to develop NuScale power plants with the understanding that the NRC has approved the Read More

Scenes Of Smoke And Flames From Medio Fire

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Smoke plumes from individual parts of the Medio Fire visible at 5 p.m. Thursday. The lightening caused blaze had consumed 2,939 acres on the Española Ranger District and 21% contained. Photo by Stephen Shankland

Pockets of flames from the Medio Fire emerge in the darkness at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. The fire sparked by lightning Aug. 17 is burning off the Rio en Medio Trail on the Española Ranger District between the Rio Nambe and the Rio en Medio, approximately 2 miles north of the Village of Rio en Medio, 2 miles east/southeast of Nambe Reservoir and 5 miles north/northwest of the Santa Fe Ski Basin. Read More

Caja Fire On Española Ranger District 70 Percent Contained

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SFNF News:

The Caja Fire has consumed 158 acres and is now 70 percent contained.

Lightning sparked the fire Sunday at Colorado Peak on the Caja del Rio Plateau in the Española Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF).

Strategy: The strategy for the Caja Fire is full suppression. Firefighters have taken advantage of natural and manmade barriers, including the two-track road, to secure the Caja Fire’s perimeter. Crews continue to work the edges of the fire to make sure the containment lines remain secure.

Resources: Approximately 30 personnel are on scene, including three engines Read More

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