East Thunderbird Rx a Success

Arlene T Perea, atperea@fs.fed.us, writes:

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to give you a brief update on the East Thunderbird Prescribed burn today.  Everything went very well.  Ignitions ended around 4pm.  Smoke was very visible throughout the Manzano Mountains and Estancia Valley, but the burn was definitely a success.  Approximately 90 of the estimated 120 planned acres were burned.  The decision was made to hold off on the last 30-40 acres until conditions allow it to burn cooler as it is a red needle slash area.  Overall, burn managers were very pleased and felt that all burn objectives were met.  Fire personnel will continue monitoring and mopping up the fire area throughout the week.  As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me or respond to this email.

Thank you to those of you who called the office and provided new email contact information.  To those of you who are new to my list as of this evening, please respond to this email to let me know that you were properly added to my email contact list.  You will now continue to receive any district updates that I send out, including prescribed fire information.  

Thanks  -  Arlene

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Arlene T. Perea
P. O. Box 69
Mountainair, NM  87036
Office 505.847.2990
Fax 505.847.2238
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