New Mexico Highway 15 is closed as crews respond to the Trout Fire in Grant County. The fire is near the roadway and it is ...

Firefighters near Silver City are working to put out two wildfires: the Meadow Fire and the Trout Fire. The fires are located east and west of New Mexico Highway 15, about 15 miles north of Silver ...

New Mexico Highway 15 is closed to public traffic after a wildfire grew to 300 acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service on Thursday, June 12.

Silver City, NM, June 12, 2025—Firefighters are responding to two new wildfires approximately 15 miles north of Silver City. The fires are located east and west of New Mexico Highway 15, in the Meadow ...

The U.S. Forest Service found in a new investigation that its own prescribed burn started a wildfire last April that nearly reached the city of Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Cerro Pelado Fire ripped ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Generally, rain and snow help decrease forest fire risk. But over the last year, moisture has kept forest crews from doing key brush-thinning work to prevent fires.

The U.S. Forest Service said Monday that the Cerro Pelado Fire which burned over 60 square miles in Sandoval County, New Mexico last year was caused by the agency’s own prescribed burn.

The U.S. Forest Service admits it caused the biggest wildfire in New Mexico’s state history. Related videos Ed Begley Jr. on Sustainable Living and Climate Policies Stay in Your Seats ...

ultimately setting a fire that would explode into the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s history, the Forest Service said in a new report published on Tuesday. “Climate change is leading to ...

But as forest managers lose control of some of the fires they set, public backlash is mounting. On May 20, after the New Mexico fire exploded, Randy Moore, chief of the U.S. Forest Service ...

Two years after the U.S. Forest Service accidentally ignited the biggest fire in New Mexico history nearly 2,500 victims are suing over slow aid payments. Two years ago, a huge wildfire in New ...

Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands The Sandia, Mountainair and Mt. Taylor Ranger Districts will all reopen. Stage two fire restrictions will be lifted at that time for the Magdalena ...