Friday, June 24, 2011

Better Pray for Rain--most of Santa Fe National Forest Closed under Stage III Fire Restrictions

Just talked to the Espanola Ranger District. Appears that even popular trails such as out to Canada Bonita are closed. We better get some rain in these parts...see below for details and check back with the Public Lands Information Web site. Guess I'm glad I did my mountainbiking up off of American Springs last weekend.

LA County has some info here.

In the comments, Jon points out that  much of the following trails are on Forest Service land: Perimeter, Guaje Ridge, Pipeline, Quemazon, Mitchell...

Please be careful out there. But I guess I don't have to tell that to any longtime residents.

Date: June 24, 2011
VALLES CALDERA PRESERVE & SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST DEEPEN RESTRICTIONS AND CLOSURES
For Immediate Release: June 23, 2011

2 comments:

Steve A said...

You could be worse off. Your fires due to your extreme drought will tend to spread toward Texas. OTOH, the fires in Texas due to the drought will tend to spread away from you. Maybe it is time to reconsider Hawaii - until the next big quake in Japan...

Jon said...

Don't forget that much of the following trails is on Forest Service land: Perimeter, Guaje Ridge, Pipeline, Quemazon, Mitchell...