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Picture of ranchers searching for lost and burned #cattle in the Santa Fe National Forest after a controlled burn during July.
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Forest after the #Laguna controlled burn as ranchers search for lost and burned cattle.
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Image of suffering cattle burned by a controlled burn set by the Santa Fe National Forest in July 2025.

Animal suffering as a result of a National Forest's controlled burn.
#Burned cattle.
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We have had no moisture up here, no monsoon at all, so I guess the grass isn't coming back any time soon. Allegedly the strike was quite a distance from where they began the burn. It will all come out at some point anyway. Meanwhile I feel so bad for the ranchers up there with their burned cattle.

I was just trying to come up with something that would make it worth burning so much land in one place. It certainly was not to help the rangeland, so what else could it be? I hope not burning just because they could.

The Forest Service is, but they will move mountains not to make the ranchers whole.
Was the idea behind 30,000+ acres burned that they are trying to establish a timber planation on that plateau?

They also said they need to get vets and medication to many injured cattle, ASAP.

Not just forage, but USFS burned quite a few cattle alive, too.

Could mean some of the grass forage was burned. Setting up expectations to reduce stocking rates for fire recovery? Give new cover some time to increase....?

No mention of aviation, a measure of effort. I would have like a general description of the types involved: PJ woodland with 60% grass cover, Ponderosa pine at low density, oak scrub beneath....etc.

It was a very tense, very contentious meeting as you can see, so little info was given, unfortunately.

Watch recording of the #LagunaFire community meeting on July 14 2025
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Operations Section Chief says they saw that communication was an immediate problem when they took over and cattle were one issue they needed to attend to quickly. Cattle were burned by previous team.
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Santa Fe National Forest admin Anthony Madrid says communication may not have been clear in their running of #LagunaFire
Says cattle “were impacted “
From meeting on July 14 2025
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UPDATE 9:25pm
Gallinas Ranch has been updated to "Go" status. Residents should make sure to
Evacuate animals.
Open gates so livestock can escape if needed.

New evacuation notice for those north of Gallina tonight due to the escaped controlled burn.
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AGAIN!
WHO would have thought that doing a monster controlled burn during D3 drought, when it hits 95°F and 9% RH daily, was a poorly conceived notion?
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Wildfire near Grand Canyon expands tenfold over 24 hours The White Sage Fire in Jacob Lake, Arizona, has grown from 1,000 acres to nearly 11,000 within the last 24 hours, according to the government.

“What officials have dubbed the White Sage Fire in Jacob Lake, Arizona — roughly 650 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado — has grown from 1,000 acres to nearly 11,000 acres…” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @nbcnews.com

#AZFire #Arizona #JacobLake #WhiteSageFire cc: #GrandCanyon

The large controlled / managed burn near Gallina has escaped.
5 LATs, 2 DC10s plus three more type 1 crews ordered.
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Kerr County officials took 90 minutes to send emergency alert: Dispatch audio Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows.

#Texas - #kerrvilleflooding #TexasFlood
Kerr County officials took 90 minutes to send emergency alert: Dispatch audio

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Wildfire smoke can make your outdoor workout hazardous to your health – an exercise scientist explains how to gauge the risk Factors like your health status and how hard you exercise can help gauge the risk of wildfire smoke exposure.

“We asked 20 generally healthy participants in their mid-20s to exercise on a stationary cycle at about half their maximum effort for two hours while breathing the smoke.” theconversation.com/wildfire-smo... - @us.theconversation.com

#AirPollution #Health #Wildfires #WildfireSmoke

New data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.

At Camp Mystic, NPR found at least eight buildings, including four cabins used to house younger campers, are located inside what FEMA designates a floodway, the most dangerous area of the floodplain where water is expected to move rapidly during a storm.

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New data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.

A least four cabins for young campers were in an area designated by FEMA as an extreme flood hazard, where water moves at its highest velocity and depth.

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Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System

Kerr county of a little over 50,000 people, in Flash Flood Alley, contemplated installing a flood warning system in 2017, but it was rejected as too expensive. The county has annual budget of around $67 million, lost out on a bid to secure a $1 million grant to fund the project.

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Do you happen to know the real story behind the huge controlled burn north of Gallina going on right now?
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atrujilloproduction Arnold Trujillo is a videographer/photographer from Taos, New Mexico, USA The point of photography is not the mechanical act of capturing an image but the human act of seeing. A successful photograph ...

The documentaries on the Calf Canyon - Hermits Peak Fire from Arnold Trujillo are available here:
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This was the 1st part of this documentary series:
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Lots of active fires today and this evening in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. GOES-West Geocolor loop below. The elongated smoke plumes are the result of strong NW winds.

Santa Fe National Forest to apply #herbicide to 4200 acres of land where HermitsPeakFire burned
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