[Volunteers_fosm] Fwd: NEWS RELEASE Cibola National Forest Completes Ignitions on Sulphur Unit Prescribed Fire Piles - Sandia Ranger District

[Michael Madden]

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From: FS-Cibola PAO <SM.FS.CibolaPAO at usda.gov>
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Subject: NEWS RELEASE Cibola National Forest Completes Ignitions on Sulphur
Unit Prescribed Fire Piles - Sandia Ranger District
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*NEWS RELEASE*

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*Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands*

2113 Osuna Road NE

Albuquerque, NM 87113

(505) 346-3900

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Cibola National Forest Completes Ignitions
on Sulphur Unit Prescribed Fire Piles Sandia Ranger District

*ALBUQUERQUE, NM – December 10, 2025 *– Cibola National Forest & National
Grasslands (NF & NGs) fire crews successfully completed ignitions yesterday
on the Sandia Ranger District Sulphur unit pile burning. Fire crews will
continue mop up cooling ash pits and monitor until the unit is declared out.

Residual smoke from the Sulphur unit pile burning operations may be visible
from Albuquerque, Tijeras, Edgewood and Moriarty, NM. *Map attached. *For
more detailed information about air quality, go to AirNow
<https://fire.airnow.gov/> online or download the app.

Recreation access to the Sulphur area may be closed for public safety while
fire crews continue with monitoring the area.



Fire managers took advantage of recent precipitation, snow covered ground,
cooler temperatures, and higher relative humidity recoveries that created
suitable conditions for burning piled slash and woody debris from earlier
forest restoration work on the Sulphur unit.



This will be the final update on the Sulphur Unit Pile burn operations
unless conditions or the situation warrants additional information.



Cibola NF & NGs Fire management will look for opportunities in the coming
weeks for continued prescribed fire operations of the Sandia Piles Project
on the Cedro unit pending forecasted daily weather, fuel moisture
conditions and required approvals.

Stay informed about scheduled prescribed fires through InciWeb
<https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/>, New Mexico Fire Information
<https://nmfireinfo.com/> and on the Cibola NF & NGs website
<https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/cibola>, Cibola Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/cibolanf> and Cibola X <https://x.com/cibola_nf>
sites.

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