Dog Head Fire – Current Situation Report
October has been a busy few weeks for agencies taking action to restore healthy forests and reduce...
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Dog Head Fire Current Situation: Weather Station Conundrum
The Bureau of Indian Affairs apparently has a “remote automated weather station” that hasn’t...
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Post Dog Head – Current Situation
Weather As if Dog Head area households needed nature to be complicit in another complication. The...
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Dog Head Fire: Cause and effects
Forest thinning activities and prescribed burns have been executed and planned in recent days—even...
Read MoreDog Head Fire: Current Situation
Tajique Public Meeting This Thursday, Oct.13, the Forest Service has planned a public meeting for 6 p.m. in Tajique. Forest Service staff and representatives from other agencies working on post-fire recovery and flood-risk...
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Dog Head Fire: Current Situation
During the Sept. 28 “Current Situation” session, the following were identified as among the most...
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Dog Head Fire: Introducing a ‘current situation’ series
The Dog Head Fire is out. Thank goodness. Still, for many people south of Oak Flats and north of...
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Prescribed fires delayed; open house for public
The Forest Service announced last week it is postponing three prescribed fires planned for the...
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Land and heritage at forefront of Chilili response
Chilili threw a party for the firefighters who stayed behind to protect the village this weekend,...
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Website devoted to post-fire information
Residents impacted by June’s Dog Head fire got a step-by-step introduction last week to a new...
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Forest Service responsible for the Dog Head Fire
UPDATED JUNE 6, 2016 The Dog Head Fire started as part of the Forest Service’s fuel...
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‘Fear, anger, sadness and hope’ part of emotional roller coaster after evacuating
What to write after wildfire rips through? As I sit here on my mother-in-law’s couch, many...
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Nearly everyone at The Independent was touched by Dog Head Fire
This week, our small weekly newspaper shifted into high gear as we covered the Dog Head Fire on a...
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The Junior Reporter’s adventure
My grandma and I went all over to tell people about the Dog Head Fire. We arrived at a restaurant...
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‘Limited re-entry’ to some evacuation zones
“Limited re-entry” to some areas evacuated due to the Dog Head Fire will start at 8...
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Staging 1,000 firefighters at Estancia High School
6:30 p.m. A small city was erected at Estancia High School, with everything from internet to...
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Hot and quiet near 217 and 337
3 p.m. Conditions were hot, with a slight breeze and the occasional whiff of smoke, in the south...
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A quiet day for the Dog Head Fire Sunday
11 a.m. As the massive effort to fight the Dog Head Fire continues, with now about 1,000 people on...
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Watching and waiting south of Dog Head Fire
Quiet conditions, a smoky haze, and watchful waiting were the order of the day south of the Dog...
Read MoreMountainair ready to help with Dog Head Fire
3:30 p.m. Mountainair is ready to help out with evacuation efforts if it becomes necessary, but the town’s resources have not yet been called on, said Mayor Chester Riley. Both Riley and town clerk Suzan Brazil said the...
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