Fire Danger Very Real In Mountainair Area
But don’t take our word for it. The Mountain View Telegraph is again reporting the bad news:
Dry conditions in the Mountainair Ranger District may soon lead to restrictions, said Arlene Perea, the district’s fire information officer. “Fire danger is up,” Perea said. “With no moisture in the next few weeks … we’re looking at restrictions.” Perea said people may not realize there is a high fire danger in the Mountainair area. “The snow line just sort of ends somewhere between here and Sandia (Ranger District),” she said. In spite of reports of heavy moisture and snowfall in northern New Mexico, even down to the Sandia Ranger District, the Mountainair Ranger District is unseasonably dry, Perea said. She said even the Gila National Forest to the southwest has gotten some recent moisture. “It’s just kind of deceiving, what (people) are hearing in the news,” she said. The rangers have already responded to fire rings that were not completely extinguished, a dangerous situation should the wind carry sparks into the brush, Perea said. Unfortunately, the careless behavior persists in spite of the recent Ojo Peak Fire.
