Wildfire

If a fall trip into the Carson National Forest brings a whiff of smoke on an otherwise clear day, it may be planned fire at work. Forest Service fire managers have laid out an early fall prescribed fire season across the forest, with potential locations stretching from Valle Vidal to Ojo Sarco on the east side and from Tres Piedras to Canjilon on the west side.

Fire season in the southern Rockies rarely ends quietly, and this October has been no exception on the Carson National Forest. Fire crews spent the past week wrapping up work on two very different fires — one wild, one prescribed — as hot, dry weather kept the forest on edge.