Fire

In the BLM New Mexico Rio Puerco Field Office, the Rio Puerco Wildland Fire Module, one of only three in the whole nation, has 11 fire management specialists who are experts in both fire suppression and prescribed fire.

Massive floods along Moab’s many creeks caused havoc last summer; densely foliated floodplains captured and held debris, preventing water from escaping to the Colorado River. Enter a fire fuels and flood mitigation team!

BLM is paving the way for high school students to pursue careers in wildfire with a new education program. The combined classroom curriculum and field training make them eligible for BLM fire crew jobs upon graduation.

In an effort to restore critical sagebrush habitat lost in the 2021 Robertson Draw Fire, the BLM recently completed an aerial sagebrush seeding operation over thousands of acres of public lands south of Red Lodge.

A United States Air Force (USAF) Wildland Support Module partners BLM Fire with the United States Air Force, presenting exciting opportunities for mutual learning.