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South Fork and Salt Fires Burned Area Emergency Response

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Unit Information

Mescalero Agency 
New Mexico 
Mescalero, 
New Mexico 
88340 
Mescalero Agency 
New Mexico 
Mescalero, 
New Mexico 
88340 

Incident Contacts

  • Elaina LaPaz, Mescalero Apache Tribe PIO
    Email:
    elapaz@mescaleroapachetribe.com
  • Amanda Fry, Lincoln National Forest PAO
    Email:
    amanda.fry@usda.gov

Photographs Gallery

BAER Soil Scientist recording field notes for soil burn severity in the South Fork burned area
Image showing BAER Soil Scientist recording field notes for soil burn severity in the South Fork burned area
Image showing BAER Soil Scientist recording field notes for soil burn severity in the South Fork burned area
BAER Soil Scientist recording field notes for soil burn severity in the South Fork burned area

BAER Soil Scientist recording field notes for soil burn severity in the South Fork burned area

BAER Hydrologist Evaluating burned recreation site in the South Fork burned area
Image showing a BAER Hydrologist Evaluating burned recreation site in the South Fork burned area
Image showing a BAER Hydrologist Evaluating burned recreation site in the South Fork burned area
BAER Hydrologist Evaluating burned recreation site in the South Fork burned area

BAER Hydrologist Evaluating burned recreation site in the South Fork burned area

View of South Fork Post-Fire Slope Rilling Conditions in Eagle Canyon
View of South Fork Post-Fire Slope Rilling Conditions in Eagle Canyon
View of South Fork Post-Fire Slope Rilling Conditions in Eagle Canyon
View of South Fork Post-Fire Slope Rilling Conditions in Eagle Canyon

View of South Fork Post-Fire Slope Rilling Conditions in Eagle Canyon 

Soil Burn Severity overview looking at Sierra Blanca in the South Fork Burned Area
Image showing Soil Burn Severity Overview Looking at Sierra Blanca in the South Fork Burned Area
Image showing Soil Burn Severity Overview Looking at Sierra Blanca in the South Fork Burned Area
Soil Burn Severity overview looking at Sierra Blanca in the South Fork Burned Area

Soil Burn Severity Overview Looking at Sierra Blanca in the South Fork Burned Area

BAER Soil Scientist Measures Culvert Openings in Burn Area
Image showing a BAER soil scientist measuring a culvert opening along a dirt road in the South Fork Fire burn area
Image showing a BAER soil scientist measuring a culvert opening along a dirt road in the South Fork Fire burn area
BAER Soil Scientist Measures Culvert Openings in Burn Area

BAER Team Soil Scientist measures culvert openings downstream from the South Fork Fire burned area along Upper Canyon Road on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. Photo credit: Kevin Hyatt, Bureau of Land Management 

Flash flooding near residences in Ruidoso NM on June 24, 2024
Image showing flash flooding near residences in Ruidoso NM on June 24, 2024
Image showing flash flooding near residences in Ruidoso NM on June 24, 2024
Flash flooding near residences in Ruidoso NM on June 24, 2024

Ash and sediment flow visible from Hull Road and Paradise Canyon Drive in Ruidoso on June 24, 2024

BAER Assessment Process--5 Steps
Image describing the 5 steps of the BAER assessment process
Image describing the 5 steps of the BAER assessment process
BAER Assessment Process--5 Steps

5 Steps of the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Assessment Process

3 Phases of Wildfire Recovery
Image describing the 3 phases of wildfire recovery
Image describing the 3 phases of wildfire recovery
3 Phases of Wildfire Recovery

Graph image shows the 3 phases of wildfire recovery: Fire Suppression Repair, Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER), Longterm Restoration

BAER meeting with Tribal leadership
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) forestry specialist Eric Rhodenbaugh and Chris LaCroix meet with Mescalero Apache Tribe leadership and natural resources staff inside. People in meeting seated in circle in conversation..
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) forestry specialist Eric Rhodenbaugh and Chris LaCroix meet with Mescalero Apache Tribe leadership and natural resources staff inside. People in meeting seated in circle in conversation..
BAER meeting with Tribal leadership

Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) forestry specialist Eric Rhodenbaugh and Chris LaCroix (center) meet with Mescalero Apache Tribe leadership and natural resources staff to gather information about post-fire concerns on tribal and allotment lands. June 26, 2024.

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