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South Fork and Salt Fires Burned Area Emergency Response

Unit Information

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

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Photographs Gallery

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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.