How the Santa Fe Fireshed affects you and your neighbors

September 16, 2017

From the Santa Fe New Mexican:

Hannah Bergemann, Fireshed Coordinator

Hannah Bergemann, Fireshed Coordinator

You may have started hearing a new term to describe the landscapes in and around Santa Fe — the “Santa Fe Fireshed” — which raises a good question. What exactly is a fireshed? The term was coined by concerned scientists, natural resource managers and nonprofit organizations after seeing bigger, hotter, faster wildfires over the last decade and realizing just how vulnerable the Santa Fe area is.

Many forested areas within the Santa Fe Fireshed are dense and overgrown with trees and vegetation due to a century of fire suppression. This condition is not only ecologically unhealthy but also raises the risk of high-intensity wildfire in and around our communities. A fire like the 156,000-acre Las Conchas Fire in 2011... Read More

Esmé Cadiente

The GSFFC is a coalition of public and private organizations. The GSFFC is not a subdivision of the State of New Mexico, as defined in the state’s Open Meetings Act, §§ 10-15-1 to 10-15-4 NMSA 1978. Although federal agencies participate in the GSFFC, the Coalition is not a federal advisory board and was not created by a federal agency, as defined by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5.U.S.C. app. 2, §§ 1 to 16 (2012). The GSFFC operates informally to support its partners, and is not incorporated as a non-profit, 501(C)(3), partnership, or other legal status.