The Dolores Ranger District is planning a couple prescribed burns this fall potentially looking to start the week of September 22nd (this is all pending favorable conditions and smoke limitations).
The Dolores Ranger District is planning a couple prescribed burns this fall potentially looking to start the week of September 22nd (this is all pending favorable conditions and smoke limitations).Fall broadcast plans:•Salter/Carlyle: 1,660 acres located 15 miles east of Cahone, near Salter Y along (NFSR) 510 just south of (NFRS) 514 – Salter Units 32, […]
News Release: Stoner Mesa Fire Update Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Stoner Mesa Fire UpdateWednesday, September 3, 2025 Email: 2025.stonermesa@firenet.gov | Phone: 970.341.8668Acres: 10,249 | Containment: 47% | Reported: 07/28/25 | Cause: Lightning | Personnel: 223 Note: Bow hunting season has started. Hunters be aware that portions of Game Unit 71 are closed due to fire,including Stoner and Taylor Mesas. Please watch for fire vehicles on […]
News Release: Fire Update – Stoner Mesa Fire Monday, August 25, 2025 – 8:00 a.m.
Fire Update – Stoner Mesa FireMonday, August 25, 2025 – 8:00 a.m. Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1Justin Conrad, Incident Commander Information Phone: 970-341-8668Email: 2025.stonermesa@firenet.govInformation Staffing Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Special Note: Yesterday there was a drone intrusion near the fire area. While fire activity has diminished, the area near the fire […]
News Release: Fire Update – Stoner Mesa Fire
Fire Update – Stoner Mesa FireThursday, August 14, 2025 – 8:00 a.m. Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1Justin Conrad, Incident Commander Information Phone: 970-341-8668 (new number)Email: 2025.stonermesa@firenet.govInformation Staffing Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Special Note: The Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1 (CIMT1) assumed management of the Stoner Mesa Fire last […]
News Release: BLM Tres Rios Field Office implements Stage 2 fire restrictions
BLM CO TRFO Stage 2 Fire Restrictions area map News ReleaseBLM Colorado, Southwest District, Tres Rios Field OfficeMedia Contact: Dolores Public Lands Information Center, 970-882-7296 August 7, 2025 BLM Tres Rios Field Office implements Stage 2 fire restrictions Dolores, Colo. – Stage 2 fire restrictions begin Friday, August 8, 2025 for all public […]
Information: STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS
STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITIONS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire. 36 CFR 261.52 (a). This includes charcoal grills and barbecues, coal and wood burning stoves, and sheepherder’s stoves, and includes use in developed camping and picnic grounds. EXCEPT: Devices using pressurized liquid or gas (stoves, grills, or lanterns) that […]
Information: STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS
STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITIONS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire. 36 CFR 261.52(a). This includes charcoal grills. EXCEPT: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates within developed recreation sites and the use of portable stoves, lanterns using gas, jellied petroleum, pressurized […]
Fire Restriction Status
Unincorporated Montezuma County- fire ban in effect July 2, 2025 Montezuma County Burn Ban Simplified Unincorporated Dolores County – Stage 2 restrictions effective August 1, 2025. Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Town of Dolores- ban on all open flames, effective June 23, 2025 Town of Dolores Signed fire ban 2025 Dolores Ordinance 536 Open Fires Town […]
Notice: Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation Effective: 5-2-25 (Until rescinded or superseded)
Notice: Stage 1 Fire RestrictionsUte Mountain Ute Indian ReservationEffective: 5-2-25 (Until rescinded or superseded) Stage 1 – FIRE RESTRICTIONS AREAS FOLLOWS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, coal, or wood burning stove, any type of charcoal fueled broiler or open fire of any type in undeveloped areas. Smoking, except within an enclosed […]
Montezuma County Emergency Alert System
After recent local problems with the Nixle system, as well as the widely publicized issues with the alert and notification systems during fires in Boulder County and Maui, Montezuma County has launched a new Emergency Alert System. This new system will allow you to receive emergency alerts for severe weather, road closures, evacuations, missing persons, […]