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Gila National Forest warns of dry conditions, plans stage 1 restrictions and staffing for 2025 fire season
Summary
Forest Service officials told the Grant County commission that drought and below-normal snowpack left fuels dry; the Gila National Forest plans stage 1 fire restrictions starting March 10 and expects increased fire potential in spring and early summer.
Gila National Forest staff told the Grant County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 27 that the forest is starting the 2025 fire season in unusually dry conditions and will move to stage 1 fire restrictions on March 10.
Javier, the forest’s fire and fuels planner, presented precipitation and soil-moisture data showing snow-water-equivalent and soil-moisture percentiles well below historical averages across Grant County. He said multiple monitoring sites show February totals in…
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