Fire Danger Index for Catron County is

Moderate to High

• Extreme - Potential for Large Fires Exists
  
• Very High - Dangerous Burning Conditions Exists
  
• High - Fires are Active
  
• Moderate - Some Potential for Fire
  
• Low - Potential for Fire Activity is Low 

"Communities for Healthy Forests"

Mission Statement:

Communities for Healthy Forests was founded to inform the public, natural resource managers and policy makers about catastrophic stand clearing events in public forests caused by fire, and other natural disasters.  Communities for Healthy Forests exists to illustrate and explain the benefits of applying the best scientifically supported prescriptions for restoring health to overgrown forests and to rehabilitate severely damaged forests promptly following such events.

For more information, see link below:

www.communitiesforhealthyforests.org

"The Forest Factor":

the factor in the carbon cycle, climate change, and our community.