The Carson National Forest Services has issued a notice that the Hondito Wildfire area located within the Tres Piedras Ranger District will be closed today, Sunday (May 21), through Tuesday (May 30).
The purpose of the temporary closure is to "ensure public safety" as controlled ignitions are performed and multiple burns are monitored by Forest Service personnel, according to the agency. The closure area lies about 30 miles west of Taos, in a swath of Carson National Forest west southwest of Tres Piedras "from the junction of Forest Road 222/675T and Forest Road 167 to the junction of Forest Road 222/1864 to the US Highway 64 junction, approximately three miles north of the Tres Piedras Ranger District Office," a Carson National Forest press release states.