a Prepared for: Mora County PO Box 580 Mora, NM 87732 Prepared By: The Forest Stewards Guild 2019 Galisteo St Suite N-7 Santa Fe, NM 87505 b Signatures c Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 2 What is a Community Wildfire Protection Plan? ....................................................................... 2 CWPP Updates............................................................................................................................ 2 Previous Wildfire Planning in Mora County .............................................................................. 3 1| Geography.................................................................................................................................. 4 Land tenure ................................................................................................................................. 4 Vegetation ................................................................................................................................... 5 2| Accomplishments Since 2005 CWPP....................................................................................... 5 Private Land ................................................................................................................................ 5 US Forest Service ....................................................................................................................... 6 Fire District Improvements ......................................................................................................... 6 NM State Lands .......................................................................................................................... 6 Wildfires ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Community Organizations .......................................................................................................... 6 3| Wildland Urban Interface ........................................................................................................ 7 WUI Determination .................................................................................................................... 7 Communities at Risk ................................................................................................................... 7 4| Priority Actions ......................................................................................................................... 9 CWPP implementation and action items .................................................................................... 9 Priority Fuels Treatments ........................................................................................................ 9 Mora County CWPP Priority Actions................................................................................... 10 Human Sources of Ignition ....................................................................................................... 17 Campfires .............................................................................................................................. 18 Refuse Burning and Burn Ban Enforcement ........................................................................ 18 Power Lines .......................................................................................................................... 18 5| Fire Districts ............................................................................................................................ 20 Mapping of Mora County Fire Districts ............................................................................... 20 Training ................................................................................................................................. 20 Fire Districts.............................................................................................................................. 21 Buena Vista ............................................................................................................................... 22 Chacon ...................................................................................................................................... 24 CHET – Cleveland, Holman, Encinal, Tramperos ................................................................... 26 d Golodrinas ................................................................................................................................. 28 Guadalupita ............................................................................................................................... 29 LMC – Ledoux, Monte Alplanado, El Carmen Rociada .......................................................... 31 Mora .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Ocate ......................................................................................................................................... 35 Rainsville .................................................................................................................................. 37 Sierra Bonita – Rincon (SBR)................................................................................................... 39 Watrous ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Wagon Mound .......................................................................................................................... 42 Eastern Mora County ................................................................................................................ 44 Rociada ..................................................................................................................................... 45 6| Companion Plans .................................................................................................................... 46 Statewide Natural Resources Assessment ................................................................................ 46 New Mexico State Hazard Mitigation Plan .............................................................................. 46 New Mexico All-Hazard Emergency Operations Plan ............................................................. 47 Surrounding County CWPP’s ................................................................................................... 47 Mora County All-Hazard Plan .................................................................................................. 48 7| Community Oriented Programs ............................................................................................ 48 Fire Adapted Communities ....................................................................................................... 48 Firewise Communities .............................................................................................................. 49 8| Wildfire Preparedness ............................................................................................................ 49 Ingress and Egress..................................................................................................................... 49 Roads......................................................................................................................................... 50 Evacuation................................................................................................................................. 50 Smoke Impacts .......................................................................................................................... 51 Communication ......................................................................................................................... 52 Emergency Notifications ...................................................................................................... 52 Communication for First Responders ................................................................................... 53 Community Emergency Response Team .................................................................................. 53 Defensible Space and Home Hardening ................................................................................... 53 9| Planning for Post-Fire Recovery ........................................................................................... 56 Safety ........................................................................................................................................ 56 Flooding and Erosion ................................................................................................................ 56 NM After Wildfire Guide ......................................................................................................... 57 e 10| Collaboration ......................................................................................................................... 57 Core Team ................................................................................................................................. 59 Community Meetings...............................................................................................................