Category: Wallow

Yesterday. High winds from the southwest restricted air support operations after 11:00 am. Structure protection remained in place to protect the towns of Luna and Alpine, as well as the Blue River community. Additional resources were brought in to assist with the containment efforts, and replace crews that timed out. Fire did burn NE of Luna about 5 miles into the Bishop Canyon area. Fire in the Blue River backed down close to the road by the Blue camp ground, and by Mile Markers 26 and 31.

Today. Winds will not be as strong, allowing air operations to support the firefighting effort. Temperatures will be lower allowing firefighters to make progress on problem areas. The fire is expected to back down toward the Blue River. Winds will be out of the northwest which will help firefighting efforts at Luna and aid with the protection of the power lines. The fire environment is much more favorable today but long range spotting remains a possibility.

More Information: The Fire Information Office for Zone 2 is located at the Catron County Fairgrounds in Reserve, New Mexico.  For more information about Zone 2 of the Wallow Fire, please call 575-533-6928.

Closures: There is an area closure on the western portions of Quemado, Reserve and Glenwood Ranger Districts.  The closure is necessary to protect the public and provide for firefighter safety while working to contain the Wallow Fire.

 

I put the images together on AZCentral.com’s Wallow Timeline into a video.  Check it out..

Even with the high winds that we experienced over the weekend the air quality was still considered good and moderate for the majority of the time.  This has been a big concern for us with our children.  The Springerville Particulate concentration monitor can be viewed online at ADEQ’s Website.  Below is a snapshot of the weekend’s air quality.

Wesley,

Posting an update is fine.  We are going to try to open the Tal-wi-wi Saloon today around 1:00 (Tuesday).  We probably will not be open late, as Bea is very tired, and we have not contacted our backup bartenders yet.  We figured they need time to get adjusted.  We are looking at Thursday to open the lodge rooms.  I have not been able to contact the Rusty cactus restaurant yet, so I have no update on that yet.  The temporary Verizon towers seemed to have missed much of Tal-wi-wi, so we have no cell service at the lodge, although I heard soom cabins can get their cell phones to work.

Ted.

Wes-

I’m sending you a picture that I took on Saturday afternoon looking across the meadow in Alpine to the south side of Escudilla. We were thrilled to discover that it looks so good overall. Yesterday Matt posted an update on Escudilla and said that the south side was gone and I wanted to reassure people that haven’t made it back yet that the south side is looking better than anticipated. There is heavy damage to the north and west slopes.

Thanks again,

Anne

– Download the full report in PDF – June 19, 2011 @ 2000 hours

Counties, White Mountain Apache Reservation, San Carlos Apache Reservation,  Arizona;  Catron County, New Mexico

Date Started: 05/29/2011  Cause: Human – under investigation

Size: 511,118 acres total

Percent Contained: 51%  Resources: 15 Helicopter; 5 Air Tankers available; 196 Engines; 72 Water Tenders; 21 Dozers

 

I had requests by numerous people to post the poem by Carson Lee.  This morning was the first time that it had been sent to me so I, like all other information that has been sent to me, posted it onto this website.  While I will not refute or condone the contents of the peom, it was something requested by a large enough audience that I did post it.  I received an email below that has been very helpful and influential with the information that is posted onto http://wallow.us.  If this email is offensive to others and you would like it removed then please let me know.  This website is dedicated to only provide information, I am not attempting to promote any political view with the content that is hosted here.  Had a poem been sent to me with a different point of view, combined with the backing of people wanting to have it posted, then I would have obviously posted it as well.  Again, if you, the people that come here for information feel the posts should refrain from anything of this nature please let me know by posting a comment on this post.  The entire purpose and reason this site still exists is for the people that are frequenting it.

 

This is not intended to start a comment “flame war”, so please do not make it one.

 

EMAIL:

First and foremost, I want you to know that for the last 3 weeks you provided a peace of mind for people from all walks of life… ranchers and environmentalists, pillars of the community and newcomers, everyone that has come to love this part of Eastern Arizona.  You gave to our community something rare… an opportunity for us to help each other.

So it is with much sadness that I now find a very political, very divisive poem by Carson Lee on your website.  There were many factors that combined to create the Wallow fire.  Many, many mistakes were made by many people that  love this area and really believed that they knew what was best for the mountain.

This poem doesn’t heal, it hurts.  It hurts those that agree with it as much as those that are offended by it.  It creates division.  It encourages a lynch mob when we need to find solutions that work for everyone.  We need to work together to find a future for the forests.

The poem is beneath you and everything you did with Wallow.us.  Please let us heal together.