Plan Process

The following agencies, organizations, and individuals were contacted and invited to provide input on Bandeliers Fire Management Plan (FMP) Environmental Assessment (EA). Affiliated tribes were also invited to participate in the process.

• New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office
• Local Tribal Foresters
• New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Fish and Wildlife Biologist from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters
• NPS Climate Change Planning Specialist
• Washington Support Office Climate Change Ecologist
• Research Ecologists from U.S. Geological Survey
• Fire Ecologist from U.S. Forest Service
• Fuels Program Manager from U.S. Forest Service
• Professor of Fire Ecology and Fire Science from Northern Arizona University
• Professor of the School of Natural Resources from University of Arizona
• Research Scholar from University of New Mexico
• Fire Management Officer from Los Alamos National Laboratory

The National Park Service conducted public scoping from May 20 to June 3, 2024, to ensure public opportunity to provide input on the FMP EA alternatives. Two comments were received.

The public is invited to comment on the FMP EA from December 19, 2025 to February 1, 2026.


* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Define purpose and need/develop preliminary alternatives
Step 2. Conduct external scoping
Step 3. Refine alternatives
Step 4. Identify environmental impacts and select preferred alternative
Step 5. Prepare draft plan/environmental document
Step 6. Public review of draft plan/environmental document