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The Line: Fire Season Approaches

March 23, 2018 – New Mexico is getting ready for an intense fire season. Experts predict that a drought may cause fires to burn hotter and faster than past years. Is New Mexico doing enough to minimize the risk? How can homeowners and others prepare? Gene Grant leads the Line panel in a discussion on how our state might best handle the coming fire season.

Line Panelists:
Dan Foley, former House minority whip
Mary Hudetz, reporter, Associated Press
Andy Lyman, reporter for NM Political Report
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy and McCarthy, LLP

Further reading:
Bracing for the big one this wildfire season – by Andrew Oxford and Sarah Halasz Graham, The Santa Fe New Mexican
Fire Season 2018: Hotter, faster fires expected this year – by Ollie Reed Jr., Albuquerque Journal