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Planting Seeds in a Burn Scar

June 5, 2025
A rocky mountain rises above a landscape of sparse, patchy trees and brush under a clear blue sky.

6.6.25 – In 2022, the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than 340,000 acres of spruce, fir and ponderosa pine. Today, recovery for the forest in the burn scar remains a work in progress. Correspondent Elizabeth Miller takes us to one of many replanting sites and speaks with two researchers who are working to restore…

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Fire Season in NM; Planting Seeds in a Burn Scar

June 5, 2025
Aerial view of a mountain landscape with forested hills, some areas showing signs of previous wildfire damage, under a partly cloudy blue sky.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we dig into this year’s ongoing fire season. In 2022, the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than 340,000 acres of spruce, fir and ponderosa pine. Today, recovery for the forest in the burn scar remains a work in progress. Correspondent Elizabeth Miller takes us to one of…

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