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What NM Officials Expect from the 2025 Fire Season

June 5, 2025
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6.6.25 – Since New Mexico’s fire season began this spring, about 25 local jurisdictions have imposed some level of fire restriction. In May, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency due to the state’s severe drought and increased fire risk. Source New Mexico reporter Patrick Lohmann speaks with State Forester Laura McCarthy about…

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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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