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NM’s 2025 Wildfire Season: Preparation, Resilience and Recovery

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

New Mexicans are weathering another wildfire season while the residents and forests in and around the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar are still recovering from the largest-ever fire to rip through the state in 2022. This week, we take you to Northern New Mexico for an update on the status of those efforts. On the…

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Volunteer programs halted across New Mexico with AmeriCorps ‘in shambles’

Close-up of a red jacket featuring an AmeriCorps 20 Years patch.

This week New Mexico in Focus took on the dismantling of an agency that’s made service to others part of the nation’s fabric for over three decades: AmeriCorps. This continues our examination of the cascade of recent federal cuts and how they’re showing up here in New Mexico.  You likely associate its members with environmental stewardship…

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