Planting Seeds in a Burn Scar

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 the area’s canopy. 

Correspondent: Elizabeth Miller 

Photojournalists:  
Joey Dunn  
Manny Valdez  

Editor: Lou DiVizio  

Guests:  
Andrei Toca, Research Scientist, John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, New Mexico State University  

Christopher Marsh, Research Scientist, Center for Fire Resilient Ecosystems and Society, University of New Mexico