Posts Tagged ‘wildfires’
Top Stories of 2020: #5 & #4
January 1, 2021 – This week, we continue our countdown of the top stories of 2020. Coming in at number 5 on this year’s list is climate change in New Mexico. From warming temperatures to water shortages, wildfires to a mysterious bird die-off this fall, no part of our state is untouched by our changing…
Read MoreOur Land: How Australia’s Bush Fires Might Inform New Mexico’s Upcoming Fire Season
April 10, 2020 – Our Land correspondent Laura Paskus sits down with Santa Fe National Forest firefighter Terrance Gallegos, who went to Australia to help combat the country’s recent unprecedented wildfires, which burned more than 72,000 square miles and destroyed some 6,000 buildings. Based on that experience, he looks ahead to New Mexico’s fire season. …
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