{"id":45119,"date":"2024-05-28T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=45119"},"modified":"2024-05-28T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:41:20","slug":"we-dont-jump-the-bootheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/we-dont-jump-the-bootheel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We don\u2019t jump the Bootheel\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/woyxJ21\/ourland\">Subscribe to Our Land Weekly<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Two firefighters walk through a smoky forest, wearing protective gear and carrying tools. The firefighter in the foreground has a red helmet and sunglasses, while the other carries a hose ready to spray water at any hot spots.\" class=\"wp-image-45121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123-48x27.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-3123.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 24, 2021, a campfire blew up along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo County. It was burning on the Diamond A Ranch, private land in the rugged Animas Mountains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than two decades, people let fires burn there. But in 2021, the strategy was for full suppression. More than two seasons had passed without monsoon rains. It was hot. And it was windy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the closest engine seven hours away, smokejumpers were ordered to the fire \u2014 even though one captain warned: \u201cWe don\u2019t jump the Bootheel; it is a pile of rocks and there are weird winds coming off of the Animas Mountains. We had a bad experience last time we jumped this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Mexico&#8217;s Bootheel doesn\u2019t have many roads. Security is an issue. And communication is spotty \u2014 for cell phones and emergency radios. And even en route to the fire, crews couldn\u2019t use their satellite phones because they didn\u2019t have the new SIM cards required.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the eight smokejumpers sent to the fire was Tim Hart, a six-year veteran of the West Yellowstone Jump Base.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As hot winds radiated off the sunbaked desert floor, Tim was the sixth jumper out of the plane.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About two hundred feet above the ground, his canopy sped up, and according to one of the other jumpers, he \u201ccame out of the air super fast, like he got caught in a burble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim landed on the side of a drainage in \u201crocks the size of garbage pails,\u201d according to the accident report. He was unconscious when his fellow jumpers ran to him, and it was more than two hours until he arrived by air ambulance at the hospital in El Paso, where he died from his injuries nine days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, approaching the third anniversary of Tim&#8217;s death, I spoke with his wife, Michelle Hart. We talked about Tim. And about the challenges wildland firefighters and their families face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some of the news you might want to read:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/like-it-or-not-a-hydrogen-ecosystem-is-coming-to-new-mexico\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLike It Or Not, a Hydrogen Ecosystem Is Coming to New Mexico\u201d<\/a> (Jerry Redfern, Capital &amp; Main)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2024\/05\/23\/wqcc-unclear-disclosure-rules\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDisclosure rules unclear for commissioners set to decide on O&amp;G wastewater rules\u201d<\/a> (Danille Prokop, Source NM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2024\/05\/22\/provision-for-acequia-insurance-hanging-in-balance-as-u-s-house-and-senate-debate-farm-bill\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cProvision for acequia insurance hanging in balance as U.S. House and Senate debate Farm Bill\u201d <\/a>(Patrick Lohmann, Source NM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/briefs\/farmers-and-ranchers-should-take-wildfire-preparedness-steps-state-says\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFarmers and ranchers should take wildfire preparedness steps, state says\u201d<\/a> (Patrick Lohmann, Source NM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2024\/05\/27\/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-toxic\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHow 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals\u201d<\/a> (Sharon Lerner, <em>The New Yorker<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2024\/05\/24\/nm-gets-18-million-for-pfas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNew Mexico to receive $18.9M in federal money for \u2018forever chemical\u2019 detection\u201d<\/a> (Danielle Prokop, Source NM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/28\/climate\/pfas-forever-chemicals-industry-lawsuits.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for \u2018Astronomical\u2019 PFAS Lawsuits\u201d<\/a> (Hiroko Tabuchi, <em>The New York Times<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/the-wests-wetlands-are-struggling-some-have-been-overlooked-altogether\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe West\u2019s wetlands are struggling. Some have been overlooked altogether.\u201d<\/a> (Natalia Mesa, <em>High Country News<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/business\/my-journey-documenting-new-mexico-s-abandoned-well-issues\/article_fc6b3e46-1864-11ef-9da0-8397f85359c5.html#tncms-source=home-featured-7-block\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMy journey documenting New Mexico\u2019s abandoned well issues\u201d<\/a> (Megan Gleason, <em>Albuquerque Journal<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/show\/university-showcase\/2024-05-13\/nothing-left-for-me-focuses-on-the-trauma-brought-by-the-navajo-livestock-reduction-program\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c&#8217;Nothing Left For Me&#8217; focuses on the trauma brought by the Navajo Livestock Reduction Program\u201d<\/a> (Megan Kamerick, KUNM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/05\/27\/home-insurance-dropped-coverage\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHome insurance was once a \u2018must.\u2019 Now more homeowners are going without.\u201d<\/a> (Patrick Cooley, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Newsletter readers will remember that last May, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced a special inspection of the URENCO USA uranium enrichment facility in Eunice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation came after a construction crane without the required safety controls was operating near a building that handles uranium hexafluoride. According to the NRC, that situation involved a \u201cbreakdown of controls designed to prevent chemical, radiological, and criticality hazards \u2014 the primary concern at U.S. fuel cycle facilities.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the NRC, Louisiana Energy Services had committed other violations, too, prompting the federal body to levy a $70,000 civil penalty against the company.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, staff with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are holding a hybrid public meeting to talk about their safety assessment of the uranium enrichment facility in Eunice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 29, you can attend in person (Lea County Event Center, 5101 North Lovington Highway in Hobbs) or virtually via <a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_N2I1MTJiYTctMjBkZS00OGU4LWI5MjYtY2Q4MjVlYzc4NTJh%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e8d01475-c3b5-436a-a065-5def4c64f52e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%229c80297c-d799-434f-b548-552d34bbc3f5%22%7d\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Teams<\/a>, or by phone at 301-576-2978, passcode 880639709#. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/docs\/ML2406\/ML24061A268.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can also read the assessment online<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lastly, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/respect-and-reciprocity-an-our-land-special\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">if you missed the show last week, please check it out online<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> We spent the hour talking about lands and waters, and what the world could be like if we treated our rivers and landscapes \u2014 and one another \u2014 with a sense of respect and reciprocity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>P.S. 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And if you miss us throughout the week, follow <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/our_land_nm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Land on Instagram<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Our Land Logo\" class=\"wp-image-41765\" style=\"width:312px;height:104px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1536x512.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-2048x682.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-24x8.png 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-36x12.png 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-48x16.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 24, 2021, a campfire blew up along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo County. 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