‘It’s bad’: How drought, lack of snowpack and federal cuts could spell wildfire disaster in NM
by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico A new national forecast warns that above-normal wildfire risk will exist through most of New Mexico by April. Meanwhile, federal cuts could leave one-third of the state without dispatchers to monitor for nascent blazes and fewer firefighters to respond if they blow up. Snowpack this year was far below average. Most of the state is in severe drought. Fine fuels, like grass and pine […]
