NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – We’re heading into the second week of October and for many national forests in our state, that means prescribed burn season should be in full swing; but, as KRQE News 13 found out, the unusually high temperatures are putting a damper on the usual burn schedule.
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“We are amid a wildfire crisis across the west of the United States,” said Zach Behrens, Public Affairs Officer with the Carson National Forest. With recent summers of devastating wildfires, that’s a truth New Mexicans know all too well.
“Wildfire is a natural part of the landscape, so it just part of nature’s way of clearing out fuels and all of that,” said Amanda Fry, Public Affairs Officer with the Lincoln National Forest. However, experts say wildfires have become much more severe than they were 100 years ago. So, intentional fires called prescribed burns are meant to help nature along, safely.