A review of New Mexico’s Hermits Peak Fire found that US Forest Service errors during a routine prescribed burn contributed to the largest wildfire in New Mexico history
A Chief's Review of New Mexico's Hermits Peak Fire released Tuesday found that US Forest Service errors during a routine prescribed burn contributed to the largest wildfire in New Mexico history.
A years-long backlog of projects owing to department furloughs during the 2018-2019 government shutdown, complications of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic and an injunction related to the Mexican Spotted Owl all restricted the Forest Service's ability to thin trees and conduct prescribed burns in the years prior to spring 2022, according to the report.That string of events"built a sense of urgency to accomplish projects to 'catch up,'" the report stated.
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