Nm Forestry Division News Today

After igniting on May 16 by lightning strike, the wildfire has since led to the evacuation of several neighborhoods and communities in Lincoln County.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A forest fire near the town of Timberon, New Mexico, has burned 100 acres and is zero percent contained, according to a news release sent out by the New Mexico Forestry Division late Friday night, May 3. The Oakmont Fire was discovered at about 12:30 p.m. Friday. All roads into […]

News from Grant County, New Mexico

News from Grant County, New Mexico

News from Grant County, New Mexico

Groups sue state over oil and gas pollution

There’s a potential boost for New Mexico’s economy and forests through logging, especially after the severe fire season the state endured this summer. But it’ll probably be months before any action could be taken, if at all, to cut and process the trees burned by historic fire destruction.

There’s a potential boost for New Mexico’s economy and forests through logging, especially after the severe fire season the state endured this summer. But it’ll probably be months before any action could be taken, if at all, to cut and process the trees burned by historic fire destruction.

Over 80,000 acres of land are badly charred by the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, and natural regeneration could take hundreds of years. To drop that timespan to just a decade or two, the New Mexico Reforestation Center wants to replant trees.

New fires ignited by lightning