Politics Public domain/National Wildfire Coordinating Group/sourcenm.com No bills for southern New Mexico Black Fire victims yet About two weeks into the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers have not yet introduced measures to set aside state money just for communities affected by the Black Fire in Southern New Mexico.
ImpactsUtah Department of Transp/Flickr Clock is ticking on burn scar agriculture as waterways remain clogged A frustrated member of Congress wrote to FEMA, saying the agency agreed months ago that acequias qualified but that aid still hadn't arrived.
Politics Magaret Curtis/Facebook After fire and flood, ash chokes acequias in northern NM Waterways in the burn scar sustained generations. Before they can be restored, they’ll have to be seen.
ImpactsJames St. John/ Flickr Silt struggling to clean drinking water after Grizzly Creek fire, mudslides The small town down the river from Glenwood Canyon has to filter out more debris in the Colorado River ever since the burn.
