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Crews of soil and water experts are assessing the damage caused by New Mexico's Wildfires and how monsoon season will interact with the burn scars left behind.
Without intervention, in a few weeks rains will likely sweep trees and soil into the Gallinas river, which would contaminate the water and clog a treatment system that diverts the river’s water into reservoirs and a treatment plant.
As more than 3,000 firefighters in northern New Mexico continued to battle the nation s largest active wildfire Sunday, federal forest officials worried about future flash floods, landslides and destructive ash from the burn scar.