Many people in the area of Cleveland lined their properties with sandbags on Friday in preparation for possible flash flooding. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
The Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response, or BAER team, has released a map of soil burn severity for 190,000 acres of the Sapello River, Upper Mora River, Coyote Creek and Embudo Creek watersheds impacted by the fire.
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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.
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