/PRNewswire/ Western Sky Community Care (Western Sky) is partnering with the New Mexico Acequia Association to help restore water to the regions devastated.
About 200 victims of the biggest fire in state history packed a high school lecture hall in Mora on Monday night, many of whom say they need immediate help even as a massive compensation program is on its way.
The $2.5 billion included in the new congressional spending plan greatly exceeds the amount Congress awarded the last time the federal government accidentally let a prescribed burn escape in New Mexico, according to a Source New Mexico review.
Despite the high number, some state lawmakers are worried about the federal government’s long-term commitment to restoring the northern New Mexico landscape
Experts caution that giving the feds too much blame distracts from the broader conditions enabling such a devastating fire mismanaged forests and climate change.