NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Wildfires have left communities devastated across New Mexico, but it’s not just people who are affected. All that destruction takes a toll on the trees left standing. 2024 was a ...
Increasing heat and drought are killing young pines planted on ground scorched by wildfires. Can seeds from the toughest ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An undated Aerial view of bark beetle-killed ponderosa pine on portion of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon burn scar (Courtesy of ...
The number of conifer trees dying in New Mexico’s forests from bark beetle attacks more than doubled last year to 70,000 acres, especially near burn scars left by wildfires in 2022. Bark beetles ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Trees offer shade during sunny New Mexico days and improve property values – but they also provide cooler temperatures and cleaner air. That’s why volunteers are planting hundreds ...
Since 2000, more than 7 million acres of forests and wildlands have burned in New Mexico, underscoring the need for a new center designed to grow tree seedlings for reforestation. The New Mexico ...
The Bureau of Land Management will begin selling Christmas tree permits in New Mexico on Nov. 24. Permits will be available at the Farmington, Taos, Socorro and Rio Puerco field offices, as well as at ...
Dead, barren trees mixed with some green, healthy trees on the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon burn scar on Nov. 30, 2022. The New Mexico Forest Health Conditions 2024 survey assessed trees in the burn scar ...