New Mexico wildfires burned grazing land for cattle
7/1/2022 12:42:21 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Colfax County, NM
Los Alamos County, NM
Mora County, NM
Rio Arriba County, NM
San Miguel County, NM
Sandoval County, NM
Santa Fe County, NM
Taos County, NM
Start Date: 4/1/2022
- End Date: 12/31/2022
Fires in northern New Mexico burned thousands of acres at higher elevations that usually support grazing cattle during the summer. In Mora County, the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Fire forced ranchers to graze their cattle on low-country lands where the ranchers would normally grow hay and alfalfa to feed their livestock in the winter. This arrangement leaves ranchers without feed for winter.
The ranchers are frustrated and insist that the federal government should help with remedying the situation.
Santa Fe New Mexican (N.M.), June 27, 2022
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