State of emergency in New Mexico due to drought, increasing fire risk
5/29/2025 2:54:37 PM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
New Mexico
Bernalillo County, NM
Catron County, NM
Chaves County, NM
Cibola County, NM
Colfax County, NM
Curry County, NM
DeBaca County, NM
Dona Ana County, NM
Eddy County, NM
Grant County, NM
Guadalupe County, NM
Harding County, NM
Hidalgo County, NM
Lea County, NM
Lincoln County, NM
Los Alamos County, NM
Luna County, NM
McKinley County, NM
Mora County, NM
Otero County, NM
Quay County, NM
Rio Arriba County, NM
Roosevelt County, NM
San Juan County, NM
San Miguel County, NM
Sandoval County, NM
Santa Fe County, NM
Sierra County, NM
Socorro County, NM
Taos County, NM
Torrance County, NM
Union County, NM
Valencia County, NM
Start Date: 5/22/2025
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham urged counties statewide to ban fireworks and has ordered a task force to devise short-term emergency measures to address the ongoing drought and rising wildfire risk.
The governor issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency on Thursday, May 22, which made available funds to help address the drought. It also directed the New Mexico Drought Task Force to meet, which occurred Wednesday, May 28, to coordinate response efforts across more than 10 state agencies.
Source New Mexico (Santa Fe), May 28, 2025
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