Last year’s Fire Season May Only be a Warm-Up for this Summer, says Valles Caldera Chief Scientist

Bob Parmenter, Chief Scientist for the Valles Caldera Preserve in the Jemez, where the largest fire in the state’s history burned over 30,000 acres last June, says that we may just be in “half time” before another devastating fire season.

New research shows that we’re in a two-year drought cycle, he says, and La Nina is now setting us up perfectly for more major fires.

 

I hope we can use this “halftime” to give us another tool to fight fires: the ability for the Governor and local governments to ban and restrict the sale and use of fireworks in times of extreme fire danger. If you agree, sign the petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/new-mexico-legislators-ban-the-sale-and-use-of-fireworks-in-times-of-drought.

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[Josh]

interesting video