After the U.S. government started the largest wildfire in New Mexico's recorded history in April, it is asking victims to share recovery costs on private land, jeopardizing relief efforts, according to residents and state officials.
"Today I'm announcing the federal government's covering 100% of the cost," President Joe Biden said during a
Daniel Encinias was among survivors who met Biden and was told by U.S. Department of Agriculture officials he would get timely support at little or no cost. So like many fire survivors in this low-income area who have no insurance, the rancher and retired electrician did the work himself. which offers relief such as stabilization of burn areas prone to flash flooding, according to New Mexico State Forester Laura McCarthy. Residents sometimes own large areas of land passed down from 1800s Spanish-Mexican land grants while working blue-collar jobs.That has left locals, state officials and federal agencies counting on cost shares to be dropped and passage of the congressional bill.
"The federal government burns your house down so they are responsible in my mind to pay 100% of the cost of rebuilding," said Leger FernandezThe blaze burned around 170 acres of rancher Kenny Zamora's forest. His pastures in El Turquillo are covered with up to 2 feet of sludge after monsoon rains triggered debris flows on hillsides that no longer absorb water. The torrents have twice knocked down fences.
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