U.S. Forest Service employees made several mistakes, including underestimating the impact of climate change on conditions in the Southwest, when planning a controlled burn to reduce the threat of wildfires in New Mexico earlier this year.
Carson Hot Shots Tyler Freeman works to keep a burning log from rolling down a slope, May 23, 2022, as he and his co-workers work on hot spots from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in the Carson National Forest west of Chacon, N.M.
After decades of aggressive fire-fighting strategies designed to keep wildfires away from population centers, many U.S. forests have become overgrown, increasing the need for prescribed burns that thin overgrowth and reduce the risk of fire spreading out of control. A backlog of scheduled prescribed burns dating to Department of Interior furloughs during the 2018-2019 government shutdown"built a sense of urgency to accomplish projects to 'catch up,'" the report stated.A scorched structure and vehicle stand on a property mostly destroyed by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire on June 2, 2022 near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
In addition to causing warmer temperatures, climate change significantly impacts the water cycle, both of which experts say contributed to the conditions that resulted in the New Mexico fire getting out of hand.
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