NRCS reseeding the Hermits Peak - Calf Canyon burns

[Linda Poole]

Natural Resource Conservation Service begins air-dropping seeds and mulch over the burn scar in northern NM​

The Emergency Watershed Protection Program is a federal recovery project that aims to protect life and property after natural disasters. The NRCS, an agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, started the program up in Mora and San Miguel Counties following the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire.

And the agency will do more than flyovers. The program includes cleanup of damaged regions, as well as building flood-prevention structures.

The state is sponsoring the project and would normally have to pay for construction, but the NRCS is picking up the full bill this time. The program is funded as part of $133 million secured from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, money that’s committed for recovery from the wildfire and flooding in New Mexico.

Feds begin air-dropping seeds and mulch over the burn scar in northern NM - Source New Mexico

Watersheds have been threatened and damaged for months by the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history and the flooding that followed. This week, the Natural Resources Conservation Service got a start on land restoration by dropping seeds by helicopter and mulch by plane onto private land.

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