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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issues statement on the U.S. Forest Service's admission of responsibility in the 2022 Cerro Pelado Fire

Statement

Date: July 24, 2023
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Issues: Government Operations Environment Natural Resources

"I am -- again -- outraged over the U.S. Forest Service's negligence that caused this destruction. While climate change and extreme drought continue to plague the Southwest, the Forest Service must abandon their business-as-usual approach to prescribed burns and forest management in our state. I am relieved to hear that the Forest Service will now use technology to prevent this from occurring in the future. We will continue to hold the federal government accountable for each of the disastrous fires they caused in our state last summer."


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