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Emergency Watershed Protection Program Saves New Mexico Community

January 19, 2012 Clifford Sánchez, NRCS New Mexico

Disaster struck northern New Mexico on June 12, 2011, as the human-caused “Track Fire” exploded north of Raton, in Colfax County. Within 72 hours, 27,790 acres were scorched in New Mexico and Colorado. Luckily, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) was able to begin the restoration of...

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