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Are Megafires the New Normal?

KUNM Call In Show 6/7 8a: For the second year in a row,  New Mexico is seeing record acreage damaged by wildfire. Is this a trend or just random? Why are conditions so ripe for such enormous fires? What can be done to prevent them? We'll also have an update on the Whitewater Baldy Complex fire in the Gila National Forest. We'd like to hear from you!  Email callinshow@kunm.org,leave comments online, or call in live during the show. 

277-5866 or toll-free 877-899-5866

 

Guests:

  • Howard Passell, Researcher, Sandia National Labs
  • Laura McCarthy, Senior Policy Advisor for Fire and Forest Restoration, The Nature Conservancy
  • Matt Rollins, Wildland Fire Science Coordinator, USGS
  • Lee Bently, Fire Information Officer with the Whitewater Baldy Complex fire

 
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Elaine Baumgartel was KUNM's News Director from 2013 to 2019. She was local Morning Edition host from 2007 through 2012 and she regularly hosted the station's live news and public affairs show for some years. Elaine originally came on board at KUNM as a volunteer and student employee in 2003.
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