The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) on Friday called a temporary nationwide halt to controlled burns meant to reduce fire risk after the agency accidentally started part of New Mexico's largest ever wildfire.
The Hermits Peak Calf Canyon fire has burned over 300,000 acres , destroyed up to 1,500 properties and displaced tens of thousands of people, and is still out of control.
The move stops a practise many forest biologists see as crucial to reducing high fuel levels in national forests after a century of fire suppression and decades of logging bans in the case of New Mexico. A USFS managed burn near Las Vegas, New Mexico went ahead despite forecasts for high winds and went out of control on April 6.
The fire later merged with another wind-driven blaze, the cause of which is under investigation, to form the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon fire.
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