A new national forecast warns that above-normal wildfire risk will exist through most of New Mexico by April. Meanwhile, ...
In New Mexico, the Gila National Forest near Silver City and the Lincoln National Forests near Alamogordo are experiencing "a dryness component more comparable to peak fire season than early March ...
The Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness encompass some 600,000 acres and draw thousands of tourists each year. They've also been the site of recent fires, which Weiss said worried him.