New Mexico NomadMar 23, 2024

Giovanni Maria Agostini, the mysterious hermit who sought solitary solace in caves outside of Las Vegas and Las Cruces, after walking the world for decades - https://newmexiconomad.com/the-hermit/

#NewMexico #history #roadtrip #daytrip #hiking #OptOutside #travel #OrganMountains #HermitsPeak

New Mexico Nomad : The Hermit

The mysterious hermit who sought solitary solace in caves outside of Las Vegas and Las Cruces, New Mexico after walking the world for decades.

New Mexico Nomad
theredelmDec 18, 2022
#NewMexico’s #wildfire victims are still struggling | TPR https://www.tpr.org/2022-12-18/new-mexicos-wildfire-victims-are-still-struggling
#HermitsPeak #CalfCanyon #nmfire #wildfirerecovery
New Mexico's wildfire victims are still struggling

After prescribed burns went awry in New Mexico, wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes and endangered water supplies. Billions of dollars in federal aid haven't reached victims yet.

TPR
djmJun 21, 2022
Sandbags are available at six distribution sites for communities with the potential risk of debris-flows and flooding in San Miguel & Mora County. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/NMSNF/2022-04-19-2208-Calf-Canyon/related_files/pict20220509-150516-0.pdf
#HermitsPeak #CalfCanyon #nmfire
djmJun 21, 2022

U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday.

#CalfCanyon #HermitsPeak #NMFire

https://www.wildfirelessons.net/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=b6bc7e71-ecca-a7b3-16fb-22b5d69855ae&forceDialog=0

https://www.yahoo.com/news/miscalculations-errors-blamed-massive-mexico-171856642.html

djmJun 21, 2022
New USFS report details errors with prescribed burn that led to #CalfCanyon #HermitsPeak #NMFire https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-usfs-report-details-errors-with-prescribed-burn-that-led-to-calf-canyon-hermits-peak-fire/
New USFS report details errors with prescribed burn that led to Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire

A U.S. Forest Service review says the agency used outdated modeling and didn’t account for myriad troubling factors in April before starting a prescribed burn that blew up into the largest wildfire in New Mexico history.

KOB.com