Wildfire – The Durango Herald

New law requires speedier post-wildfire homeowners insurance payouts

HB-1111 requires insurers to pay disaster victims at least 65% of their lost home’s covered contents within 30 days

DATE: Jun 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Can we replace fire with mechanical thinning in Southwest Colorado?

Forest ecologists argue prescribed burns are necessary even as they have caused blazes this spring

DATE: Jun 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear Dance Fire sparks east of Ignacio; power cut to about 2,500 customers

Blaze torches about 20 acres of brush willow and cottonwood trees

DATE: Jun 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rep. Lauren Boebert criticizes Forest Service chief for pausing prescribed burns

Federal agency says decision will have minimal impact

DATE: May 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Students displaced by fire hold prom at governor’s mansion

SANTA FE (AP) – The largest wildfire in New Mexico history wouldn’t stand in the way of a normal prom for Mora High School students. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham saw to that. Students laughed...

DATE: May 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Scientists protect their homes from wildfire smoke, poor air quality

Preventive measures can limit impacts on health

DATE: May 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pre-evacuations lifted as firefighters control Durango’s Perins Peak Fire

County roads 206 and 208 are no longer under notice; crews secure northern edge of blaze

DATE: May 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters gain upper hand on Perins Peak Fire, but weekend weather raises concern

‘The likelihood of it being a lightning-caused fire is slim to none,’ official says

DATE: May 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Perins Peak Fire prompts pre-evacuation order; blaze estimated at 105 acres

Air resources diverted from Pagosa Springs

DATE: May 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Perins Peak Fire starts west of Durango

DATE: May 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Priceless seeds, sprouts key to West’s post-fire future

A New Mexico facility where researchers work to restore forests devastated by fires faced an almost cruelly ironic threat: The largest wildfire burning in the U.S. was fast approaching. Owen...

DATE: May 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico