SEVEN-HUNDRED ACRES AND HOLDING: THAT’S THE CASE FOR THE SAN PASQUAL FIRE BURNING ON THE BOSQUE DEL APACHE WILDLIFE REFUGE IN SOCORRO COUNTY. THE FIRE IS CURRENTLY 10 PERCENT CONTAINED WITH 120 FIRE PERSONNEL WORKING THE FIRE LINES.
NO STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED AND THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO BE GOOD NEWS IN ONE WAY: IT’LL WIPE OUT THE SALT CEDAR … A NON NATIVE SPECIES OF TREE THAT’S TAKEN OVER IN THE BOSQUE. THE BAD NEWS IS THE FIRE THREATENS AN AREA BIRD SANCTUARY.
