New Mexico’s most destructive wildfire was caused by a prescribed burn. What’s next for the Forest Service?

The Government Accountability Office found that safety measures were lacking in the Forest Service’s prescribed burns.

Two years after the U.S. Forest Service sparked what would become the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history, independent investigators say there are gaps that need to be addressed if the agency is to be successful at using prescribed fire as a tool to reduce risk amid climate change.