Prescribed burns begin in Socorro County

SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bureau of Land Management has started a prescribed burn in Socorro County, New Mexico. Crews will focus their efforts on the Red Rio Bombing Range on the White Sands Missile Range west of Carrizozo.Around 35 people will be working on the unit. The bureau says that the area is sheltered from high winds so greater wind speeds are needed to implement the burn. Protests follow APD rehiring of officer who killed James Boyd“To safely complete the burn