A Story of Fire and Water This week the Washington Post looked at how land that’s been burned and denuded from repeat wildfires is seeding the ground for back-to-back flooding in New Mexico. And it’s not just proliferating wildfires. Runoff is also driven by degraded land, the lack of biodiverse vegetation, and the absence of natural water engineers like beavers.If you want to better understand floods, you’ve got to look down at the dirt, not just up in the clouds.
Posted: July 12, 2025