Firefighters are silhouetted against the glow of a night burnout operation on the Thompson Ridge Fire, NM. Firefighters executed the burnout to protect the old-growth trees and historic structures on the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
A firefighter is dwarfed by an ancient Ponderosa Pine tree he has been entrusted to protect from a raging forest fire. Between heavy logging practices, aggressive fire suppression strategies, and the impacts of a warming climate, old-growth trees like this one have become increasingly rare in our western forests.
Flames are reflected in the window of the Foreman’s Cabin in the Historic District of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM. Firefighters executed a night burnout operation to protect the old-growth trees and historic structures from the Thompson Ridge Fire.
