FILE - U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, testifies before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearings to examine President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the Forest Service on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 9, 2022. 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. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE - Democratic New Mexico Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez applauds as President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at Arcosa Wind Towers factory Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M. 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. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
FILE - The Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire burns south of Las Vegas, N.M., Saturday, May 7, 2022. 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. (Robert Browman/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)