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Gabe Vasquez: “This is not just affecting Lincoln county, it's also…”

Featuring: Gabe Vasquez, Democratic | U.S. House, New Mexico, District 2

Rep. Vasquez: ‘Incredibly critical’ situation in New Mexico could destroy culture, history of state

Published June 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 00:34

And we're coming off of the two largest fires that New Mexico experienced just last year. Right now the focus should be on preventing the further loss of life. And so we are working inter jurisdictionally because This is not just affecting Lincoln county, it's also impacting the Mescalero Apache Reservation. And so there's multiple jurisdictions, different counties and sovereign nations that are all working together to contain this fire. (00:34–00:41)

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Asserts that the fire is impacting both Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation.

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“We have received tremendous support from our surrounding neighbors in places like Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas.”
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“The tribal community across New Mexico is coming together to help Mescalero.”
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“The new incident team that just came in yesterday that's on the ground now is doing a good job of coordinating resources.”
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“This is the heart of the Lincoln National Forest. And the Mescalero Apache tribe have called this place home since time immemorial.”
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“In my district, the districts that. That's as big as the size of Pennsylvania, we have seven sovereign nations.”
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“Ridoso is a community that has supported an economy in a very rural part of our district.”
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“It includes the only ski basin in southern New Mexico.”
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