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Yvette Herrell: “We should have about 50 trees an acre. We're seeing, in some…”

Featuring: Yvette Herrell, Republican | Former U.S. House, New Mexico, District 2

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Episode 619: Former Rep. Yvette Herrell talks Ruidoso fires, economic issues/trade/spending

Published | Video Starts at 09:00

So what we've done is we've. We've really put a real hamstring on our watersheds. I mean, with this overgrowth, you know, We should have about 50 trees an acre. We're seeing, in some cases, two and 300 trees per acre. You know, so none of them are growing healthy. We're seeing so many much underbrush. And of course, all of that absorbs and takes the water out of those, you know, our watersheds that we need for crops further east. (09:00–09:08)

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Asserts that current tree density is much higher than the recommended 50 trees per acre.

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