Forest After the 2011 Las Conchas Fire (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Forest After the 2011 Las Conchas Fire

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Jon Pelletier, a University of Arizona professor of geosciences, walks through the forest on Cerro del Medio, a mountain in New Mexico's Valles Grande, after the 2011 Las Conchas fire.

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Caitlin Orem

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