Perk Canyon burn scar restoration project aims to prevent future flooding in Ruidoso

RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – Scars from wildfire and flooding still mark the Lincoln National Forest landscape, like in Perk Canyon just upstream of the Village of Ruidoso. Following the devastating 2024 South Fork wildfires, heavy rains last summer sent torrents of water racing down steep slopes, flooding Ruidoso and damaging hundreds of homes. So the nonprofit Rio Grande [...]