Restoration work continues for the Poco Loco burn scar after last year's fire: Photos

Bosque field technician Elena Rosales works a section of the Poco Loco burn scar in the river forest in Albuquerque on Monday.

From left, student biologists Elena Rosales, Lauren Urenda and Maura Hearn remove a large branch from the Poco Loco burn scar in the bosque in Albuquerque on Monday.

Bosque Field Technician Maura Hearn works a section of the Poco Loco burn scar in Bosque in Albuquerque on Monday, March 24, 2025.

Ancestral Lands Youth Conservation Corp members Kyler McCarter, Choctaw, left, and Isaiah Begay, Diné, right, feed a wood chipper in the Poco Loco burn scar in Bosque in Albuquerque on Monday, March 24, 2025.

Members of the Ancestral Lands Youth Conservation Corp work in the Poco Loco burn scar in Bosque in Albuquerque on Monday, March 24, 2025.

Members of the Ancestral Lands Youth Conservation Corp carry slash to a wood chipper at the Poco Loco burn scar in Bosque in Albuquerque on Monday, March 24, 2025.

Bosque Field Technicians Maura Hearn, from left, Lauren Urenda and Elena Rosales, right, move a fallen branch from the Poco Loco burn scar in Bosque in Albuquerque on Monday, March 24, 2025.

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Published March 24, 2025 - 2:11 p.m. Modified March 25, 2025 - 8:56 a.m.

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