New Mexico sues feds over refusing to reimburse state for $61M in wildfire costs

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: September 8, 2026

Words: 340

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday announced that her office had sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to reimburse the New Mexico National Guard for at least $61 million in costs it incurred fighting a 2022 wildfire that the federal government inadvertently ignited.

The 2022 Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire burned a roughly 534-square-mile area in northern New Mexico after two federal prescribed burns escaped containment lines and merged into …

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