U.S. Forest Service Seeking $38 Million Reimbursement from Coop for Wildfire

The U.S. Forest Service has sent a $38 million bill to Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative in connection with the agency’s firefighting and remediation efforts involving the 2011 Las Conchas Fire.  This move comes even as the Forest Service has been named in a related lawsuit for its role in vegetation management along the power lines where the fire began.  The Santa Fe New Mexican is covering this story.

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