EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The public can learn more about plans to help the Gila National Forest recover from the devastating 2022 Black Fire.

A public meeting will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 28 at the Upper Mimbres Fire Department, Thunderbird Station in Mimbres, New Mexico.

The meeting will be about phase 1 projects to recover and restore land from the Black Fire, which burned more than 327,000 acres of state, private and Gila National Forest land.

After the fire, a strong monsoon season caused widespread flooding and erosion within the fire permimeter and downstream.

Since the Black Fire, officials with the Gila National Forest has been working with numerous partners including Bat Conservation International, National Forest Foundation, Sierra Soil nad Water Conservation Distric

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