Dixon's Apple owners talk about damages from Las Conchas fire

From KOB-TV.com - Dixon's Apple Orchard in Cochiti Canyon is speaking out about how the Las Conchas fire impacted their crop. For the most part, the apple orchard was spared, but the orchard's owners say flooding is now posing an even bigger threat than fires. The fire left the canyon barren, and any rain will now be rushed directly towards the orchard. Contract workers are being brought in to clear out the brush from the ditch that runs through the orchard and expand it, hoping it will just channel the flood-waters through. Dixon's Apple Orchard co-owner Jim Mullane said they are trying to prepare for flood waters as much as they can. Out of the orchard's 3,000 apple trees, 300 were lost. The orchard's owners Becky and Jim Mullane lost their home in the fire and several employee buildings. Read more

Dixon's Apple owners talk about damages from Las Conchas fire