Toluca wildfire prevention and tree conservation program, Digi Mart USA News (Toluca, Mexico): Ahead of the dry season, the Municipal Government of Toluca, through the General Directorate of Environment, is maintaining permanent brigades for wildfire prevention and forest health conservation in the municipality’s main green areas.
The work has focused on key sites including the Nevado de Toluca, Parque Alameda 2000, Cerro del Dios Tolo and Parque Sierra Morelos. In these areas, trained personnel have carried out preventive pruning across 2.5 hectares, cleared 2,585 square meters of firebreaks, traced 380 meters of black lines, and removed 38 cubic meters of dry material for later shredding.
Alongside wildfire risk containment, the municipal administration has prioritized plant health and soil conservation to favor water infiltration. To date, the efforts include applying compost to 4,579 specimens, cleaning tree basins around 1,579 trees, providing emergency watering to 900 more, and installing 600 stakes to support their growth.
These interventions are being carried out in coordination with federal and state agencies, including the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR), the State of Mexico Water Commission through Probosque, and CEPANAF.
Municipal authorities reiterated their call on residents to help conserve natural spaces by avoiding campfires, not discarding flammable waste, and promptly reporting any sign of smoke or incipient fire.
