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Priceless seeds, sprouts key to US West’s post-fire future

This May 18, 2022 image shows several labeled seedlings that were planted by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., after they were relocated to a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M.. The seedlings were among tens of thousands rescued from New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, as the largest fire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows hundreds of rescued ponderosa pine seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. A team with New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, evacuated an invaluable collection of seeds and seedlings as the largest fire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows nursery manager Tammy Parsons looking through photos on her phone of the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. after she and others relocated tens of thousands of seedlings to a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. The evacuation of the baby trees from New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, came as the fire approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows nursery manager Tammy Parsons thinning aspen seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. Parsons and her colleagues evacuated an invaluable collection of seeds and tens of thousands of seedlings from the New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, as the largest fire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows nursery manager Tammy Parsons thinning aspen seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. Parsons and her colleagues evacuated an invaluable collection of seeds and tens of thousands of seedlings from the New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, as the largest fire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. The aspen sprouts will be used for research planned by Utah State University. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows nursery manager Tammy Parsons thinning aspen seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. Parsons and her colleagues evacuated an invaluable collection of seeds and tens of thousands of seedlings from the New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, as the largest fire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows tiny ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, aspen and other conifer seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. Tens of thousands of the seedlings and an invaluable seed bank recently were evacuated from New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in the mountain community of Mora as the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows tiny ponderosa pine seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. Tens of thousands of the seedlings and an invaluable seed bank recently were evacuated from New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in the mountain community of Mora as the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows tiny ponderosa pine seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. Tens of thousands of the seedlings and an invaluable seed bank recently were evacuated from New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in the mountain community of Mora as the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

This May 18, 2022 image shows nursery manager Tammy Parsons thinning aspen seedlings at a greenhouse in Santa Fe, N.M. Parsons and her colleagues evacuated an invaluable collection of seeds and tens of thousands of seedlings from the New Mexico State University's Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, as the largest fire burning in the U.S. approached the facility. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Priceless seeds, sprouts key to US West’s post-fire future