VIDEO: Crews have started to prepare for wildfire season. Nearly 30 inmates, who are trained firefighters with the New Mexico State Forestry division, spent the day cutting down non-native, dead and fallen trees. "We've identified this area on the northwest side of Central to be a spot where we've had more frequent Bosque fires over the last few years,” said Albuquerque Fire Rescue Lieutenant Brian Fox. Once the trees are cut down, they are either stacked into wood piles or put through a wood chipper to be hauled away. “[It will] provide seniors, here in Bernalillo County, with firewood throughout the winter months,” Lt. Fox said. “Another thing is we actually provide some of the slashed material, the branches and things of that sort as a food source for the elephants at the Biopark Zoo."