New Mexico Forestry Division
@nmforestrydivision.bsky.social
Official account for the New Mexico Forestry Division. Our mission is promoting healthy, sustainable forests for current and future generations.
Wildfire preparedness is year round. Use your winter down time to:
• Create an action plan
• Build your go bag
• Map your evacuation routes
• Coordinate family communication plans
Read The Spark at facnm.org/news
Thanks to partners @nmfwri.bsky.social, BLM New Mexico and Forest Stewards Guild!
• Create an action plan
• Build your go bag
• Map your evacuation routes
• Coordinate family communication plans
Read The Spark at facnm.org/news
Thanks to partners @nmfwri.bsky.social, BLM New Mexico and Forest Stewards Guild!
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Wildfire preparedness is year round. Use your winter down time to:
• Create an action plan
• Build your go bag
• Map your evacuation routes
• Coordinate family communication plans
Read The Spark at facnm.org/news
Thanks to partners @nmfwri.bsky.social, BLM New Mexico and Forest Stewards Guild!
• Create an action plan
• Build your go bag
• Map your evacuation routes
• Coordinate family communication plans
Read The Spark at facnm.org/news
Thanks to partners @nmfwri.bsky.social, BLM New Mexico and Forest Stewards Guild!
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Not in this weather.
With record high temps and "snow drought," take extra precautions: Check the weather and always plan ahead to contain and put out your fire— or hold off until conditions are better.
For more on conditions, visit tinyurl.com/4f88xhen.
With record high temps and "snow drought," take extra precautions: Check the weather and always plan ahead to contain and put out your fire— or hold off until conditions are better.
For more on conditions, visit tinyurl.com/4f88xhen.
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Not in this weather.
With record high temps and "snow drought," take extra precautions: Check the weather and always plan ahead to contain and put out your fire— or hold off until conditions are better.
For more on conditions, visit tinyurl.com/4f88xhen.
With record high temps and "snow drought," take extra precautions: Check the weather and always plan ahead to contain and put out your fire— or hold off until conditions are better.
For more on conditions, visit tinyurl.com/4f88xhen.
Want to work in #wildfire and train for #hotshot status?
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a superintendent. Manage high complexity incidents and lead a crew to hotshot status.
Position closes Dec. 29. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a superintendent. Manage high complexity incidents and lead a crew to hotshot status.
Position closes Dec. 29. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Want to work in #wildfire and train for #hotshot status?
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a superintendent. Manage high complexity incidents and lead a crew to hotshot status.
Position closes Dec. 29. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a superintendent. Manage high complexity incidents and lead a crew to hotshot status.
Position closes Dec. 29. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
This holiday season cruise by Smokey Bear Historical Park in Capitan, NM.
Visit the only museum and park of its kind in the U.S. -- dedicated to Smokey, fire prevention, firefighters and forest management.
Take a peek inside with this short virtual tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jelr...
Visit the only museum and park of its kind in the U.S. -- dedicated to Smokey, fire prevention, firefighters and forest management.
Take a peek inside with this short virtual tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jelr...
Virtual Tour of Smokey Bear Historical Park in Capitan, NM
YouTube video by New Mexico Forestry Division
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December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This holiday season cruise by Smokey Bear Historical Park in Capitan, NM.
Visit the only museum and park of its kind in the U.S. -- dedicated to Smokey, fire prevention, firefighters and forest management.
Take a peek inside with this short virtual tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jelr...
Visit the only museum and park of its kind in the U.S. -- dedicated to Smokey, fire prevention, firefighters and forest management.
Take a peek inside with this short virtual tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jelr...
Managing wildfire: resourceful or risky?
Read how the Dragon Bravo Fire, the largest wildfire of 2025, “ ... did not lead to a crisis of faith in managed wildfires. If anything, it seemed to have strengthened firefighters’ convictions.”
#WildfireWednesday
Read how the Dragon Bravo Fire, the largest wildfire of 2025, “ ... did not lead to a crisis of faith in managed wildfires. If anything, it seemed to have strengthened firefighters’ convictions.”
#WildfireWednesday
What America Can Learn from Its Largest Wildfire of the Year
When Dragon Bravo ignited, in Grand Canyon National Park, officials decided to let it burn. Then the fire spread out of control.
newyorker.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Managing wildfire: resourceful or risky?
Read how the Dragon Bravo Fire, the largest wildfire of 2025, “ ... did not lead to a crisis of faith in managed wildfires. If anything, it seemed to have strengthened firefighters’ convictions.”
#WildfireWednesday
Read how the Dragon Bravo Fire, the largest wildfire of 2025, “ ... did not lead to a crisis of faith in managed wildfires. If anything, it seemed to have strengthened firefighters’ convictions.”
#WildfireWednesday
New Mexicans are hard at work restoring burn scars and forests.
Check out Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance's latest video for an in-depth look at reforestation work, from nurseries to burn scars.
Hear from researchers and foresters — and learn the best way to plant a tree!
Check out Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance's latest video for an in-depth look at reforestation work, from nurseries to burn scars.
Hear from researchers and foresters — and learn the best way to plant a tree!
Nature-Based Restoration: Forest Ecosystem Recovery with Planting Trees
YouTube video by Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance
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December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New Mexicans are hard at work restoring burn scars and forests.
Check out Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance's latest video for an in-depth look at reforestation work, from nurseries to burn scars.
Hear from researchers and foresters — and learn the best way to plant a tree!
Check out Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance's latest video for an in-depth look at reforestation work, from nurseries to burn scars.
Hear from researchers and foresters — and learn the best way to plant a tree!
Spring seedling orders are open!
We offer low-cost seedlings in 60+ varieties for landowners to use in conservation projects, from reforestation to windbreaks to wildlife habitat. (You can even get a start on next year’s Christmas tree farm🎄)
Learn more and order at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/seedlings.
We offer low-cost seedlings in 60+ varieties for landowners to use in conservation projects, from reforestation to windbreaks to wildlife habitat. (You can even get a start on next year’s Christmas tree farm🎄)
Learn more and order at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/seedlings.
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Spring seedling orders are open!
We offer low-cost seedlings in 60+ varieties for landowners to use in conservation projects, from reforestation to windbreaks to wildlife habitat. (You can even get a start on next year’s Christmas tree farm🎄)
Learn more and order at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/seedlings.
We offer low-cost seedlings in 60+ varieties for landowners to use in conservation projects, from reforestation to windbreaks to wildlife habitat. (You can even get a start on next year’s Christmas tree farm🎄)
Learn more and order at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/seedlings.
Calling prescribed fire practitioners: The Certified Burn Manager Certification Committee seeks 2 new members to guide private landowners to safely use prescribed fire on their property.
Applications and nominations welcome on a rolling basis! Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/mrxnwfsn.
Applications and nominations welcome on a rolling basis! Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/mrxnwfsn.
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Calling prescribed fire practitioners: The Certified Burn Manager Certification Committee seeks 2 new members to guide private landowners to safely use prescribed fire on their property.
Applications and nominations welcome on a rolling basis! Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/mrxnwfsn.
Applications and nominations welcome on a rolling basis! Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/mrxnwfsn.
What’s the cost of a wildfire?
In personal and monetary terms, it's difficult to quantify.
This week’s #WildfireWednesday dives into full cost accounting, which amasses all impacts from initial suppression to long-term health and ecological impacts.
Read the whole piece at facnm.org/news.
In personal and monetary terms, it's difficult to quantify.
This week’s #WildfireWednesday dives into full cost accounting, which amasses all impacts from initial suppression to long-term health and ecological impacts.
Read the whole piece at facnm.org/news.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What’s the cost of a wildfire?
In personal and monetary terms, it's difficult to quantify.
This week’s #WildfireWednesday dives into full cost accounting, which amasses all impacts from initial suppression to long-term health and ecological impacts.
Read the whole piece at facnm.org/news.
In personal and monetary terms, it's difficult to quantify.
This week’s #WildfireWednesday dives into full cost accounting, which amasses all impacts from initial suppression to long-term health and ecological impacts.
Read the whole piece at facnm.org/news.
Pinyon ips have made some pretty severe inroads into forested areas across New Mexico this year.
If you're curious about management strategies for beetle infestations, check out our Forest Health page as well as this flyer --
tinyurl.com/yc4r3yz3
#foresthealth
If you're curious about management strategies for beetle infestations, check out our Forest Health page as well as this flyer --
tinyurl.com/yc4r3yz3
#foresthealth
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pinyon ips have made some pretty severe inroads into forested areas across New Mexico this year.
If you're curious about management strategies for beetle infestations, check out our Forest Health page as well as this flyer --
tinyurl.com/yc4r3yz3
#foresthealth
If you're curious about management strategies for beetle infestations, check out our Forest Health page as well as this flyer --
tinyurl.com/yc4r3yz3
#foresthealth
Calling all working in forest restoration!
Come out to a forest contractor workshop and fair Dec. 2 — expand your business and build skills through agency connections, timber market insights and practical business guidance for the next steps in your professional forestry journey.
Come out to a forest contractor workshop and fair Dec. 2 — expand your business and build skills through agency connections, timber market insights and practical business guidance for the next steps in your professional forestry journey.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Calling all working in forest restoration!
Come out to a forest contractor workshop and fair Dec. 2 — expand your business and build skills through agency connections, timber market insights and practical business guidance for the next steps in your professional forestry journey.
Come out to a forest contractor workshop and fair Dec. 2 — expand your business and build skills through agency connections, timber market insights and practical business guidance for the next steps in your professional forestry journey.
NM Forestry Division is hiring for a Community Wildfire Defense Program Manager.
This position directs forest and watershed health and community wildfire risk reduction programs with local governments, tribes and NGOs statewide.
Apply by Friday, Dec. 5: tinyurl.com/y7ud4dut
This position directs forest and watershed health and community wildfire risk reduction programs with local governments, tribes and NGOs statewide.
Apply by Friday, Dec. 5: tinyurl.com/y7ud4dut
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
NM Forestry Division is hiring for a Community Wildfire Defense Program Manager.
This position directs forest and watershed health and community wildfire risk reduction programs with local governments, tribes and NGOs statewide.
Apply by Friday, Dec. 5: tinyurl.com/y7ud4dut
This position directs forest and watershed health and community wildfire risk reduction programs with local governments, tribes and NGOs statewide.
Apply by Friday, Dec. 5: tinyurl.com/y7ud4dut
It’s a wrap on the Espinosa Prescribed Fire!
Forestry Division returned from supporting the @forestservice.bsky.social on a successful 1,343-acre broadcast burn: the largest broadcast burn to take place on Mountainair Ranger District, and one of the largest in Cibola National Forest history.
Forestry Division returned from supporting the @forestservice.bsky.social on a successful 1,343-acre broadcast burn: the largest broadcast burn to take place on Mountainair Ranger District, and one of the largest in Cibola National Forest history.
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s a wrap on the Espinosa Prescribed Fire!
Forestry Division returned from supporting the @forestservice.bsky.social on a successful 1,343-acre broadcast burn: the largest broadcast burn to take place on Mountainair Ranger District, and one of the largest in Cibola National Forest history.
Forestry Division returned from supporting the @forestservice.bsky.social on a successful 1,343-acre broadcast burn: the largest broadcast burn to take place on Mountainair Ranger District, and one of the largest in Cibola National Forest history.
This week, EMNRD released a Wildfire Study Group Report with recommendations for methods to address, avoid and mitigate the impacts of wildfires in the state.
Read this story from The Santa Fe New Mexican below and click through to read the report itself!
tinyurl.com/mvmy42dy
Read this story from The Santa Fe New Mexican below and click through to read the report itself!
tinyurl.com/mvmy42dy
Earth, Wind and Fire: The hottest study group in town
Seats at the Wildfire Study Group, the brainchild of Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, were coveted.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This week, EMNRD released a Wildfire Study Group Report with recommendations for methods to address, avoid and mitigate the impacts of wildfires in the state.
Read this story from The Santa Fe New Mexican below and click through to read the report itself!
tinyurl.com/mvmy42dy
Read this story from The Santa Fe New Mexican below and click through to read the report itself!
tinyurl.com/mvmy42dy
Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities: How do they overlap, and which is right for your community?
Check out this month’s The Spark newsletter to read up – just in time for the Firewise renewal deadline Friday (Nov. 21)!
Read up at tinyurl.com/hxhhdatf.
Check out this month’s The Spark newsletter to read up – just in time for the Firewise renewal deadline Friday (Nov. 21)!
Read up at tinyurl.com/hxhhdatf.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities: How do they overlap, and which is right for your community?
Check out this month’s The Spark newsletter to read up – just in time for the Firewise renewal deadline Friday (Nov. 21)!
Read up at tinyurl.com/hxhhdatf.
Check out this month’s The Spark newsletter to read up – just in time for the Firewise renewal deadline Friday (Nov. 21)!
Read up at tinyurl.com/hxhhdatf.
It's been another successful year for our state-led Mimbres #handcrew -- take a look at some of the places they've been and the #wildfires they've fought with this Year-In-Review video compiled by the crew.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwe...
Congratulations!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwe...
Congratulations!
2025 Mimbres Crew Year In Review
YouTube video by New Mexico Forestry Division
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November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's been another successful year for our state-led Mimbres #handcrew -- take a look at some of the places they've been and the #wildfires they've fought with this Year-In-Review video compiled by the crew.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwe...
Congratulations!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwe...
Congratulations!
We were pleased to join our partners at Office of the Superintendent of Insurance and Grant County officials for a Preparedness and Insurance Town Hall in Silver City last week --
Read more below from Silver City Daily Press!
tinyurl.com/dt963p3y
Read more below from Silver City Daily Press!
tinyurl.com/dt963p3y
Fire town hall talks home insurance, prep - Silvercity Daily Press
Panelists talked about a program that could help homeowners with insurance in higher fire risk areas during a wildfire preparation and insurance town hall held Wednesday at the Grant County Veterans M...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We were pleased to join our partners at Office of the Superintendent of Insurance and Grant County officials for a Preparedness and Insurance Town Hall in Silver City last week --
Read more below from Silver City Daily Press!
tinyurl.com/dt963p3y
Read more below from Silver City Daily Press!
tinyurl.com/dt963p3y
As wildfires grow, our work must grow, too.
40% of NM forests are privately owned: We need landowners to join the effort.
The good news: NM Forestry exists to help you get this work done.
Check out our Landowner Resource Guide for which programs best suit your needs: tinyurl.com/yn6hbkdv.
40% of NM forests are privately owned: We need landowners to join the effort.
The good news: NM Forestry exists to help you get this work done.
Check out our Landowner Resource Guide for which programs best suit your needs: tinyurl.com/yn6hbkdv.
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As wildfires grow, our work must grow, too.
40% of NM forests are privately owned: We need landowners to join the effort.
The good news: NM Forestry exists to help you get this work done.
Check out our Landowner Resource Guide for which programs best suit your needs: tinyurl.com/yn6hbkdv.
40% of NM forests are privately owned: We need landowners to join the effort.
The good news: NM Forestry exists to help you get this work done.
Check out our Landowner Resource Guide for which programs best suit your needs: tinyurl.com/yn6hbkdv.
Yesterday, the State Forester and the Lieutenant Governor presented on new fire detection cameras appearing across the state. Early detection helps firefighters and agencies respond faster to smokes as they develop.
tinyurl.com/55cfm5pn
tinyurl.com/55cfm5pn
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yesterday, the State Forester and the Lieutenant Governor presented on new fire detection cameras appearing across the state. Early detection helps firefighters and agencies respond faster to smokes as they develop.
tinyurl.com/55cfm5pn
tinyurl.com/55cfm5pn
Want to work in wildfire and train for hotshot status?
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Want to work in wildfire and train for hotshot status?
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
Sharing this notice from Mora County regarding fire restrictions in effect.
Please contact the Mora County Fire Administrator if you have questions --
countyofmora.com/departments/...
You can also keep up with fire restrictions across the state on our website:
www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/find-cur...
Please contact the Mora County Fire Administrator if you have questions --
countyofmora.com/departments/...
You can also keep up with fire restrictions across the state on our website:
www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/find-cur...
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sharing this notice from Mora County regarding fire restrictions in effect.
Please contact the Mora County Fire Administrator if you have questions --
countyofmora.com/departments/...
You can also keep up with fire restrictions across the state on our website:
www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/find-cur...
Please contact the Mora County Fire Administrator if you have questions --
countyofmora.com/departments/...
You can also keep up with fire restrictions across the state on our website:
www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/find-cur...
Got bark beetles?
Learn about bug ID, signs of infestation, and healthy ponderosa and Douglas fir forests at a free workshop next Saturday (Nov. 15) in Guadalupita.
RSVP by Nov. 10: [email protected] or 505-426-2080.
Thanks to NMFWRI and Luna Community College!
📸 : Jim Weber, The New Mexican
Learn about bug ID, signs of infestation, and healthy ponderosa and Douglas fir forests at a free workshop next Saturday (Nov. 15) in Guadalupita.
RSVP by Nov. 10: [email protected] or 505-426-2080.
Thanks to NMFWRI and Luna Community College!
📸 : Jim Weber, The New Mexican
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Got bark beetles?
Learn about bug ID, signs of infestation, and healthy ponderosa and Douglas fir forests at a free workshop next Saturday (Nov. 15) in Guadalupita.
RSVP by Nov. 10: [email protected] or 505-426-2080.
Thanks to NMFWRI and Luna Community College!
📸 : Jim Weber, The New Mexican
Learn about bug ID, signs of infestation, and healthy ponderosa and Douglas fir forests at a free workshop next Saturday (Nov. 15) in Guadalupita.
RSVP by Nov. 10: [email protected] or 505-426-2080.
Thanks to NMFWRI and Luna Community College!
📸 : Jim Weber, The New Mexican
Greater Gila homeowners: Looking to harden your home against wildfire?
Come sit in on a wildfire awareness town hall Wednesday (Nov. 12) and good advice on creating defensible space, preparing for evacuation, and navigating insurance before and after a fire.
Thanks @ibhs.org and New Mexico OSI!
Come sit in on a wildfire awareness town hall Wednesday (Nov. 12) and good advice on creating defensible space, preparing for evacuation, and navigating insurance before and after a fire.
Thanks @ibhs.org and New Mexico OSI!
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Greater Gila homeowners: Looking to harden your home against wildfire?
Come sit in on a wildfire awareness town hall Wednesday (Nov. 12) and good advice on creating defensible space, preparing for evacuation, and navigating insurance before and after a fire.
Thanks @ibhs.org and New Mexico OSI!
Come sit in on a wildfire awareness town hall Wednesday (Nov. 12) and good advice on creating defensible space, preparing for evacuation, and navigating insurance before and after a fire.
Thanks @ibhs.org and New Mexico OSI!
The Fix Our Forests Act, the biggest wildfire legislation in recent history, recently passed the House.
Track this bill and others with the Wildfire Alliance's Active Wildfire Legislation Tracker and stay current on federal action.
Check it out at tinyurl.com/4ef7975w.
Track this bill and others with the Wildfire Alliance's Active Wildfire Legislation Tracker and stay current on federal action.
Check it out at tinyurl.com/4ef7975w.
119th Congress Active Wildfire Legislation
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November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Fix Our Forests Act, the biggest wildfire legislation in recent history, recently passed the House.
Track this bill and others with the Wildfire Alliance's Active Wildfire Legislation Tracker and stay current on federal action.
Check it out at tinyurl.com/4ef7975w.
Track this bill and others with the Wildfire Alliance's Active Wildfire Legislation Tracker and stay current on federal action.
Check it out at tinyurl.com/4ef7975w.
Interested in using prescribed fire on your property? NM Forestry offers free, hands-on training to certify private landowners to conduct pile and broadcast burns.
Visit emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/prescribed… or contact Brian Filip, prescribed burn coordinator, at [email protected].
Visit emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/prescribed… or contact Brian Filip, prescribed burn coordinator, at [email protected].
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Interested in using prescribed fire on your property? NM Forestry offers free, hands-on training to certify private landowners to conduct pile and broadcast burns.
Visit emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/prescribed… or contact Brian Filip, prescribed burn coordinator, at [email protected].
Visit emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/prescribed… or contact Brian Filip, prescribed burn coordinator, at [email protected].