NMFWRI
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The NM Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute connects land managers and communities to scientific and traditional knowledge and practices that restore and conserve healthy, fire-adapted ecosystems and cultural landscapes. Find out more at nmfwri.org
The updated New Mexico Vegetation Treatment geodatabase has detailed information on over 54,000 projects across New Mexico. Over this past year the site had 243,000 Geodatabase service hits and 2,200+ Website visits.
NM Vegetation Treatment Map Updated - New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
By Katie Withnall NMFWRI’s New Mexico Vegetation Treatment geodatabase was updated to the ESRI Web Experience Builder web app format in January 2026. This upgrade keeps the app up-to-date wit...
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February 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The updated New Mexico Vegetation Treatment geodatabase has detailed information on over 54,000 projects across New Mexico. Over this past year the site had 243,000 Geodatabase service hits and 2,200+ Website visits.
Engaging with the next generation of natural resource managers can lead to some cool outcomes!
UWC Students Pilot Citizen Science Survey - New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
On January 16, a cohort of 28 students and teachers from United World College spent their “Expeditionary Friday” at NMHU. In a coordinated effort with the Dept. of Forestry, theConservation Science Ce...
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February 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Engaging with the next generation of natural resource managers can lead to some cool outcomes!
Five dedicated students took our first two-day FIRE NM Community Chainsaw class taught by Las Dispensas sawyer Jamie Knutson in January. FIRE NM is the new Fire Informed Restoration Education-New Mexico initiative launched by our institute with more workshops and resources available soon.
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Five dedicated students took our first two-day FIRE NM Community Chainsaw class taught by Las Dispensas sawyer Jamie Knutson in January. FIRE NM is the new Fire Informed Restoration Education-New Mexico initiative launched by our institute with more workshops and resources available soon.
We're looking for a post-doc to join our exceptional GIS team! Apply through the Highlands University job portal.
NMFWRI Seeks Spatial Analyst Postdoctoral Scholar - New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute at NM Highlands University is seeking a Spatial Analyst Postdoctoral Scholar with expertise in fire modeling and remote sensing to support the...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
We're looking for a post-doc to join our exceptional GIS team! Apply through the Highlands University job portal.
🤔Are non-native trees automatically bad? Or might they hold value in a changing climate? One of our ecological monitoring team members explores the debate when it comes to Russian olives. nmfwri.org/news/a-mixed...
A Mixed Opinion of Russian Olive Trees - New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
Of the projects the monitoring crew completed for the 2025 GRGWA season, a favorite were the 12 projects in Rancho De Taos thanks to the beautiful landscapes and furry friends that joined them on plot...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
🤔Are non-native trees automatically bad? Or might they hold value in a changing climate? One of our ecological monitoring team members explores the debate when it comes to Russian olives. nmfwri.org/news/a-mixed...
Registration is open for Confluence 2026! We’re excited to share this opportunity from our partners at the Western Collaborative Conservation Network, taking place May 19–21 in Fort Collins, CO. Learn more: loom.ly/tYRvoFA
Confluence - Center for Collaborative Conservation
Confluence 2026 will be held in Fort Collins, CO at the Colorado State University campus on May 19-21, 2026 The theme of the year… The Future of Collaboration: The Power of Working Across Divides ...
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January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Registration is open for Confluence 2026! We’re excited to share this opportunity from our partners at the Western Collaborative Conservation Network, taking place May 19–21 in Fort Collins, CO. Learn more: loom.ly/tYRvoFA
Sign up soon for this great FREE training opportunity to learn methods for effective collaboration. Sign up here - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sign up soon for this great FREE training opportunity to learn methods for effective collaboration. Sign up here - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Contractor Workforce Fair & Workshop, Dec. 2, 5:30-8 PM at El Rito Campus Northern NM College. Businesses and contractors in the forest restoration economy are invited to attend, network, and learn about licensing/insurance/funding. To register, contact Luz: [email protected]; 505-983-8992
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Contractor Workforce Fair & Workshop, Dec. 2, 5:30-8 PM at El Rito Campus Northern NM College. Businesses and contractors in the forest restoration economy are invited to attend, network, and learn about licensing/insurance/funding. To register, contact Luz: [email protected]; 505-983-8992
New Mexico Forestry Division is seeking a Community Wildfire Defense Program Manager to direct and engage in forest and watershed management and community wildfire risk reduction. Apply by Dec. 5 with job ID #159915 through the State job portal www.spo.state.nm.us/work-for-new...
Job Opportunities | NM SPO
Work for the State of New Mexico and contribute to the betterment of our community! Our work directly impacts the people of New Mexico in every way, whether it’s helping a child in need, protecting natural resources, or maintaining roads and infrastructure.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New Mexico Forestry Division is seeking a Community Wildfire Defense Program Manager to direct and engage in forest and watershed management and community wildfire risk reduction. Apply by Dec. 5 with job ID #159915 through the State job portal www.spo.state.nm.us/work-for-new...
More guidance for Mora County private well owners from NM DHSEM regarding reopening fire claim to cover potential fire-related heavy metal contamination in wells.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
More guidance for Mora County private well owners from NM DHSEM regarding reopening fire claim to cover potential fire-related heavy metal contamination in wells.
Information about Mora County water resources, contacts, and the NM Dept of Health advisory regarding recent heavy metal contamination in some wells is all available on the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Post-fire Resources Hub. hermits-peak-calf-canyon-fire-resources-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com/pages/extern...
Information and Resources
NMFD Landscape Stewardship Plan Business Resources Before The Fire Agricultural/Forestry Property Owner Post-fire Recovery During the Fire Long Term Recovery Pre-Fire Preparation View the FEMA May Rei...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Information about Mora County water resources, contacts, and the NM Dept of Health advisory regarding recent heavy metal contamination in some wells is all available on the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Post-fire Resources Hub. hermits-peak-calf-canyon-fire-resources-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com/pages/extern...
Congrats to everyone involved in this important work!
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 5:31 PM
Congrats to everyone involved in this important work!
🤝 Partnerships and careful planning make for successful prescribed burns, a critical tool for restoring healthy fire-adapted forests. In this great story, a new prescribed burn participant reflects on the experience at an Oct burn on State Land near Black Lake, NM.
Burning at Black Lake 2025 - Forest Stewards Guild
Written by Maya Hilty In late October, months of work by many other people landed me in a mountain meadow near Black Lake, New Mexico, stuffing my pack and pants…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🤝 Partnerships and careful planning make for successful prescribed burns, a critical tool for restoring healthy fire-adapted forests. In this great story, a new prescribed burn participant reflects on the experience at an Oct burn on State Land near Black Lake, NM.
🔥 Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities advance wildfire risk reduction. Find out how in the latest edition of The Spark by @forestguild @NMForestry @USDOI @fireadaptednet and NMFWRI .
#WildfirePreparedness
#WildfirePreparedness
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🔥 Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities advance wildfire risk reduction. Find out how in the latest edition of The Spark by @forestguild @NMForestry @USDOI @fireadaptednet and NMFWRI .
#WildfirePreparedness
#WildfirePreparedness
👁️ If you haven't checked out the NM Collaborative Conservation Hub developed by our Collaboration Program, take a look!
💻 It is loaded with information! collaboration-hub-nmfwri-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com
💻 It is loaded with information! collaboration-hub-nmfwri-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com
Collaboration Hub NMFWRI
Create your own initiative by combining existing applications with a custom site. Use this initiative to form teams around a problem and invite your community to participate.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
👁️ If you haven't checked out the NM Collaborative Conservation Hub developed by our Collaboration Program, take a look!
💻 It is loaded with information! collaboration-hub-nmfwri-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com
💻 It is loaded with information! collaboration-hub-nmfwri-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com
A fact sheet from NM Dept of Health on the Mora County wells and heavy metal contamination. These wells are within the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar from 2022; the source of any metal contamination has yet to be determined.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A fact sheet from NM Dept of Health on the Mora County wells and heavy metal contamination. These wells are within the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar from 2022; the source of any metal contamination has yet to be determined.
We still have a few spots left in our free Community Chainsaw Refresher Class! Bought a new chainsaw but never used one before? Pretty skilled with a chainsaw but looking for some maintenance tips? This class is for you! Sign up via email at [email protected] or call 505-426-2080.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We still have a few spots left in our free Community Chainsaw Refresher Class! Bought a new chainsaw but never used one before? Pretty skilled with a chainsaw but looking for some maintenance tips? This class is for you! Sign up via email at [email protected] or call 505-426-2080.
We're hiring for an exciting new position at our institute - a Digital Content and Outreach Specialist! Please note a change in the link here. Apply directly through the Highlands University job portal:
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're hiring for an exciting new position at our institute - a Digital Content and Outreach Specialist! Please note a change in the link here. Apply directly through the Highlands University job portal:
We've got an excellent Bark Beetle Management – QIA workshop coming up Nov. 15 with our partners at NM Forestry Division. We look forward to seeing you there!
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We've got an excellent Bark Beetle Management – QIA workshop coming up Nov. 15 with our partners at NM Forestry Division. We look forward to seeing you there!
Save the Date! Nov. 15 is the next QIA workshop.
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Save the Date! Nov. 15 is the next QIA workshop.
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"We investigated if causal factors could explain wildfire burn severity of the Quebec 2023 wildfires...Forest mgmt is implicated through the accumulated impacts of harvesting, which have skewered age class distributions toward younger [more flammable] forests." 🌍 www.publish.csiro.au/WF/justaccep...
Exploring the determinants of the 2023 Quebec mega-wildfire burn severity
Background The Quebec wildfires in 2023 attracted international attention, affecting 4.5 M ha of boreal forest. Aims We investigated if causal factors could be identified that explained spatial vari...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"We investigated if causal factors could explain wildfire burn severity of the Quebec 2023 wildfires...Forest mgmt is implicated through the accumulated impacts of harvesting, which have skewered age class distributions toward younger [more flammable] forests." 🌍 www.publish.csiro.au/WF/justaccep...
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Researchers at the Ecological Restoration Institute are exploring how biochar can boost land management, from restoring soils to capturing carbon. tinyurl.com/5y2555hk
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October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Researchers at the Ecological Restoration Institute are exploring how biochar can boost land management, from restoring soils to capturing carbon. tinyurl.com/5y2555hk
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It's the season for prescribed fire - an important step to reducing fuel loads in our forests.
This article from Ecology & Society focuses on RX burns in Greece and how proactive prevention can get lost as a method to reduce catastrophic wildfires.
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a...
This article from Ecology & Society focuses on RX burns in Greece and how proactive prevention can get lost as a method to reduce catastrophic wildfires.
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a...
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It's the season for prescribed fire - an important step to reducing fuel loads in our forests.
This article from Ecology & Society focuses on RX burns in Greece and how proactive prevention can get lost as a method to reduce catastrophic wildfires.
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a...
This article from Ecology & Society focuses on RX burns in Greece and how proactive prevention can get lost as a method to reduce catastrophic wildfires.
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a...