New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
(NMFWRI)
New Mexico Highlands University Box 9000 Las Vegas, NM 87701
Telephone: (505) 426-2080 Fax: (505) 426-2192
Welcome to the NMFWRI
The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute (NMFWRI), which is located at New Mexico Highlands University, is a statewide effort that engages government agencies, academic and research institutions, land managers, and the interested public in the areas of forest and watershed management.
The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute is one of three Institutes formed by the Federal Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 (read more). Our partner institutions are the Ecological Restoration Institute, located at Northern Arizona University, and the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, located at Colorado State University.
_____________________________________________________________________________ Video presentation by middle school students from Las Vegas and Alamo, NM, about the relationship between severe wildfire, post-fire flooding, watershed health and water availability:
_____________________________________________________________________________ NMFWRI at work creating new jobs and reducing wildfire risk on the Alamo Navajo Reservation:
Public service announcement for wildfire awareness