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2025 Recap: NM Collaboration Hub
By Alejandro Collins, NMFWRI Collaboration Specialist Almost a year later, the Collaboration Program looks back at the NM Collaboration Hub’s history and progress since its launch in February 2025. The NM Collaboration Hub is the culmination and representation of collaborative conservation in New Mexico. The idea of a “Hub” of information created as […]
2025 Wrap-Up
By Alan Barton, NMFWRI Director At the close of 2025, the staff at the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute (NMFWRI) can be proud of all we accomplished over the past year. While facing several significant challenges, including an ongoing water crisis in Las Vegas and a reduction in our federal funding, our […]
Want to learn about New Mexico plants?
Plants are an integral part of the world around us. We’ve gathered a collection of resources for identification and care of the plants, trees, and grasses of New Mexico.
Fire history in the Four Corners
Wildfires in the Four Corners have grown larger in the last couple of decades. NMFWRI’s Dana Heusinkveld created this timeline of wildfires in the region encompassing New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah.
To see fires that are currently burning in New Mexico along with historic fire info in the NM Fire Viewer, click the button below.
Restoration
The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute provides technical assistance and practical knowledge in forest and woodland restoration to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire and restore healthy and sustainable forested ecosystems and restoration-based economies.
GIS/Mapping
NMFWRI represents the state’s only dedicated capability for supporting the spatial data analysis needs of external stakeholders in the natural resources sector, as well as the GIS/GPS capacity for Highlands University and for most of northern New Mexico.
Monitoring
Restoration based monitoring of New Mexico's forest and riparian ecosystems is integral to NMFWRI's mission.
Collaboration
The New Mexico Forest & Watershed Restoration Institute supports natural-resource-based collaboration by assisting communities to form collaborative organizations and build the capacity to work together to solve problems and restore natural habitats.