New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
We engage government agencies, academic research institutions, land managers, and the public in the areas of forest and watershed management.
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Prescribed burns underway in NM

Prescribed burns underway in NM

Director’s Note By Dr. Alan W. Barton   Among the tools available to forest managers to reduce the risk of large, destructive wildfires, prescribed burns stand out as particularly beneficial; however, they come with risks and as a result, they are especially controversial. Prescribed burns fit nicely within an ecological forest management framework, as they […]

Nationwide vegetation treatment map, geodatabase launches

Nationwide vegetation treatment map, geodatabase launches

Research institutes in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico are reshaping wildfire and fuel reduction information with a new nationwide, open-access geodatabase that will change the way critical data on fuel treatments and wildfires are accessed and understood, leading to more effective wildfire prevention strategies. Policymakers, land management agencies and the research community have long faced […]

Collaborative burn associations for land health

Collaborative burn associations for land health

NMFWRI’s Collaboration Program worked with the High Plains Grasslands Alliance (HPGA) and the Conservation Science Center to host a September workshop aimed at providing resources to local landowners on the use of prescribed fire (Rx fire) for managing private working lands. The event, which brought together a diverse group of partners- including the Forest Stewards […]

New Mexico Sunflowers

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.