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NM Fire Policy Updates
The New Mexico Legislature meets at the beginning of each year, alternating between one-month and two-month sessions. In 2025, the Legislature met for two months ending March 22, and considered several forestry-related bills. Three bills that relate directly to wildfire policy showed mixed results: two bills have been signed into law, and a third bill […]
3rd Annual Northern NM Regional Envirothon
NMFWRI’s Conservation Science Center co-hosted the Northern NM Regional Envirothon with Soil and Water Conservation District partners (Taos, Tierra y Montes, and Western Mora) on March 28. Six teams from three schools attended (Peñasco, Taos, Mesa Vista) involving a total of 30 students who explored five topic leads. Guest judges from the NM Land Conservancy […]
Fire Hubs for fire season
NMFWRI, working with SWCA Environmental Consultants, developed a Fire Hub template based on the successful Hub set up for the 2022 Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon (HPCC) Fire and post-fire floods and recovery. NMFRI and SWCA staff held two successful webinars in March to explain how to set up and utilize a Fire Hub to share information […]
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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.