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People Connect with Recovery Resources, Tools at Fire Circle
Wildfire vulnerable communities live within a cycle of pre-fire mitigation, wildfire response, and post-fire restoration. This continuum requires frequent collective community action and active land management. On March 21, the Fire Circle Community Fair brought together 100 community members and partners, from 20 organizations working across all stages of wildfire resilience at Luna Community College. Residents […]
Teens Compete in Northern NM Regional Envirothon
The 4th Northern NM Regional Envirothon brought together five high school teams and two middle school teams on March 31, for a practice run in preparation for the state competition in mid-April. The 28 students traveled from Peñasco, Roswell, and Taos to Mora for the regionals, which assess students’ knowledge in Forestry, Wildlife, Soils, Aquatics, […]
Building Connections at Confluence 2026
Confluence 2026: May 19-21, Fort Collins, CO Photo: People gathered for a field trip at Confluence 2024. Photo by Eleanore Mearns Confluence is a bi-annual gathering of collaborative conservation practitioners across the Western United States. Hosted by the Western Collaborative Conservation Network (WCCN) through the Center for Collaborative Conservation (CCC) at Colorado State University (CSU), […]
Bark Beetle Management Resources
Fire and drought can make New Mexico forests vulnerable to a variety of bark beetles. Find out more about the beetles and how to manage them in these downloadable resources. Click on the button below and scroll down the page to the technical guides.
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.