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UWC Students Pilot Citizen Science Survey
On January 16, a cohort of 28 students and teachers from United World College spent their “Expeditionary Friday” at NMHU. In a coordinated effort with the Dept. of Forestry, theConservation Science Center started the day with an in-classroom overview of post-fire restoration workshops, including an initiative to develop user-friendly citizen science surveys for landowners to […]
NM Vegetation Treatment Map Updated
By Katie Withnall NMFWRI’s New Mexico Vegetation Treatment geodatabase was updated to the ESRI Web Experience Builder web app format in January 2026. This upgrade keeps the app up-to-date with current web GIS technologies and gives it a new modern interface while still providing the same useful data and tools. The January 2026 […]
Cultivating community chainsaw skills
Chainsaw classes are often available to professionals in outdoor industries or wildland fire. However, landowners and non-professional sawyers also need access to chainsaw classes for land management and restoration purposes, but such training is lacking. NMFWRI’s Fire Informed Restoration Education New Mexico (FIRENM) initiative addressed this gap through the pilot Community Chainsaw Refresher class, which […]
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.