News
NMFWRI Presents at After The Flames Conference
In early April, Program Managers Kathryn Mahan and Crystal Medina traveled to Cle Elum, Washington to attend the After the Flames Conference and share the story of FIRENM. Their presentation focused on a simple but important idea: wildfire is not a one-time event, it is a continuum. In response to the 2022 Hermit Peak Calf Canyon Fire, […]
NMFWRI Monitoring Crew Preps for Field Season
Our Ecological Monitoring field crews are prepping and training for the 2026 field season! They’ve spent time honing their chainsaw and Wilderness First Aid skills, updating field software, and checking their inventory of food, batteries, camping gear, and hand tools. They’ll be spending the Summer and part of the Fall gathering detailed data from hundreds […]
Reforestation: A Crucial Link in Forest Restoration
Dr. Alan Barton, NMFWRI Director Everywhere that people actively manage forests, reforestation plays a role. Reforestation is a way to restore lands following timber harvests, and a way to maintain a claim on open space against increasing suburbanization. In the 21st century, as large wildfires have become […]
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.