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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

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,

Dr. Alan Barton,  NMFWRI Director                   Everywhere that people actively manage forests, reforestation plays a role. Reforestation is

NMFWRI was proud to participate in New Mexico Highland University’s 23rd annual Research Day. held April 17.  Among the posters presented, NMFWRI Research Associate Dr. Nate

Watershed demos, ‘zine creation, seed ball prep and more will be among a dozen hands-on activities for all ages at the 2nd Annual Seed to

By Alan Barton            “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend four sharpening the axe,”

In 2025, the NMFWRI Ecological Monitoring Department piloted a study to quantify the diversity of understory plants within the HPCC burn scar. Monitoring transects were

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