
Study Examines High Severity Fire in Jemez Mountains
The Jemez Mountains of Northern New Mexico are no stranger to fire. But the wildfires that have burned through the mountain range in the last

The Jemez Mountains of Northern New Mexico are no stranger to fire. But the wildfires that have burned through the mountain range in the last

Small fuel treatments – some under an acre – reduced burn severity in the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire For Northern New Mexico land owners

By Berit Robnett, AmeriCorps VISTA Collaboration Specialist The past year at the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute (NMFWRI) as an AmeriCorps

Volunteers build low-tech structures to reduce erosion on Manuelitas Creek 081426 A headcut on the Manuelitas Creek A headcut caused by erosion on the Manuelitas

Staff from our sister Institutes – the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) in Fort Collins, CO and the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) in Flagstaff, AZ

The Spark: August, 2026 One of the most effective ways to spark momentum in reducing local wildfire hazards is by hosting a Community Chipper Day.

For a year and a half now, our Conservation Science Center program manager has gone the extra ten miles in time and effort to put

By Alan Barton, NMFWRI Director Staff at the New Mexico Forest & Watershed Restoration Institute work across New Mexico with landowners, agency personnel, NGO

The GIS Team made two presentations and won an award at the 2026 Esri User Conference held in San Diego in July. The team was