News
Bark Beetle Management workshop a hit
As part of our continuing Querencia in Action series, NMFWRI hosted a bark beetle workshop in Rociada with instructor Victor Lucero, Forest Health Coordinator for
January 10, 2025
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Monitoring
Tree core sampling on Rowe Mesa
NMFWRI’s Ecological Monitoring team spent a December day in the field at Rowe Mesa with staff from USGS, coring trees on treated and untreated sites
January 10, 2025
Collaboration
Restoring a Culture of Fire
The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute (NMFWRI), in partnership with New Mexico Highlands University’s (NMHU) Department of Forestry and FORT-CREST, co-hosted a compelling
December 19, 2024
News
A Dry Nation Reckons With Fire
By Alan Barton,NMFWRI Director In November, newspapers had front-page articles describing a national drought, affecting 48 states. This has hit the usually humid eastern states
December 19, 2024
News
After the Fire: Bark Beetle Management Workshop
Free workshop Dec. 13 in Rociada, NM. Learn how to recognize the signs of bark beetle infestations and manage them, from Victor Lucero, NM Forestry
December 4, 2024
News
Prescribed burns underway in NM
Director’s Note By Dr. Alan W. Barton Among the tools available to forest managers to reduce the risk of large, destructive wildfires, prescribed burns
November 14, 2024
Mapping
Nationwide vegetation treatment map, geodatabase launches
Research institutes in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico are reshaping wildfire and fuel reduction information with a new nationwide, open-access geodatabase that will change the
November 13, 2024
Collaboration
Collaborative burn associations for land health
NMFWRI’s Collaboration Program worked with the High Plains Grasslands Alliance (HPGA) and the Conservation Science Center to host a September workshop aimed at providing resources
October 21, 2024
News
Peaking the Interest of Young Conservation Leaders
Students from 12 Northern New Mexico schools learn skills and meet professionals in natural resource management. Growing the next generation of natural resource leaders and
October 21, 2024