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Collaboration

Why We Need to Work Together

Forest and watershed restoration typically requires landowners to work with neighbors across property boundaries, to coordinate the restoration of large landscapes. Where ownerships include public lands such as national forests, national conservation areas, state parks or wildlife management areas, stakeholder groups such as environmental organizations, recreational users or ranchers also participate in collaborative discussions and contribute to management and restoration activities. Community-based collaborative organizations bring together these varied interests, along with tribal representatives, acequia and land grant participants, conservation district managers, business owners, academics, city and county fire fighters and emergency personnel, and political representatives. Together, collaborative members plan, share experiences, and carry out projects that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, enhance habitat, protect water resources, enrich recreational opportunities, and restore forest health and resiliency.

How NMFWRI is Helping Others Collaborate

There are more than 50 community-based collaborative organizations and watershed groups in New Mexico today, that work locally and regionally to improve their communities and natural environments. 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. FWRI staff help collaborators craft their missions, draft organizational documents, organize meetings, carry out public outreach and education, expand their capacity, plan and coordinate activities, map their strategies and accomplishments, and network with other organizations. The FWRI also maintains a database that tracks collaborative organizations and maps the locations where collaboratives are based.

View an interactive map of natural resource collaborative organizations and watershed groups in New Mexico. The New Mexico Collaboratives map pinpoints the locations where community-based collaborative conservation organizations operate in the state, with information about each group. The map of support organizations shows groups that assist collaboratives with capacity building, financing, and project development and implementation. 

Collaborations

Cooperative Burning: A Case Study

Cooperative Burning: A Case Study

The Collaborative Conservation Mapping Project

The Collaborative Conservation Mapping Project

New Mexico Collaborations

New Mexico Collaborations

Connecting for Conservation in Santa Fe

Connecting for Conservation in Santa Fe

Pink Flowers

Estancia Basin Monitoring

Pink Flowers

Greater Rio Grande Watershed Alliance

Grant County Eco-Watershed Working Group

Grant County Eco-Watershed Working Group

New Mexico Forest Action Plan Update Committee

New Mexico Forest Action Plan Update Committee

North Sacramento Mountains Working Group

North Sacramento Mountains Working Group

Magdalena Collaborative

Magdalena Collaborative

Mountainair Collaborative

Mountainair Collaborative

Otero Working Group

Otero Working Group

Smokey Bear Collaborative

Smokey Bear Collaborative

Cottonwood Forest

Watershed Groups

The Gallinas Partnership

The Gallinas Partnership

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New Mexico Highlands University
Box 9000
Las Vegas, NM 87701

(505) 426-2080
stacimatlock@nmhu.edu

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The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute at New Mexico Highlands University receives financial support through the Cooperative and International Programs of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, under the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3271 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). NMHU is an equal opportunity provider and employer.