About 100 people gathered Oct. 14-16 in Silver City for the 2026 New Mexico Wildland Urban Fire Summit, focused on communities adapting to a changing
By Alan Barton, NMFWRI Director In my column for the June edition of this newsletter, I wrote about two landmark laws
Managing a forest can be tricky – whether a landowner is trying to reduce wildfire risks, restore burned areas, improve wildlife habitat, retain privacy, protect
To protect the state’s forest resources, the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute (NMFWRI) and the New Mexico Forestry Division (NMFD) launched a collaborative
By Alan Barton NMFWRI Director In the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004, Congress charged NMFWRI and our SWERI partners with
After 15 years, NMFWRI is celebrating the completion of our work with the Greater Rio Grande Watershed Alliance (GRGWA), a partnership that has supported watershed
The Conservation Science Center’s 10th Annual STEM Showdown brought together 208 students from a dozen schools across San Miguel, Guadalupe, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties
2022 and 2024 HPCC Burn Scar Viewer Within the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon (HPCC) Burn Scar, this viewer compares NAIP Color-infrared (CIR) aerial imagery
Alejandro Collins, NMFWRI Collaboration Specialist The NM Prescribed Fire Council (NMPFC) hosted its annual in-person meeting
