Monitoring
Cooks Peak
The Cooks Peak fire began in April 2022, was human caused, and burned 59,359 acres north of Ocate, NM in Mora and Colfax counties. The
April 30, 2025
The Cooks Peak fire began in April 2022, was human caused, and burned 59,359 acres north of Ocate, NM in Mora and Colfax counties. The
The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon (HPCC) fire burned across 341,471 acres of four counties in Northern New Mexico in 2022, the largest wildfire in the state’s
On April 19, NMFWRI’s Ecological Monitoring team hosted a workshop, Practical Skills for Restoration Professionals, The workshop covered GIS tools (such as RipMap, INREV, NAIP
The New Mexico Legislature meets at the beginning of each year, alternating between one-month and two-month sessions. In 2025, the Legislature met for two months
NMFWRI’s Conservation Science Center co-hosted the Northern NM Regional Envirothon with Soil and Water Conservation District partners (Taos, Tierra y Montes, and Western Mora) on
NMFWRI, working with SWCA Environmental Consultants, developed a Fire Hub template based on the successful Hub set up for the 2022 Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon (HPCC)
Riparian sites, although a smaller percentage of land area in the southwest, are of critical ecological importance. Early settlement in New Mexico, for example, centered
The Collaboration Program is excited to announce the launch of the NM Collaboration Hub, a centralized site designed to support the growing network of collaboratives
Director’s Note By Alan Barton The wildfires that tore through neighborhoods around Los Angeles in January are yet another tragic reminder of the risks we