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FIRENM Hosts Botany, Grasses Workshop

Do you know your lemmas from your glumes? NMFWRI and NMDGF staff and student interns spent three days in a botany and grass workshop hosted

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September 3, 2025
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NMFWRI participates in Forestry Day

NMFWRI staff and director Dr. Alan Barton joined more than a dozen other organizations to provide interactive learning about forest health, land restoration techniques, and

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September 3, 2025
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TWIG Paper Published in Scientific Data

The data descriptor paper for the Treatment and Wildfire Interagency Geodatabase (TWIG) is now published in Scientific Data, a journal of Nature, and  an “open-access,

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September 2, 2025
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Report:  Research Priorities on Post-Wildfire Forest Restoration and Recovery

What research would help inform and move forward the ability of communities and land managers to recover from wildfires and restore  landscapes? A multi-disciplinary team

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August 13, 2025
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New Mexico’s Mosaic of Forest Owners

By Dr. Alan BartonNMFWRI Director  The work of NMFWRI naturally involves partnering with many different landowners, those who make decisions about how the forests in

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August 13, 2025
Collaboration

Building Resilience Through Collaboration: NMFWRI completes project with Claunch-Pinto, partners

In July, the Collaboration Program completed a two-year project with theClaunch-Pinto Soil and Water Conservation District (CPSWCD), working alongside SWCA Environmental Consultants, SAKAK Natural Resource

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August 7, 2025
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NMFWRI Plan for the Coming Year

Dr. Alan BartonNMFWRI Director The NMFWRI has compiled its annual Work Plan, and submitted it to the Forest Service. This is required in the federal

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July 17, 2025
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NMFWRI Collaboration Specialist moderates Advanced Tech session

In June, Collaboration Specialist Alejandro Collins represented the NMFWRI’s Collaboration Program at the International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR) Conference. He served as

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July 14, 2025
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NMFWRI Staff Learn Monitoring Techniques

NMFWRI’s Ecological Monitoring crew took time at the beginning of their busy field season to teach their colleagues some of the techniques they use to

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July 14, 2025
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