Monitoring
Moon Mountain
The Moon Mountain fire began one mile east of the Village of Ruidoso, NM on March 28, 2016. The fire was contained April 1, 2016
April 30, 2025
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
Monitoring
Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon
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
April 30, 2025
News
Practical Skills for Restoration Professionals
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
April 24, 2025
News
NM Fire Policy Updates
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
April 9, 2025
News
3rd Annual Northern NM Regional Envirothon
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
April 9, 2025
News
Fire Hubs for fire season
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)
April 9, 2025
Monitoring
Riparian Ecological Monitoring
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
March 14, 2025
Collaboration
NM Collaboration Hub launched
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
March 14, 2025