We have two open positions! Want to work with a great team devoted to developing tools, advancing science, and sharing information to help land managers and communities? Find complete job descriptions and apply through the NMHU job portal.
Love data, forests, and coordinating teams? We're seeking a talented person with management and organizational skills to help lead our Ecological Monitoring field crew! Apply through the Highlands University job portal - scan the QR code!
Home insurance is more costly or unavailable in many areas of New Mexico due to wildfire risk. Check out tips in this month's The Spark for reducing wildfire risk to your home. From Forest Stewards Guild, NM Forestry Division, Bureau of Land Management-NM & our institute.
Coming up Saturday at Luna Community College - The #Fire Circle Community Fair.
We're hosting The Fire Circle on March 21 along with our partners
@nmforestrydivision.bsky.social , the Forest Stewards Guild, the
Fire Learning Network, The Nature Conservancy, and the Wildfire Resiliency Training Center. Don't miss it!🔥
Have questions about post-fire impacts on water? Come to the Fire Circle: Community Fair for answers!
In collaboration with our partners at the NM Forestry Department, we have new Bark Beetle Management guides up on our website as part of our landowner technical guide series under our Fire Informed Restoration Education NM initiative. Check them out!
nmfwri.org/stewardship/...
Dana Heusinkveld, NMFWRI GIS Specialist, talks to a conference attendee at the Stewards of the Southwest gathering in early March while showing one of the NMFWRI maps and other information.
NMFWRI Deputy Director Dr. Edward Martinez, GIS Program Mgr Patti Dappen, and GIS Research Specialist Dana Heusinkveld enjoyed meeting people and answering questions at the Stewards of the SW Conf. (formerly Tribal Forest and Fire Summit), March 3-5 at Santa Ana Star Casino.
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Explore the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Post-Fire Hub's community calendar for upcoming meetings, events, and workshops related to post-fire and flood recovery.
Contact our staff to share community events your organization is hosting.
The calendar is available at: bit.ly/hpcccalendar
What are some innovative approaches to restoring #rivers, streams, and #watersheds? Join us Feb. 24 for Episode 1 of this docuseries featuring scientist Bill Zeedyk and friends on Feb. 24 at the historic Indigo Theatre in Las Vegas, NM. Co-hosted by NMFWRI's Shantini Ramakrishnan.
The updated New Mexico Vegetation Treatment geodatabase has detailed information on over 54,000 projects across New Mexico. Over this past year the site had 243,000 Geodatabase service hits and 2,200+ Website visits.
Students outside near Ponderosa pine trees with chainsaws learning to start and use them.
Person with a chainsaw blocks fallen trees during a FIRE NM workshop hosted by the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Insitute.
Students at the FIRE NM Community Chainsaw Class learn to use a plumb bob (a nut on the end of a string held in the air) to determine which way a tree is leaning before they cut it with a chainsaw.
Students at a FIRE NM chainsaw class listen to instructor Jamie Knutson describe different types of chains.
Five dedicated students took our first two-day FIRE NM Community Chainsaw class taught by Las Dispensas sawyer Jamie Knutson in January. FIRE NM is the new Fire Informed Restoration Education-New Mexico initiative launched by our institute with more workshops and resources available soon.
We're looking for a post-doc to join our exceptional GIS team! Apply through the Highlands University job portal.
🤔Are non-native trees automatically bad? Or might they hold value in a changing climate? One of our ecological monitoring team members explores the debate when it comes to Russian olives. nmfwri.org/news/a-mixed...
Registration is open for Confluence 2026! We’re excited to share this opportunity from our partners at the Western Collaborative Conservation Network, taking place May 19–21 in Fort Collins, CO. Learn more: loom.ly/tYRvoFA
Sign up soon for this great FREE training opportunity to learn methods for effective collaboration. Sign up here - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Contractor Workforce Fair & Workshop, Dec. 2, 5:30-8 PM at El Rito Campus Northern NM College. Businesses and contractors in the forest restoration economy are invited to attend, network, and learn about licensing/insurance/funding. To register, contact Luz: Luz@forestguild.org; 505-983-8992
New Mexico Forestry Division is seeking a Community Wildfire Defense Program Manager to direct and engage in forest and watershed management and community wildfire risk reduction. Apply by Dec. 5 with job ID #159915 through the State job portal www.spo.state.nm.us/work-for-new...
More guidance for Mora County private well owners from NM DHSEM regarding reopening fire claim to cover potential fire-related heavy metal contamination in wells.
Information about Mora County water resources, contacts, and the NM Dept of Health advisory regarding recent heavy metal contamination in some wells is all available on the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Post-fire Resources Hub. hermits-peak-calf-canyon-fire-resources-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com/pages/extern...
Congrats to everyone involved in this important work!
🤝 Partnerships and careful planning make for successful prescribed burns, a critical tool for restoring healthy fire-adapted forests. In this great story, a new prescribed burn participant reflects on the experience at an Oct burn on State Land near Black Lake, NM.
🔥 Firewise and Fire Adapted Communities advance wildfire risk reduction. Find out how in the latest edition of The Spark by @forestguild @NMForestry @USDOI @fireadaptednet and NMFWRI .
#WildfirePreparedness
👁️ If you haven't checked out the NM Collaborative Conservation Hub developed by our Collaboration Program, take a look!
💻 It is loaded with information! collaboration-hub-nmfwri-nmhu.hub.arcgis.com
A fact sheet from NM Dept of Health on the Mora County wells and heavy metal contamination. These wells are within the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar from 2022; the source of any metal contamination has yet to be determined.
We still have a few spots left in our free Community Chainsaw Refresher Class! Bought a new chainsaw but never used one before? Pretty skilled with a chainsaw but looking for some maintenance tips? This class is for you! Sign up via email at nmfwri@nmhu.edu or call 505-426-2080.
We're hiring for an exciting new position at our institute - a Digital Content and Outreach Specialist! Please note a change in the link here. Apply directly through the Highlands University job portal:
