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official website of the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition. Read about the Coalition and our projects. Learn about news and events. Find partners, contacts and resources.

One of five presentations given as part of the "Preparing for Large Wildfires in New Mexico" workshop, April 2018

Handout prepared by NM State Forestry for the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Management Coordinating Group, January 12, 2018. (Revised 01/22/18)

Document describing the mission and values that will inform the Landscape Resilience Strategy for the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition

List of collaborative groups working on forest and watershed health in New Mexico. Compiled for the April 15, 2016 Coordinating Group/Watershed Management Subcommittee meeting.

Document describing organization and roles for the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition

Spreadsheet of Collaborative Groups, Partners, and Projects working on forest and watershed management in New Mexico

KOAT TV features benefits of forest treatments supported through the Rio Grande Water Fund

Draft notes from the 08/02/16 GSFFC meweting

- The Estancia Basin Watershed Health, Restoration and Monitoring Steering Committee (Steering Committee) oversees forest thinning projects and monitoring of forest and watershed health in the Estancia Basin in coordination with the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute. The primary goals of the Steering Committee are to improve forest health and create defensible space from wildfire. Funding for this project has been provided by the New Mexico Water Trust Board. - SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) was awarded a contract in 2007 to conduct monitoring for forest thinning effectiveness on the eastern slopes of the Manzano Mountains for the Steering Committee. SWCA finalized a comprehensive monitoring plan in March 2008 which is available online at the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute’s website (http://www.nmfwri.org/images/stories/pdfs/Estancia_Basin_Monitoring/ Estancia Basin Monitoring.pdf)—that provides background information, research questions, and a discussion of methods relative to forest thinning and monitoring. - The principal goals of forest and watershed monitoring are to determine the effectiveness of standard prescribed forest thinning on soils, hydrology, water yield and quality, vegetation, and wildlife. SWCA is responsible for planning and implementing forest thinning monitoring in order to evaluate these resources. - Data from permanent monitoring study sites provide information on rainfall, ambient and soil temperatures, soil moisture, soil surface profiles to assess erosion over time, soil surface stability, soil chemistry, bird and small mammal composition and relative abundance, and vegetation composition, structure, and cover.