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A list of webinars offered by the SW Fire Science Consrotium between March 2010 and July 2012. Includes descriptions and links.

The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Forestry Division is seeking applications to address management of invasive plants on state, private, and public non-federal lands from Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMAs) where noxious weeds threaten forested acres. This RFP’s primary goal is to increase local capacity to manage and prevent invasions of noxious weeds in forested areas. Projects must emphasize prevention and treatment of invasive plants. Projects must focus on species included in the NM Noxious Weed List (http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/Publications/documents/weedlist2009_final.pdf). Deadline: December 7, 2012 by 4:00pm

In This Issue Featured Article The Southwest's Top Research Needs Lessons Learned: La Niña Fires Recent Activities and News Upcoming Events Other Events in the Southwest Request for Proposals What's New

"Examining the Effects of Responsible Forest Management on Watershed Health" Technical Symposium Videos Now Available Online - May 29th The symposium, co-hosted by SAF, the American Forest Foundation, the Environmental Law Institute, the National Alliance of Forest Owners, Plum Creek, the US Forest Service, and Southern Lumber Manufacturers Association, featured keynote speaker Honorable Benjamin H. Grumbles (President, Clean Water America Alliance), and administrative, legal, and scientific panels in exploring forest connections to the Clean Water Act. Videos of each of the panels, along with the keynote address, can be found at this link.

O'Donnell, Frances C., 2016. ERI Working Paper No. 37. Ecological Restoration Institute and the Southwest Fire Science Consortium, Northern Arizona University, November 2016

Firescience.gov Friday Flash eNews, Issue 229, December 8, 2017. Fact sheet and summary of fuel treatment findings from Joint fire Science Program studies.

Report and Recommendations from the May 29-30, 2013 Workshop on the State and Future of U.S. Forestry and the Forest Industry. Prepared by M. Goergen, J. Harding, C. Owen, M. Rey and L. Scarlett. "Both the forest products industry, and accordingly, the forestry sector in the United States... have experienced extreme volatility, unprecedented challenges, and substantial change over the past two decades. In many areas, old operating assumptions have been challenged and discarded at an increasingly rapid pace, and practitioners, policy makers, researchers and educators have struggled to keep up. A group of leaders met in Washington, DC to discuss this changing context and its implications for forests and forestry..."

This Landscape Restoration Strategy (LRS) was developed over seven months during 2014-2015 by the Taos Valley Watershed Coalition (TVWC). Coalition members manage or provide land use consultation on all of the adjoining jurisdictions within our focus area, which extends from the Rio Grande del Rancho on the south to the San Cristobal drainage on the north and also includes the Rio Fernando, Rio Pueblo, Rio Lucero, Rio Arroyo Seco, and Rio Hondo stream systems. Coalition members agree to focus on the goals of protecting, improving, and restoring the water quality, quantity, and ecological function of the forests and streams in the Rio Grande watershed within Taos County, to the benefit of both local and downstream water users. This LRS was developed by our membership to document our shared understanding of scientific data and community values, and to guide coordinated actions within our local watersheds.

Publications fall into a few broad categories: administrative, general, and research publications.

Presentation on two TNC initiatives: the Rio Grande Water Fund and the proposed Burned Area Learning Network. Presented by Anne Bradley to the state Coordinating Group and NM Drought Task Force Watershed Management Subcommittee at their April 21, 2014 quarterly meeting.