Forest and Watershed Management Coordinating Group
Welcome to the home page for New Mexico's Forest and Watershed Management Coordinating Group.
About the Coordinating Group
The New Mexico Forest Action Plan and the NM Forest and Watershed Health Plan call for a representative advisory group to advise and provide direction on the Plan's implementation, and to ensure coordination of and outreach to stakeholders. The Governor's Drought Task Force also called for a subcommittee chaired by the State Forester to address watershed health and management in New Mexico.
The Forestry Division’s Forest and Watershed Health Office hosts quarterly meetings of a multi-entity Forest and Watershed Management Coordinating Group formed to fulfill those directives. Members identify issues that affect natural resource management or hamper restoration efforts, then work collectively to find solutions. The group establishes task teams that tackle specific problems or produce desired products. These Task Teams may function as standing committees for ongoing efforts or may be ad-hoc working groups, existing only until a particular job is done.
The Coordinating Group’s membership includes representatives from the following agencies and organizations:
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Bureau of Land Management
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division
- Forest Stewards Guild
- Landscape collaboratives
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts
- New Mexico Coalition of Conservation Districts
- New Mexico Department of Agriculture
- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
- New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- New Mexico Environment Department
- New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
- New Mexico Forest Industry Association
- New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
- New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
- New Mexico Office of the State Engineer
- New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service
- Public Sector
- Range Improvement Task Force
- State Land Office
- The Nature Conservancy
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service
Group Services
- View and Add Group News
- View Group Calendar
- Add Group Calendar Event
- Group Private Collaborative Work Folder
- Group Public Collaborative Work Folder
