Forest Management
Evaluating and managing a healthy forest
- NM Forestry Division publishes a list of fire-resistant plants
- What do the words “forest and watershed health” mean to you? Not long ago, the health of our forests and water was not a concern for most citizens. But, after several years of drought, highly visible insect and disease devastation and an overall increase in the knowledge of our natural resources, New Mexicans are concerned about our forests and watershed health. We, at New Mexico State Forestry are responsible for wildfire suppression on all non-federal, non-municipal, non-tribal and non-pueblo lands. We also provide technical advice on forest and resource management to private landowners, and may include a commercial timber harvest to enhance wildlife habitat, increase water yield, reduce the hazard of insect infestation, diseases or fire.
- Fire Prevention Tips for the outdoors
- What do the words “forest and watershed health” mean to you? Not long ago, the health of our forests and water was not a concern for most citizens. But, after several years of drought, highly visible insect and disease devastation and an overall increase in the knowledge of our natural resources, New Mexicans are concerned about our forests and watershed health. We, at New Mexico State Forestry are responsible for wildfire suppression on all non-federal, non-municipal, non-tribal and non-pueblo lands. We also provide technical advice on forest and resource management to private landowners, and may include a commercial timber harvest to enhance wildlife habitat, increase water yield, reduce the hazard of insect infestation, diseases or fire.
- Fire Safety Planning for Your Home
- What do the words “forest and watershed health” mean to you? Not long ago, the health of our forests and water was not a concern for most citizens. But, after several years of drought, highly visible insect and disease devastation and an overall increase in the knowledge of our natural resources, New Mexicans are concerned about our forests and watershed health. We, at New Mexico State Forestry are responsible for wildfire suppression on all non-federal, non-municipal, non-tribal and non-pueblo lands. We also provide technical advice on forest and resource management to private landowners, and may include a commercial timber harvest to enhance wildlife habitat, increase water yield, reduce the hazard of insect infestation, diseases or fire.
- Job Opportunity for Forestry Technicians (Fire) - 4 positions
- Mescalero Agency, Forestry and Fire Management is seeking 4 Forestry Technicians. Applications due 09/29/16. See attachment for more information.
- State Urban & Community Forestry Program Manager - apply by 8/18/11
- The Urban & Community Forestry (U&CF) Program Manager embraces statewide responsibilities. Serves as state representative for United States Forest Service (USFS) Region 3 on the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) Urban & Community Forestry Committee. Duties Include - Initiates a State U&CF Program Strategic Plan, at least every five (5) years -Writes and administers the Professional Services Contract (PSA) for the statewide Volunteer Coordinator Contractor (currently Tree New Mexico) -Leads the New Mexico Urban Forest Council (NMUFC) -Manages the New Mexico State Big Tree Program; the New Mexico Forest Re-Leaf Program -Leads the Tree Planting Advisory Committee (TPAC) and the statewide Back yard Tree Farm Program -Represents and promotes the direction, philosophy, and strategic plan elements of the EMNRD Forestry Division. Agency contact for this position is: Andrew Frederick, State Timber Management Officer (505) 476-3343
- Tree Care, General Forestry, and Windbreak Websites Links
- Tree Care, General Forestry, and Windbreak Websites Links
- Univ of CA - Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources
- FOREST ECOLOGY - Forest Stewardship Series 3 - Publication 8233
- Western Forestry Leadership Coalition Update - January 31, 2011
- Please see the attached Western Forestry Leadership Coalition Update for January 31, 2011 Table of Contents 1. OR Board of Forestry Selects Doug Decker as State Forester 2. New Carbon Storage Report Commissioned by Climate Action Reserve 3. Tribal Summit on Energy and Funding Opportunities 4. National Workshop on Climate and Forests 5. In the News: AZ Elderly Residents Heat with Wood from Stewardship Project 6. Eastern Alaska University Seeks Field Forester
- Firescience.gov Friday Flash eNews - Issue 127 | April 10, 2015
- A Land Manager's Guide for Creating Fire Resistant Forests - This publication provides a very basic, clearly written overview that will be useful to many private land owners in the drier forests of the pacific Northwest. SECTIONS INCLUDE: • Fire Behavior 101 • Types of Fires • Principles of Fire-Resistant Forests • Fuel Reduction Methods • Maintaining Your Investment
- New Mexico Urban and Community Forestry Program - Strategic Plan
- New Mexico Urban and Community Forestry Program - Strategic Plan
- Western Water Threatened by Wildfire: It's not a Public Lands Use
- All family-owned forests provide Americans with significant benefits, from the bare essentials like clean water, a home for wildlife and carbon storage, to everyday needs like wood for houses, furniture and paper, and good paying rural jobs. All forests also face similar threats: development pressures, catastrophic wildfires, invasive insects, disease and more. But because our forests across the U.S. are so diverse, these top threats vary, as do the forests benefits we depend on the most.
- New Mexico Forest Restoration Principles- Collaboratively developed guidelines for forest restoration
- New Mexico Forest Restoration Principles- Collaboratively developed guidelines for forest restoration
- Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA)-Landscape scale forest restoration in the southwest
- Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA)-Landscape scale forest restoration in the southwest
- Forest Practices Guidelines
- Forest Practices Guidelines
- National Forest Foundation
- National Forest Foundation
- RFP for 2014 Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-Share Grants
- The US Forest Service announces approximately $900,000 in grant funds will be awarded through the 2014 National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program. Funds are to support national urban and community forestry projects on non-federal public land that have a national or widespread impact and application. Pre-proposals are due July 15, 2013. Full proposals (tentatively) due July 15, 2013.
- Oregon State Univ - Synthesis of Knowledge on the Effects of Fire and Thinning Treatments on Understory Vegetation in US Dry Forests
- A century of fire exclusion in dry forests across the United States has resulted in high fuel loads and increasing dominance by fire-intolerant vegetation. Federal, state, and private agencies have adopted a goal of managing forests to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire. Forest managers use a variety of tools to create desired conditions within forests; the most common are prescribed fire and mechanical thinning. These two treatments may be used separately or in combination, depending on restoration goals for the forest stand. Before these treatments can be applied, managers must justify their choice by documenting the effects of the treatment on other ecosystem components, such as understory vegetation. Understory vegetation in fire-dominated landscapes often has adapted to regrowing in frequent, low-severity fire regimes. Because fire releases nutrients and, by opening the canopy, allows light to the forest floor, the understory response is positive (e.g., increased growth or reproduction).
- Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry
- US Environmental Protection Agency website on carbon in agriculture and forestry. Contents: basic information; frequently asked questions; carbon science; ag and forestry practices; national analysis; international; publications: links and resources.
- JOB OPENING – EMNRD Forestry Division
- NM State Forestry is advertising for a Watershed Health Specialist. This is an Advanced Forester position based at the Forest and Watershed Health Office in Albuquerque, NM. Salary range is between $14.68 - $26.11 hourly, or $30,534 - $54,308 annually.
- NM Forest Re-Leaf
- NM Forest Re-Leaf
