News & Events
New Mexico First Opens Nominations for the 2017 Spirit of Bipartisanship Awards
The 2017 Spirit of Bipartisanship Award honors lawmakers or community leaders who put good policy above partisan politics! Nominate a leader you think is a role model for cross-party collaboration in areas such as health, education, economy or environment. Your nominee can work at state, local or federal levels. You can recommend an individual or a bipartisan duo! Nomination deadline: March 31, 2017.
Dialogue Board meeting - April 13, 2017
First regular Board meeting following ASM 23. [new background document added; agenda updated 4/9/2017.]
Nature Conservancy helping to revive the timber industry
KOAT TV features benefits of forest treatments supported through the Rio Grande Water Fund
Southern Rockies LCC Webinar on Riparian Restoration - Jan 17
Meg White of The Nature Conservanciy will present on "Vegetative and Geomorphic Complexity at Tributary Junctions on the Colorado and Dolores Rivers: A Blueprint for Riparian Restoration"
USDA kicks off webinar series on drought and water challenges
The USDA Office of Sustainability and Climate Change posted a 2-hour introduction to upcoming opportunities related to drought and water challenges. The aim is to engage Forest Service employees and partners in planning for and adapting to the impacts of drought and other water challenges in the face of a changing climate.
Facilitation training: leading Statewide Meeting "breakout groups" [December 5, 2016]
This training session is for Dialogue board members and others who have volunteered to lead table groups to consider questions about improvements to the process and substance of state water planning in New Mexico. Participants unable to attend in person may call in using the number and passcode given below. Attendees are encouraged to bring a bag lunch to the training.
Dialogue Board meeting - December 5, 2016 [Note different day!]
Regular meeting to be held in conjunction with facilitation training following the meeting. (See separate event announcement.)
2016 USFS Timber Tax Tips Now Available
Tax Tips form USFS
Dialogue Board meeting - November 10, 2016 [UPDATED 11/07]
Note: The breakout group facilitator training scheduled for today has been postponed. We are reverting to the regular meeting time and location for the Board meeting. The training will be rescheduled.
Film showing: Rethinking Beaver - old nuisance or new partner?
A free film from Seventh Generation Institute
23rd Annual Statewide Meeting, January 12, 2017 - "Toward a More Relevant State Water Plan"
Materials from the meeting are available in the Library.
Dialogue Board meeting - October 13, 2016
Preparation for 23rd ASM
Dialogue Board Meeting - September 8, 2016
Regular meeting - final planning for ASM 23. Lucy Moore to be online to discuss training board members as facilitators for small groups.
Sandia Ranger District to host Bio Blitz on May 14, 2016
The Sandia Ranger District will host a Bio Blitz on May 14, 2016, from 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM, at the Cienega Picnic Grounds. The public is invited to attend. Participants must register at the event, but there is no charge to participate in the Bio Blitz.
New Mexico Tree Inventory Workshop & Webinar
Community tree inventorying can be valuable at any scale, from park or neighborhood counts with volunteers to canopy assessments using advanced aerial technology. Join us for a workshop where we'll share efforts happening in New Mexico now, fresh technologies and ideas, and a discussion on inventory needs in New Mexico. Join us in person or via webinar.
Fire Fair in May
The Sandia Park Scenic Byway Firewise Community is hosting a Fire Fair to help residents prepare for fire season.
Estimating the economic impacts of ecosystem restoration—Methods and case studies
Open-File Report 2016-1016 Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program and Office of Policy Analysis and the Bureau of Land Management Socioeconomics Program
Celebrate the Forest Stewards Guild YCC program June 2nd at the Evening in the Pines
Since its inception in 1999, the Forest Stewards Guild youth conservation corps (YCC) program in New Mexico has employed over 500 youth and achieved more than 200,000 hours of conservation service and education benefiting public lands.
Riparian Restoration and Tamarisk Beetle Workshop - Albuquerque, NM
Thursday, June 2nd is the established date for the workshop/training in Albuquerque! The event will be hosted by the UNM Utton Transboundary Center in the Rotunda on UNM's South Campus, and will be all day - 8:30-4:30 (agenda to follow).
Cedro Landscape Restoration Project
Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13, 2016 - The Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Cedro Landscape Restoration project has been published and is ready for public review. The project area is located on Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands’ Sandia Ranger District. It is designed to restore the ecosystem to desired conditions. High tree density and severe competition have created conditions that compromise forest health, wildlife habitat, and scenic quality; these conditions also increase the likelihood of high-intensity wildfires.
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