The main partners of NMFWRI

Arizona Ecological Restoration Institute: http://www.eri.nau.edu

Colorado Forest Restoration Institute: http://www.cfri.colostate.edu/

New Mexico Office of Forest and Watershed Health

USDA Forest Service/Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute Information Page: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/partnerships/institutes/index.shtml

NM Forestry Division : http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/fd/index.htm

USDI Bureau of Land Management : http://www.nm.blm.gov/

New Mexico Forest and Watershed Health Plan

FWRI has a role in this activity and is actively involved with implementation of the plan. FWRI’s FY06 work plan was largely drawn from recommendations in the FWHP: http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/fd/FWHPlan/FWHPlanMain.htm

New Mexico Final Plan for Non-native Phreatophyte/Watershed Management from the NM Department of Agriculture

FWRI held a town hall that included discussions about implementing this plan. This deals with watershed level planning for watershed restoration by removal of non-native phreatophytes (primarily salt cedar and Russian olive): http://www.nmda.nmsu.edu/DIVISIONS/APR/TAMARISK/tamariskhome.html