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New Mexico

Workforce Development

Workforce Development 2-3-2 Landscape Youth Conservation Corps Watershed Academy provides watershed job pathways for northern New Mexico communities. In 2024, the program employed 35 positions, including four full-time, and 31 season youth. Higher Education Degree Programs include: Pueblo Community College’s Forestry, Wildfire Mitigation, and Natural Resources. This offers a basic wildland fire certificate, a two-semester

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Wood Products Utilization

Wood Product Utilization Interviews 2-3-2 Landscape The Forest Stewards Guild conducted interviews with six wood-processing facilities of various sizes and production logistics in the 2-3-2 landscape to better understand wood product utilization. Key themes from the interviews: The importance of volume from federal lands for long-term stabilization of wood processing businesses. Industry partners described the

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Fire and Free Will

According to a preeminent voice on free will, Robert Sapolsky, we humans used to attribute the weather, especially bad weather, to witches. We assumed that the natural forces we experienced were completely within human control and therefore needed to be blamed on somebody when they didn’t align with our desires. Thankfully, we no longer think

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What Birds Tell Us About the Forest

Assessing the quality of bird habitat is nuanced. The density of trees, the presence or lack of fire, and tree species diversity all contribute to conditions that can be favorable or detrimental to different bird species. What if we turned that concept around? Instead of looking at the forest for its suitability for birds, we

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Reservoir Hill: Local Impact, Regional Change

The story of Reservoir Hill is as inspirational as it is impactful. Just behind Pagosa Springs lies this community resource befit with trails and an immaculate frisbee golf course. However, it wasn’t always the case. Like many ponderosa pine forests, Reservoir Hill was densely packed with trees, having not experienced fire or other disturbances since

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Thoughts from Rio San Antonio

The outcomes of collaboration are not always easy to see. Often, as is the case with the stream restoration on the Rio San Antonio, the visible work is merely the tip of the iceberg. Through years of conversation, discussions, and prioritization, the right partnership came together to produce an ambitious stream restoration project on the

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Quarterly Meeting Highlights

2-3-2 Quarterly Meeting Highlights 2024 February, 2024 – Abiquiu, NM 2-3-2 Partnership and Rio Chama CFLRP recap Partner perspectives on the unique challenges and impacts of the 2-3-2 Navigating collaboration across boundaries: the influence of policy and science translation Monitoring update and adaptive management May, 2024 – El Rito, NM History and context of the

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All Hands All Lands Burn Team

All Hands All Lands Burn Team Since 2018 the Forest Stewards Guild (Guild), The Nature Conservancy, Region3 of the USDA Forest Service, and many others have partnered to make the All Hands All Lands Burn Team effort a success. In FY23 the team supported two burns in the Rio Chama CFLR landscape across 3,383 acres.

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Wood for Life Program

Wood for Life Santa Fe National Forest, Chama area, Zia Pueblo, and Navajo Nation 2024: The National Forest Foundation (NFF) established three new wood banks that support communities in and around the 2-3-2 landscape through the Wood for Life Program: Chama Peak Land Alliance (CPLA) Wood Bank provides firewood for seniors and disabled individuals in

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Santa Clara Tribal Forest Protection Act

Santa Clara Tribal Forest Protection Act Project Santa Clara Pueblo 2024: Awarded $325,000 in year 2 of 3 years of funding through the Tribal Forest Protection Act. The Tribe worked with American Forests to finalize the Tribal Nursery Business Plan.  Substantial work progressed on the new Tribal Tree Nursery. Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps crews have

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