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Southwestern Region
333 Broadway SE [map]
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 842-3292
TTY: (505) 842-3198

State and Private Forestry

Photo: Man working cutting lumber. The Region's State and Private Forestry mission area provides professional, technical and support personnel cooperatively working with state forestry agencies and others in the delivery of a variety of programs designed to promote and support resource management and conservation in rural and urban areas.

Team members offer a wide range of knowledge and skills to help state forestry agencies and other partners in their program efforts. In addition, the team works with and can call upon assistance from a wealth of other resources available through the Rocky Mountain Research Station, the National Forest System and numerous other Federal and non-Federal partners.

COLLABORATIVE FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM
The Community Forest Restoration Act of 2000 (Title VI, Public Law 106-393) established a cooperative forest restoration program in New Mexico to provide cost-share grants to stakeholders for forest restoration projects on public land to be designed through a collaborative process (the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program). more »

COOPERATIVE FORESTRY
Cooperative Forestry provides technical and financial assistance to help rural and urban citizens, including private landowners, care for forests and sustain the communities where they live, work and play. more »

New Mexico Forest Restoration Principles

The New Mexico Biomass Evaluation Task Force announced the publication of 18 principles for the design and implementaiton of forest restoration projects that would produce small-diameter wood used to fuel biomass power plants and other wood utilizing facilities. The task force, comprised of 13 organizations, created these principles to reduce conflict and legal challenges for forest havesting projects in New Mexico. RTF (406kb); PDF (68kb)

U.S. Forest Service - Southwestern Region
Last Modified: Thursday, 04 December 2008 at 14:08:50 EST