The Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical Advisory Panel will be meeting virtually to review the FY 19 and FY 20 grant submissions. This meeting is scheduled for September 15-17 & September 22-24 and will be streamed on YouTube. Download panel documents (200Mb).
The Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP) provides grants of up to $360,000 to stakeholders for forest restoration projects in New Mexico that are designed through a collaborative process.
Projects can be up to four years in length and can be located on or on any combination of Federal, Tribal, State, County or Municipal forest land. Projects must address the following objectives:
Wildfire threat reduction
Ecosystem restoration, including non-native species reduction
Reestablishment of historic fires regimes
Reforestation
Preservation of old and large trees
Small diameter tree utilization
Creation of forest-related local employment
Stakeholder diversity
Since 2001, the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP) has funded over 200 projects including close to 600 partners in planning and implementing collaborative forest restoration and small diameter utilization projects in 20 counties across New Mexico. These projects have restored over 33,000 acres and created over 750 jobs.
Funded Project Summaries and Contacts (Word .docx, 308kb)
Summaries of current and previous Collaborative Forest Restoration Program funded projects (2001-2018).
Multiparty Monitoring Information about frequently required monitoring and assessment of Forest Restoration projects.