More guidance for Mora County private well owners from NM DHSEM regarding reopening fire claim to cover potential fire-related heavy metal contamination in wells.

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A fact sheet from NM Dept of Health on the Mora County wells and heavy metal contamination. These wells are within the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar from 2022; the source of any metal contamination has yet to be determined.

We still have a few spots left in our free Community Chainsaw Refresher Class! Bought a new chainsaw but never used one before? Pretty skilled with a chainsaw but looking for some maintenance tips? This class is for you! Sign up via email at nmfwri@nmhu.edu or call 505-426-2080.

We're hiring for an exciting new position at our institute - a Digital Content and Outreach Specialist! Please note a change in the link here. Apply directly through the Highlands University job portal:

We've got an excellent Bark Beetle Management – QIA workshop coming up Nov. 15 with our partners at NM Forestry Division. We look forward to seeing you there!

Save the Date! Nov. 15 is the next QIA workshop.

We're hiring! We're looking for a Digital Content and Outreach professional who is interested in forest and watershed health, enjoys creating with social media and digital tools, and likes interacting with the public. Apply via the NMHU portal.

Do you enjoy communication and are familiar with ArcGIS? Do you like interacting with the public? Have an interest in wildfire mitigation? Our institute is hiring a Digital Content and Outreach Specialist! Find out more and apply through the NMHU portal: nmhu.peopleadmin.com/postings/9954

Fire Cafe happening tomorrow! A free webinar to discuss the ReSHAPE TWIG wildfire and fuels reduction geodatabase and how it can help fire and land managers.

Coming up Sept. 23 - how can TWIG help fire and land managers better visualize the intersection of forest treatments and wildfire for on-the-ground decisions? Find out more during this webinar from the ReSHAPE team working on TWIG, a powerful geodatabase.

Upcoming Fire CAFE webinar! Join Southwest Fire Ecology on Tuesday Sept. 23 at 1 pm ET to learn about how the ReSHAPE Program compiles data on fuels treatments and wildfires through the Treatment and Wildfire Interagency Geodatabase (TWIG). Register at ow.ly/nenl50WQrW9

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists took a horizon scan of the wildfire landscape and identified some critical areas to focus post-wildfire forest restoration research. Here's an overview of their findings. sweri.org/wp-content/u...