NMRC is a collaboration of NMSU - NMHU - UNM - EMNRD Forestry Division
Main Stream New Mexico (NM Interstate Stream Commission), September 2026: Saving water, one tree at a time. How New Mexico's forests and water supply are connected, and NMRC's role in replanting burn scars.
Inside Climate News, June 2026: A 'Reforestation Pipeline' in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars. How NMRC partners work together, from seed collection to planting, to grow seedlings that survive.
E&E News / ClimateWire, May 28, 2026: New Mexico jump-starts massive tree planting after wildfires. National coverage of New Mexico's integrated reforestation pipeline. (Subscription)
Public News Service / KRWG, May 19, 2026: New Mexico begins building back its burned forests. Why burned forests need replanting to hold snowpack and protect water.
NMSU Newsroom, May 6, 2026: Officials break ground on New Mexico Reforestation Center. Partners mark the start of construction in Mora County.
High Country News, April 2026: How New Mexico is 'building a forest' by solving a seedling shortage. An interview with NMRC Director Jenn Auchter.
KRQE News 13, April 9, 2026: Researchers are training seedlings to better handle hot and dry conditions. Drought conditioning at NMSU's John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora.
Albuquerque Journal, April 8, 2026: After major wildfires, New Mexico foresters aim to produce 5 million 'climate-adapted' tree seedlings annually. A preview of the center ahead of groundbreaking.
Santa Fe New Mexican (My View), February 7, 2026: View the forest as living infrastructure, by NMRC Director Jenn Auchter.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, October 15, 2026: The microclimate in post-wildfire areas in northern New Mexico: modeling plant stress. Christopher Marsh, Lorraina Rojas, Matthew O'Neil, and Matthew D. Hurteau, Center for Fire Resilient Ecosystems and Society (FiRES) at the University of New Mexico, an NMRC partner institution. The study models microclimate variation across burned landscapes and what it means for plant water stress, the foundation for predicting where planted seedlings are likely to survive.