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2001 03-01 La Jicarita Enterprise Community
http://www.ljec.org/
CONTACT: Ben F. Sanchez, Program Manager, (505) 387-2298
PROJECT TITLE: The Natural Resource Development Center Collaborative
Forest Restoration Project
FUNDING: $333,988
PROJECT SUMMARY: This grant will help the Natural Resources Development Center (NRDC) conduct
environmentally sound forest restoration treatments in the upper Mora watershed on the Carson
and Santa Fe National Forests. The NRDC will also provide training for local loggers to bid on
Forest Service thinning contracts and serve as a local micro-enterprise incubator by loaning
equipment to small business. The project will provide training and assist local businesses
develop, produce and market small diameter timber products that result from forest thinning
operations.
2001 07-01 Otero Soil and Water Conservation District
http://www.nm.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/swcd.html#Otero
CONTACT: Bob Nichols, Vicky Milne, Dan Abercrombie, Tel: (505)
437-3100
PROJECT TITLE: Sacramento River Watershed Forest Restoration Project
FUNDING: $118,800
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will conduct forest restoration treatments on the Sacramento River
Watershed area in Otero County. The area encompasses Forest Service and State Trust lands.
The removal of small diameter trees will reduce the hazard of catastrophic fire on federal, state,
and private land in and around the community of Timberon. The forest restoration treatments will
be developed through an inter-disciplinary collaborative effort involving federal and state
agencies, private business, environmental organizations, local fire departments, Soil and Water
District Supervisors, and members of the South Central Mountain RC&D. Local businesses
including the Mescalero Forest Products and Timberon Millworks will both be able to purchase
the small diameter trees from the thinning activities to make specialized wood products.
2001 11-01 Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/
CONTACT: Thomas W. Swetnam, Tel: (520) 621-2112
or Donald Falk, Tel: (520) 626-7201
PROJECT TITLE: Monument Canyon Restoration Project
FUNDING: $341,375
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will reduce the risk of catastrophic fire in the Monument Canyon
Research and Natural Area of the Santa Fe National Forest by reducing hazardous fuels levels and
conducting prescribed burns. It will also actively protect old-growth trees and monitor the effects
of restoration treatments to determine their effect on forest dynamics. The Monument Canyon
Research and Natural Area is a valuable old-growth Ponderosa pine forest situated near an urban-
wildland interface, and is also part of the ancestral homeland of the Jemez people. The project
represents a collaborative effort between a major scientific institute, public land management
agencies, and the Pueblo of Jemez and includes a strong youth training component.
2001 12-01 El Greco
P.O. Box 521
Chimayo, NM 87522
CONTACT: Max Cordova, Chairman, Tel: (505) 689-2427
PROJECT TITLE: Healthy Forest Healthy Communities
FUNDING: $118,800
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will conduct forest restoration treatments on the Entranas Woodlands
area of the Fe National Forest and establish a training program for community members to
successfully bid on, administer, implement, and monitor forest restoration contracts and grants.
The project will also assist community members in the development and marketing of small
diameter wood products obtained from restoration work. Youth groups will be trained to develop
and implement a monitoring plan for the project.
2001 13-01 Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council
CONTACT: David Cordova, Tel: (505) 852-4265
PROJECT TITLE: Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council, Inc. Forest
Restoration Program
FUNDING: $118,800
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will conduct a feasibility study and develop an action plan to conduct
forest restoration and thinning activities on the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests and Pueblo
land. The project will facilitate collaboration on forest restoration activities between the Forest
Service and the Pueblos of San Juan, Nambe, Pojoaque, Tesuque, Santa Clara, Taos, Picuris and
San Ildelfonso.
2001 16-01 Middle Rio Grande Conservancy
http://www.mrgcd.com/
CONTACT: Sterling Grogan, Tel: (505) 247-0234
PROJECT TITLE: Middle Rio Grande Bosque Fuels Reduction Project
FUNDING: $356,400
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will help identify the best methods to reduce hazardous fuels in the
bosque and fire danger to residents while preserving wildlife habitat. Fuels reduction treatments
will be implemented on seven 50-acre sites between the flood control levees of the Rio Grande on
land owned by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. The project will enhance native
plant and wildlife diversity by removing exotic trees and replanting with native understory
species. The project will be implemented using a collaborative process involving landowners,
managers and researchers from Federal, State, local and Tribal entities.
2001 20-01 Village of Ruidoso
Planning and Zoning Department
http://www.ruidoso-nm.gov/Forestry_Documents/WUI.html
CONTACT: Rick DeIaco, Tel: (505) 258-4343
PROJECT TITLE: Eagle Creek Fuels Reduction Project
FUNDING: $335,852
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will reduce risk of wildfire by thinning trees using a low intensity,
fuels reduction prescription on 438 acres of municipal land within the Village of Ruidoso. This
municipal watershed is one of the highest risk areas in New Mexico. The goal is to creat forest
conditions that more closely resemble pre-settlement conditions. The project will help protect
residential subdivisions and the sources of drinking water for the Village of Ruidoso. The small
diameter trees harvested will be used for firewood, compost, and other specialty wood products.
Information gained through the projects monitoring program will be shared with education
facilities and the general public through media events and Ruidoso’s Public Awareness Campaign,
which encourages residents to create defensible space around their homes.
2001 21-01 Pueblo of Zuni
Zuni Department of Natural Resources
http://www.ashiwi.org/Enterprise.aspx
CONTACT: Roman Pawluk or Clifford Waikaniwa, (505 782-5852)
PROJECT TITLE: Zuni-Cibola Forest Restoration Initiative
FUNDING: $355,844
PROJECT SUMMARY: This initiative is a partnership between the Zuni Tribe and the Cibola National
Forest that will thin small diameter trees to reduce the risk catastrophic wildfire, enhance forest
ecosystem diversity and resiliency, and re-establish pre settlement fire regimes. It will create
jobs, build Tribal forest management capacity, support the Zuni Community Sawmill enterprise,
and rebuild the Tribe’s tradition role as collaborative land stewards within Zuni’s aboriginal
territory. The grant will fund a Zuni Forest Restoration Crew to perform thinning treatments on
National Forest lands and support a monitoring initiative involving the Southwest Community
Forestry Center and Zuni youth crews. The project seeks to implement restoration projects using
a combination of modern resource science and indigenous knowledge through a collaborative
effort involving the Tribe, the Southwest Community Forestry Center, the Forest Trust, the
National Network of Forest Practitioners, BIA, and the Forest Service. The project will develop
and demonstrate low impact ecologically sound restoration techniques and use products from
restoration treatments to supply tribal members with building materials.
2001 23-01 New Mexico Highlands University
Research
http://www.nmhu.edu/
CONTACT: Dr. John R. Juarez, Vice President, Tel: (505) 425-7511
PROJECT TITLE: New Mexico Highlands University Forest Management
Program
FUNDING: $118,800
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will provide classroom and on the job field training to selected public
assistance recipients, and promote community involvement and awareness of the Forest
Restoration Program. The program will identify and screen San Miguel County residents for the
purpose of working in a forest environment to promote healthy watersheds, and reduce the threat
of wildfires, insect infestation and disease. Thirty individuals per year from underserved
communities will receive job related training in forest restoration and business development. The
project will also work with the Forest Service to identify opportunities for graduates of the
program to secure contracts to conduct forest restoration treatments.
2001 25-01 The Four Corners Institute
http://www.forestguild.org/RoweMesa.html
CONTACT: Dr. Melissa Savage, Tel: (505) 983-8515
PROJECT TITLE: A Forest Restoration Collaboration on the Valle Grande
Grass Bank
FUNDING: $255,875
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will use a collaborative approach to conduct forest restoration
treatments to return ecological integrity to a forest stand while providing small-scale economic
activities in rural communities. The project will use thinning and prescribed burning to restore
the ponderosa pine savanna and create a more natural fire regime and forest structure on 300
acres of the Valle Grande allotment south of the town of Pecos on the Santa Fe National Forest.
The Conservation Fund manages the allotment as a grass bank where small-scale stockmen can
graze their animals to rest their home ranges. The Conservation Fund operates the grass bank
through a partnership with the Forest Service, the Northern New Mexico Stockman’s Association,
and the NMSU Cooperative Extension. Firewood harvests will be used to reduce tree densities.
The project will also develop and conduct workshops and offer educational opportunities for
locals, firewood collectors, Grass Bank participants, environmentalists, and agency personnel.
These events will focus on the process of forest degradation and the role of forest restoration
activities in creating sustainable livelihoods and defensible space for protection from crown fire.
The project will accomplish landscape scale treatments and expand current knowledge of
restoration practices.
2001 27-01 The Pueblo of Jemez
Walatowa Woodlands Initiative
CONTACT: William J. Whatley, Tel: (505) 834-7459
PROJECT TITLE: Community Based Forest Restoration and Wood Product
Development
FUNDING: $344,271
PROJECT SUMMARY: This three-year community based small diameter hazardous fuels reduction
initiative will protect and manage forests in the Valles Caldera National Preserve and the Canada
de Cochiti Unit of the Jemez Pueblo Tribal Trust Lands. The project will reduce the threat of
catastrophic wildfire and provide employment and enterprise development opportunities for the
tribe. This collaborative effort between the Pueblos of Jemez, the USDI-Bureau of Indian Affairs
Southern Pueblos Agency, the Santa Fe National Forest, and the Valles Calder National Preserve
Board of Trustees will demonstrate ecologically sound forest management techniques and support
community based businesses that use small diameter trees from forest restoration activities to
produce marketable products. The project will treat 1,120 acres over three years and utilize 80%
of the material harvested.
2001 28-01 American Metal Works
CONTACT: Anselmo (Sam) Gutierrez, Tel: (505) 289-2026
PROJECT TITLE: Wood Biomass Energy Installation Feasibility Study
FUNDING: $66,361
PROJECT SUMMARY: This study will assess the feasibility of establishing a Wood Biomass Energy
Installation to produce electricity in the Cuba area. This installation would use small diameter
tress and slash to produce electricity and provide a solution to the challenge of utilizing the
material resulting form forest restoration treatments that reduce the threat of large, high intensity
wildfires and the negative effects of excessive competition between trees.
2001 30-01 Catron County Citizens Group
http://www.catroncitizens.org/
CONTACT: Bob Moore, Executive Director, Tel: (505) 539-2745
PROJECT TITLE: Healthy Communities/Healthy Forest Building the
Proper Links
FUNDING: $356,400
PROJECT SUMMARY: The Catron County Citizens group will: 1) enhance community involvement by
constructing a prototype, small diameter roundwoood greenhouse with the Reserve School
system; 2) implement a log holding yard to bridge the gap between log supply and community
wood users; 3) encourage entrepreneurial activity within the community by offering business
technical assistance; 4) develop youth opportunity and community capacity by designing and
administering Youth Conservation Corps, apprenticeship and training, and workforce programs 5)
maintain a collaborative process by facilitating public meetings, publishing a newsletter, and
maintaining a website; and 6) scientifically monitor resource management activities by designing
and implementing a habitat fragmentation assessment monitoring program. This project will
promote alliance building among traditionally divided factions in the area.
2001 38-01 The Ruidoso Wildland Interface Project
Ruidoso Municipal School District
http://www.ruidoso.k12.nm.us/
CONTACT: Mike Gladden, Superintendent, Ruidoso Municipal School,
Tel: (505) 257-4051
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Restoration and Catastrophic Fire Reduction
Demonstration Project
FUNDING: $5,940
PROJECT SUMMARY: The Ruidoso Municipal School District will join the Ruidoso Wildland Interface
Project to conduct forest restoration treatments on 6 acres of land owned by the district that
immediately adjoins the school. The project will organize a “Young Foresters of Ruidoso” club
to enhance awareness of the need for forest restoration and collaborate with the Forest Service,
the New Mexico State Land Office, the Village of Ruidoso, and Eastern New Mexico University
to provide educational opportunities for the general public on forest restoration and the need to
reduce hazardous fuels. The project is in a high-risk area for wildfire.
2001 39-01 Sherry Barrow Strategies
http://www.sbswoodshavings.com/
CONTACT: Sherry Barrow, Tel: (505) 257-5508
PROJECT TITLE: Ruidoso Interface Project
FUNDING: $74,250
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will design and test a process to produce wood shavings for animal
bedding from small diameter wood waste and utilize byproducts of the process to create value-
added marketable products. The project will utilize materials generated from forest and watershed
restoration programs in the area. The project will also identify developing and emerging markets
for wood waste products and market, produce, and sell value added products to sustain regional
economic growth in Otero and Lincoln counties. The project will offer training and create jobs
with the potential for sustainable employment in the community. The implementers will also
conduct outreach to disseminate information to other communities.
2001 42-01 Acoma Realty and Natural Resources Office
CONTACT: Petuuche Gilbert, (505) 552-6601
PROJECT TITLE: Pueblo of Acoma forest enhancement and pinyon-juniper
thinning and utilization
FUNDING: $356,400
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will conduct forest restoration treatments in ponderosa pine and
pinyon-juniper forests on the Cebollita Mesa of the Acoma Indian Reservation. The treatments
will reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire and rehabilitate areas of severe mistletoe infection
and improve forest health. The project will also utilize the small diameter trees harvested during
treatments to produce viagas, latillas, posts, poles, and firewood for local residence and provide
employment opportunities for Acama tribal members. Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir seedlings
will also be replanted in deforested areas.
2001 43-01 Las Humanas
CONTACT: George Ramirez, Tel: (505) 847-0736
PROJECT TITLE: Las Humanas Forest and Watershed Rehabilitation Fire
Reduction
FUNDING: $356,400
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will expand existing thinning crews to handle large volume forest
restoration projects on the Cibola National Forest. It will also develop economic opportunities
for rural communities by expanding an existing value added post and viga peeling facility. The
project will involve the communities of Mountainair, Abo, Acholle, Punto de Agua, and the
Torreon, Manzano, Torreon, and Tajique Land Grants in the Manzano Mountains. Las Humansas
will train local cutters in proper thinning prescriptions and create a youth monitoring team. Grant
funds will be used to purchase a small saw mill to produce small building kits from the small
diameter trees resulting from forest restoration treatments. The project will reestablish land grant
heirs’ involvement in the stewardship of historic land grants as well as teach and reinforce
responsible individual stewardship. It will also enable traditional communities to continue using
forest materials in a sustainable manner, involve youth crews in monitoring activities, and provide
sustainable employment for local community members.
2001 44-01 Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
http://www.rockymountainyouthcorps.org/
CONTACT: Carl Colonius, Executive Director, Tel: (505) 751-1420, ext.
31
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Restoration and Economic Sustainability
FUNDING: $333,367
PROJECT SUMMARY: The Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) will train local youths ages 18-24 in
natural resource management, prescription, and thinning techniques. The crews will conduct
forest restoration treatments to thin small-diameter trees on the Carson National Forest. Trees
thinned from these areas will be used in the Taos Timberline woodshop to create value-added
products. The youth crews will also plant trees in deforested areas. RMYC will conduct training
programs for youth at the woodshop in woodworking and entrepreneurial skills to broaden their
future employment opportunities in the community. Lastly, the project will conduct a community
outreach program.
2001 46-01 Gila Woodnet
http://www.gilawoodnet.com/
CONTACT: Gordon West, Tel: (505) 537-3689
PROJECT TITLE: The Mill Project Forest Restoration/Economic
Development Partnership
FUNDING: $356,400
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will develop and implement a 1,400-acre forest ecosystem restoration
demonstration site on the Silver City District of the Gila National Forest. The project will consist
of completing the NEPA process for the site, completing an environmental analysis, development
of prescriptions and layout of the project by a diverse group of partners, performance of the
restoration activities by Gila WoodNet, removal of the byproducts to the Gila WoodNet
processing complex, and monitoring and evaluation of the effects of the restoration activities.
The Tierra Alta pellet plant, Santa Clara Woodworks’ furniture manufacturing plant, and other
local industries will process the byproducts of the forest restoration treatments.
2002 01-02 Alternative Forestry Unlimited
CONTACT: Michael Deubel, (505) 388-2637 or 388-8901
PROJECT TITLE: The Pinos Altos Project
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Gila
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project in Grant County will thin small diameter trees (less than 16 inches) to
reduce the threat of wildfire on forestland administered by Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
around Pinos Altos. The project will provide job training and employment opportunities to the
local community and use thinning and removal techniques that minimize negative impacts to the
forest ecosystem. The project implementers will collaborate with local businesses specializing in
small diameter tree utilization (Gila Wood Net) and explore additional opportunities for the
marketing and utilization of small diameter material. The area to be thinned is on the list of
twenty communities with a high risk of wildfire in New Mexico. Thinning treatments are a
component of the Pinos Altos Wildland/Urban Interface Project. The BLM completed NEPA on
the proposed activity site. The project represents a collaborative effort between Alternative
Forestry Unlimited, BLM, US Forest Service, New Mexico State Forestry, Southwest Center for
Biodiversity, and Gila Woodnet.
2002 04-02 Pueblo of Sandia
http://www.sandiapueblo.nsn.us/
CONTACT: Beth Janello, Director, Environment Dept. (505) 867-4533
PROJECT TITLE: Pueblo of Sandia Wildfire Burn Restoration Project
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Cibola
FEDERAL FUNDING: $84,250
PROJECT SUMMARY: Sandia Pueblo will restore 12 acres of burned area on tribal land by reducing non-
native species and cultivating native species to restore ecosystem health. Downed charred
cottonwoods, salt cedar and Russian olive sprouts will be removed and the area will be replanted
with native cottonwood trees and grasses. The project will create cutting, mulching, and re-
vegetation jobs for tribal members and produce fuelwood for tribal members. Smaller thinned
material will be processed in a chipper owned by the tribe. The effects of the restoration will be
documented and habitat conditions assessed.
2002 06-02 Pueblo of San Juan
CONTACT: Charles Lujan, Office of Environmental Affairs (505) 852-
4212
PROJECT TITLE: Riparian Forest Restoration in San Juan Pueblo and
Espanola
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $359,979
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will reduce fire danger and restore ecological functions on 210 acres of
riparian forest along the Rio Grande River within the San Juan Pueblo and on contiguous
municipal property owned by the city of Española. Russian olive and other invasive species will
be removed and native woody species will be planted. This will be accomplished through
partnerships with the City of Española, Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, and Rio Grande
Restoration, a non-profit river advocacy organization. Other partners involved in the project
include EcoSolutions, Four Corners Institute, Conely Sawmill, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Northern Pueblos Agency. The project will encourage collaborative riparian restoration among
neighboring communities and work towards a local consensus on what constitutes successful
riparian restoration. The implementers will also explore the usefulness and marketability of
products made from Russian olive, a common riparian invasive species with little or no market
value to date.
2002 07-02 La Lama Neighborhood Assoc.
http://www.laplaza.org/users/llna/
CONTACT: Julia Vasquez, (505) 586-0708
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Restoration Stewardship within a Diverse and
Vigorous Ecosystem
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Carson
FEDERAL FUNDING: $270,992
PROJECT SUMMARY: This community-based project will encourage self-sustaining forest restoration
treatments and monitoring and act as an interface to resolve differences between the Questa
District Plan and the Lama Task Committee Plan. A semi-volunteer task force will conduct
restoration treatments and monitoring. The Forest Service Wildland Urban Interface acres to be
treated are within a half-mile radius of the community. The project proponents will also conduct
educational programs to inform local residents of methods they can use to decrease the fire
danger around their community. Wood harvested will be used to make value added products and
a marketing plan will be prepared for the partnership. A chipper will be set up at a central
location, which will serve as a sort yard. Burned areas of the Hondo Fire will be replanted with
species that enhance wildlife habitat.
2002 08-02 American Forest Products
CONTACT: Sam Guttierez, (505) 289-3368
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Restoration, Community Development, and
Sustainable Economy
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $309,712
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will conduct forest restoration treatments and use wood chips made
from small diameter material resulting from those treatments for: a small-scale biomass energy
plant that will provide energy to the Cuba Independent Schools; a biomass cellular distillation
plant that will process lignocellulosic material into its component sugars, lignin, cellulose, and
oil; and a processed-log machine that will produce pressed logs for use as firewood. The Forest
Service Cuba Ranger District has committed acreage within the Ojitos watershed for this project.
Additional partners include Forest Trust, USDA Forest Service Forest Products Lab, Sandia Labs,
and New Mexico State University.
2002 10-02 South Central Mountain RC&D Council, Inc.
http://www.nm.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/rcd/scentral.html
CONTACT: Sue Stearns, (505) 648-2941
PROJECT TITLE: Moon Mountain Fuels Reduction and Forest Restoration
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Lincoln
FEDERAL FUNDING: $358,699
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will thin approximately 554 acres of forest on state trust land adjacent
to Ruidoso, the highest risk community for wildfire in the state. The forest treatments will create
a buffer of defensible space between existing residential structures and reduce the risk of stand-
replacing wildfire in the Wildland-urban interface. The small diameter trees will be used to
promote local economic development. The Ruidoso Wildland Urban Interface Group will
monitor the project in collaboration with students from the Ruidoso High School forestry/natural
resources program.
2002 12-02 Santa Clara Pueblo
CONTACT: Jerome Jenkins, (505) 753-7326
PROJECT TITLE: Santa Clara Pueblo-Valle Caldera Reforestation Initiative
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $344,652
PROJECT SUMMARY: The purpose of this government-to-government collaborative forest restoration
project is to thin small diameter trees from a six mile 500 acre area of tribal land bordering the
Valle Caldera National Preserve. The project will reduce hazardous fuels that contribute to
catastrophic wildfire, restore forest ecosystems to historic stocking levels, enhance wildlife
diversity, and protect the Santa Clara Creek watershed. Thinning crew jobs will be provided in an
economically depressed area and markets will be developed for specialty wood products made
from small diameter material. The project endeavors to reinforce the Tribe’s traditional role as
stewards of ancestral homelands.
2002 13-02 New Mexico Highlands University
http://www.nmhu.edu/
CONTACT: Dr. John Juarez, Research and Planning or
Lewis Granados, (505) 425-7511
PROJECT TITLE: NMHU Forest Management Program
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $241,200
PROJECT SUMMARY: The New Mexico Highlands University Forest Management Program (NMHU-
FMP) will conduct forest restoration treatments on 300-450 acres of the Santa Fe National Forest
in San Miguel and Mora counties over the next three years to reduce the threat of high intensity
wildfires, insect infestation and disease. The program creates new forest management and value
added wood processing jobs and provides training in technical and business skills to residents of
these counties, including participants in the Welfare to Work program. The project’s multi-party
monitoring team will include the Forest Service Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District, NMHU-FMP,
Tierra Y Montes Soil and Water Conservation District, and the City of Las Vegas. This is an
expansion of a project for which NMHU-FMP received a one-year $118,800 CFRP grant in fiscal
year 2001.
2002 15-02 Tree New Mexico
http://www.treenm.com/
CONTACT: Suzanne Probart, (505) 265-4554
PROJECT TITLE: Albuquerque Bosque Restoration and Learning Site
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will reduce fuel loads and restore the Bosque to a healthier condition
while using the material removed to create value added products. The restoration work will
implement recommendations from the Middle Rio Grande Ecosystem: Bosque Biological
Management Plan on municipal land administered by the City of Albuquerque Open Space
Division. The proponents will establish a Bosque Youth Conservation Corps to aid in the
restoration, maintenance and monitoring aspects of the program, spearhead community outreach
efforts, and identify and incorporate traditional cultural uses for the removed materials.
2002 16-02 Taos Business Alliance for Economic Development
http://www.taosba.org/
CONTACT: John Otis, (505) 758-2103
PROJECT TITLE: Taos Canyon Forest Restoration Project
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Carson
FEDERAL FUNDING: $330,925
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will reduce hazardous fuels on Carson National Forest land bordering
private property in Taos Canyon through contract thinning, removal of small diameter trees, and
elimination of ground and ladder fuels. The treatment areas will be those identified in the Taos
Canyon Fire Protection Plan. The project plans to create four new local businesses to use the
material from these restoration treatments for home building materials, furniture, mulch, chips
and other commercial products. Taos Canyon is one of the twenty New Mexico communities
most vulnerable to wildfire.
2002 19-02 Sierra Soil and Water Conservation District
http://sierrasoil.org/
CONTACT: Marry Jo Fahl, (505) 894-2232
PROJECT TITLE: Sierra County Rio Grande Corridor Bosque Hazardous Fuels
Reduction and Riparian Restoration Project
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Gila
FEDERAL FUNDING: $310,000
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will reduce the threat of high intensity wildfires and the negative
effects of excessive competition between trees in an urban interface area by removing non-native
species (Salt Cedar) and then planting native vegetation along a 23-mile stretch of the Rio-Grande
Corridor between Elephant Butte dam and the mouth of Caballo Lake. The area to be treated is
managed by the USDI Bureau of Reclamation. A four-person crew will be hired to remove salt
cedar by mechanical and chemical means. The harvested material will be made available as
firewood to citizens of Sierra County. Native riparian vegetation such as Black Willow and Rio
Grande Cottonwood will be planted to restore watershed health and ecosystem functions.
Members of the Warm Springs Section of the Southern Group of the Rio Grande Chapter of the
Sierra Club, the Hot Springs High School Project del Rio Club, and the Hot Springs High School
Future Farmers of America Club will assist with clearing and tree planting activities.
2002 21-02 P&M Plastics, Inc.
http://www.altree.com/index.htm
CONTACT: Phil Arhuletta, (505) 847-2850
PROJECT TITLE: Watershed Improvement, Job Creation, and the Utilization of
Wildfire Thinnings from Government Forest Land in New
Mexico as a Raw Material for Value-Added Altree
Composite.
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Cibola
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will upgrade a composites production facility to produce signs and
other products made from wood chips and recycled plastic. The proponent will design, purchase
and install a large extruder, die, calendar roll/press system, and down stream processing
equipment capable of producing a melt blended mixture of wood and plastic that can produce a 4
x 4 foot product. The installation of this high volume production system will dramatically
increase P&M Plastics’s ability to use small diameter and invasive species, which will proved a
market for material resulting from forest restoration treatments on the Cibola National Forest and
other public forest land. This project includes a plan to expand the market for this innovative
product. It will also provide wood processing jobs in Mountainair.
2002 24-02 Pueblo of Santa Ana
http://65.100.28.11/
CONTACT: Jon Cote, (505) 867-0615, ext. 11
PROJECT TITLE: Reducing Oneseed Juniper Density in the Preparation for
Prescribed Fire on the Pueblo of Santa Ana.
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Cibola
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will prepare Juniper Savannah Forests for prescribed burns by
manually cutting 75% of the small diameter juniper trees from 1,792 acres of tribal land and then
scattering the slash from the felled trees to meet prescribed fire objectives established by the
Pueblo’s Strategic Fire Management Plan. Additional objectives are to remove and provide fuel
wood to Pueblo members for personal use and to generate funds through the sale of small
diameter fuel wood to the non-tribal community at a Pueblo business enterprise. These funds will
be used to help support a seasonal crew that will continue juniper density reductions and other
watershed restoration efforts. The proposed project is a collaborative effort between the Pueblo of
Santa Ana, the Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Office, the Southern Pueblos Agency, and the
Natural Resources Conservation Service.
2002 25-02 Indigenous Community Enterprises
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/spf/cfrp/2005program/ppts/cfrp-hogan.pdf
CONTACT: Brett KenCairn, (928) 522-6162
PROJECT TITLE: Developing Small Diameter Utilization and Stewardship
Capacity in Navajo Communities
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $175,061
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project endeavors to use the products of forest restoration treatments on Forest
Service land for the construction of hogans. The project plans to build manufacturing capacity
through accredited training workshops and experiential learning opportunities for young adults
from the Navaho Nation. The project will establish Hogan demonstration models at the Navajo
Chapters and identify new markets and marketing strategies for hogans in New Mexico.
2002 26-02 The Forest Trust
http://www.forestguild.org
CONTACT: Henry Carey, (505) 983-8992
PROJECT TITLE: Collaborative Forest Restoration and Community
Development in Tres Piedras
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Carson
FEDERAL FUNDING: $349,530
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will train a local workforce and hire an eight-person crew to perform
thinning and burning activities on 3,600 acres of the Tres Piedras Ranger District of the Carson
National Forest. The Trust will market the wood by-products from restoration treatments and
identify local businesses interested in utilizing these materials. The project will generate
firewood that will be made available, free of charge, to economically disadvantaged families in
the community. The project will also include an outreach program to inform the local residents of
the importance of controlled burns to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and maintain forest
health.
2003 02-03 Ramah Band of Navajos Natural Resources
http://www.ramahnavajo.net/html/government.htm
CONTACT: Michael Henio, Jay Moolenijzer
PROJECT TITLE: Restoring Our Sacred Forests
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Cibola
FEDERAL FUNDING: $358,557.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: The proponents will conduct a forest inventory and develop an ecosystem-wide forest
restoration and catastrophic fire risk reduction plan for the reservation. Partnerships with tribal,
band, federal, state, BLM and other stakeholders will be developed to implement the plan. The
project includes culturally sensitive, ecologically sound training for thinning, surveying, and
planting crews. The proponents will then establish a private business cooperative for the crews to
conduct forest restoration work on and off the reservation. The project will provide workspace,
specialized tools and marking analysis for local artisans, and involve tribal youth in forest
stewardship projects to restore their ties to traditional tribal forests.
2003 06-03 Elfego Garcia
CONTACT: Elfego Garcia
PROJECT TITLE: De La Sierra Lumber Recovery
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Cibola
FEDERAL FUNDING: $359,639.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will train a local workforce in the recovery and utilization of small
diameter trees resulting from forest restoration activities. The objective is to use low impact
techniques and equipment to reduce fuel loads by recovering and milling small diameter trees.
Materials will be processed into 1”x 4” short wooden pallet stock and marketed to Albuquerque
pallet manufacturers. Mountainair School System students and other community members will
be included in a forest restoration and small diameter utilization education and outreach program.
2003 09-03 Village of Questa
http://www.laplaza.org/government/questa/
CONTACT: Brent Jaramillo
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Thinning For Fire Prevention and Education For
Youth
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Carson
FEDERAL FUNDING: $273,000
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will conduct forest restoration treatments on 150 acres on the Questa
Ranger District of the Carson National Forest adjacent to the Village of Questa. The Village will
purchase a chipper to mulch the slash and small diameter trees will be made available to local
residents. The Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and the Singing River Field Center will conduct a
Forest Ecology Camp for area youth.
2003 10-03 Valencia Soil & Water Conservation District
http://www.nm.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/swcd.html#Valencia
CONTACT: Flora Van Tol
PROJECT TITLE: Valencia Soil & Water Conservation District Bosque
Restoration
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Cibola
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will remove non-native species, principally salt cedar and Russian olive,
from 175 acres of Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District land in the communities of Belen,
Los Lunas, and Tome. The project will reduce fuel loads and the risk of wildfire in the Bosque.
It will enhance native plant and wildlife diversity by removing exotic trees that increase fire
intensities and mortality and prevent the establishment of native vegetation. Native cottonwoods
and native grasses will be planted to restore habitat for neo-tropical birds including endangered
species. The project will develop and evaluate best treatment practices that: preserve native
plants and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire; reduce water consumption of non-natives; and
improve communication and joint problem solving among Bosque managers and citizens.
2003 20-03 Pueblo of Tesuque Environment Department
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/spf/cfrp/2005program/ppts/cfrp-tesuque.pdf
CONTACT: Linda Freedman
PROJECT TITLE: Restoration of Historic Fire Regimes through Removal of
Exotics and Enhancement/Creation of Bosque along the Rio
Tesuque and Arroyo Cuma within the Exterior Boundaries of
the Pueblo of Tesuque.
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will remove exotic species and plant native species on riparian woodland
along the Rio Tesuque and adjacent upland mixed piñon-juniper forest. The treatments will
reduce fuel loads by harvesting dead and dying Pinion/Juniper. Slash will be chipped and spread.
Prescribed burning to reduce the potential for ground fire advancement will be followed by
erosion control and water harvesting activities. These efforts will enhance native grass
regeneration and improve storm water storage and the short-term nutritional quality of surface
soils. Ponderosa pine will be planted following treatment. CFRP funds will also be used to
complete a NEPA Environmental Assessment.
2003 22-03 El Greco
CONTACT: Max Cordova
PROJECT TITLE: Non-Traditional Uses for Forest Products for Traditional
Communities.
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $356,563
PROJECT SUMMARY: The proponents will train adults and youth in forest restoration, monitoring, and
business skills. These trained crews will conduct forest restoration projects using stewardship
contracts on the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests near the communities of Truchas, Cordova,
Rio Chiquito, Cundiyo, and Ojo Sarco. Truchas Montana Youth Team will map sites, establish
monitoring points, and monitor forest restoration treatments. CFRP funds will be used to
purchase equipment and develop a marketing strategy for carved vigas, and other products made
from small diameter trees. The project will explore alternatives for small diameter tree utilization
including biomass waste recycling, earthworm production, mushroom growing in inoculated
mulch, and wood preservation treatment. The proponents will also set up a dirty chip central
heating prototype.
2003 25-03 The Corona Group
CONTACT: Dwight Luna
PROJECT TITLE: Red Cloud Canyon Utilization and Reforestation Project.
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Cibola
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: The proponents will train a local workforce to remove dead small diameter trees from
120 acres of the Cibola National Forest that burned in 2001. The material will be used to make
posts, beams, latillas, and vigas for markets already identified in Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona. Slash, mulch, and sawdust from the treatment area will be used in an erosion control
study that will layer sawdust with a soil cap in a berm to promote ponding. Deforested areas will
be replanted using native trees, shrubs, and grasses. Students from local schools will be involved
in reforestation, erosion control, and monitoring activities.
2003 26-03 Sustainable Communities, Inc.
http://www.scizerinm.org/
CONTACT: Lynda Taylor
PROJECT TITLE: Small Diameter Timber to Value Added Products and Forest
Restoration.
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Carson
FEDERAL FUNDING: $214,175.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will construct an oven to produce non-toxic charcoal from small diameter
trees harvested from Picuris Pueblo Tribal lands. Gases generated from charcoal production will
be channeled into a second oven to preserve small diameter posts for fencing and landscaping. A
third demonstration will inoculate slash from small diameter trees with native fungi spores to
produce a growing medium for native mushrooms for sale in local markets. The project will also
conduct a market analysis for these products.
2003 27-03 The Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newmexico/
CONTACT: Patrick McCarthy
PROJECT TITLE: Valles Caldera/Jemez Fire Restoration
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $358,696.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will conduct comparative forest restoration treatments on three sites in the Jemez Mts of northern New Mexico. One in the southwestern corner of the Valles Caldera National Preserve and two sites on the Jemez Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest. The project will reduce the risk of catastrophic fire in ponderosa pine forests, restore fire-adapted ecosystems, build local capacity to carry out ecological restoration treatments, and provide good habitat for the northern goshawk. Restoration and monitoring activities are being developed in partnership with the Four Corners Restoration Institute, The Northern Arizona Ecological Restoration Institute, the Forest Service Regional Office and the New Mexico Recycling Coalition. Treatment prescriptions will be provide demonstration sites utilizing current science that addresses both ponderosa pine restoration and the management of the northern goshawk.
2003 28-03 Ecological Restoration Institute
http://www.eri.nau.edu/cms/content/view/817/1029/
CONTACT: Ann Moote
PROJECT TITLE: Monitoring, Training, and Technical Assistance for Multi-
Party Monitoring
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $315,398.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will increase the capacity of CFRP grant recipients to design and
implement community-based multi-party monitoring and assessment of forest restoration
projects. Project partners will refine, field test, and revise the current draft monitoring and
assessment guidelines for community based forest restoration projects. The project will provide
training workshops and technical assistance to CFRP grant recipients on: designing a monitoring
plan; involving youth and community members in monitoring; implementing field sampling; and
analyzing data at the project level. The Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station will
publish the guidelines after they have been completed and field-tested. The project partners will
work with the Forest Service Southwestern Region to develop data storage and aggregation
recommendations based on their experiences working with CFRP grantees.
2003 33-03 Santa Clara Woodworks
http://www.gilawoodnet.com/
CONTACT: Gordon West
PROJECT TITLE: The Santa Clara Woodworks Small Log Project
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Gila
FEDERAL FUNDING: $357,400.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will design, engineer and construct a log cabin using small diameter logs
in collaboration with the Forest Service Forest Products Lab. The project will design and
construct a log-processing machine to manufacture logs for cabin construction. A pavilion will be
built for a community park in Santa Clara using this technology. Local workers will be hired to
produce and market the product. The project will also design and construct: 1) a solar kiln for
drying small diameter logs; 2) trusses for construction; and 3) porch roof and deck kits. A design
for a commercial building using space frame trusses will be developed and a prototype
constructed. The proponent will also design furniture products made from small diameter trees
and set up a production facility. Classes will be offered for people interested in developing small
diameter log utilization businesses based on these technologies.
2003 34-03 Pueblo of Pojoaque
CONTACT: Tabitha Romero
PROJECT TITLE: Riparian Forest Restoration in the Pueblo of Pojoaque
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will reduce fire danger and restore 270 acres of riparian forest along the
Rio Pojoaque and Rio Tesuque within the Pueblo of Pojoque by removing Russian olive, Siberian
elm, and Tamarisk trees and other invasive non-native species. Stumps will be treated with
herbicide to prevent re-sprouting. Native woody and herbaceous species will be replanted. The
project will encourage collaborative riparian restoration among neighboring communities, work
towards a local consensus on what constitutes successful riparian restoration, and build support
for restoration goals generally. The project will also document the ecological effectiveness of
restoration efforts, invite feedback, and suggest ways to improve cost effectiveness of riparian
forest restoration. The proponents will involve local people and a local Youth Conservation
Corps program in training and restoration activities.
2003 36-03 Pueblo of San Ildefonso
CONTACT: Irene Tse-Pe
PROJECT TITLE: Rio Grande Floodplain Rehabilitation Project
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Santa Fe
FEDERAL FUNDING: $360,000.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: The project will reduce hazardous fuels and salvage firewood on 263 acres of Tribal
land on the Rio Grande Floodplain. Tribal members will be trained and employed to carry out the
restoration treatments. Russian olive and Juniper trees not useable for firewood will be mulched.
Open areas will be planted with native Rio Grande Cottonwood. Bird surveys will be conducted
to compare breeding bird use of treated and untreated areas. Tribal elders and religious leasers
will identify culturally important bird and plant species historically gathered from the floodplain,
and an education and work program will describe the need for floodplain rehabilitation and seek
input from tribal members.
2003 37-03 San Francisco River Association
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/spf/cfrp/2005program/ppts/cfrp-sanfranriverassoc.pdf
CONTACT: Lou Naue
PROJECT TITLE: Glenwood Ranger District/San Francisco River Association
Collaborative Riparian Restoration Project.
ADMINISTERING FOREST: Gila
FEDERAL FUNDING: $118,739.00
PROJECT SUMMARY: This project will design and implement a watershed restoration strategy for the San
Francisco Hot Springs riparian forest. The project will stabilize stream banks, remove non-native
noxious plants, replant native species, and conduct an outreach program to educate visitors to the
day-use area on the watershed and habitat restoration activities.
2004 06-04 Taos Canyon Neighborhood Association, Inc.
http://www.taosba.org/
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Taos, County
CONTACT: John Otis (505) 758-8690
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Restoration Project for Taos Canyon North- Shady
Brook
FUNDING REQUESTED: $350,208
MATCHING FUNDS: $99,400
TOTAL BUDGET: $449,608
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $350,208
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will remove small diameter trees, reduce fuel loads and other
flammable materials on 200 acres of Forest Service land that abuts private land north of Shady
Brook and around campgrounds on the west end of Taos. Emphasis will be on eliminating
crowded and non-native plant and tree species by removing trees less than 12 inches in diameter.
Healthy old and large trees and snags in both conifer and aspen stands will be preserved. Free
firewood will be distributed to local residents and posts and poles less than 12 inches in diameter
will be provided to recipients with permits. Local community members will be hired for thinning
projects. The project proponents estimate that 10-12 jobs will be created for the thinning work,
and at least eight people will be trained in forest practices.
PARTNERS: Taos Canyon Neighborhood Association, El Valle Escondido Neighborhood
Association, Rio Fernando Fire Department, Enchanted Circle Fire Fighters Association, Carson
National Forest, Taos County Community Development Office, and the Taos Business Alliance.
Additional partners involved in project monitoring include Red River Fire Department, Taos
Pueblo, Taos County, Bureau of Land Management, and local high school students.
2004 07-04 Healthy Forests, Happy Potters, Inc.
http://www.taosartretreat.com/hfhpHome.html
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Taos, County
CONTACT: Pamela S. Dean (505) 751-3220
PROJECT TITLE: Healthy Forest-Happy Potters Pot Creek WUI Reduction
Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $359,539
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,161
TOTAL BUDGET: $449,700
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $175,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will attempt to reduce the threat of large, high-itensity wildfires by
removing excessive pinyon-juniper biomass. The thinning project will form a defensible space
along the Pot Creek area in Taos, N.M. The project will also demonstrate that forest restoration
and continued traditional pottery firing (TPF) techniques are a perfect match. It will show that
TPF methods are based on the premise of working in cooperation with the land and are an
excellent use of small diameter wood, resulting in a finished marketable product.
PARTNERS: Dragonfly Journeys, Cloud Fire Pottery, CAP Southwest, Dream Tree Project, Girl
Scouts of America, Taos County Chamber of Commerce, Taos Pueblo Day School, Taos County
Municipal School, Forest Guild, Graphic Improessions, In God We Trust, Pot Creek Home
Owner’s Association, Pot Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps,
Rotten Stone Pottery, Tierra Hermosa Pottery, Talpa Community Center, Carson National Forest.
2004 09-04 Santo Domingo Tribe
FOREST: Cibola
COMMUNITY: Santo Domingo
CONTACT: Leif Bang (505) 465-0055
PROJECT TITLE: Fuels Treatment Planning Project on Santo Domingo Tribal
Lands.
FUNDING REQUESTED: $120,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $30,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $150,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $120,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will: gather and review information about the Santa Domingo
Pueblo Bosque (riparian) area and upland resources to identify information gaps; establish
methodologies for fuel loading inventories to establish monitoring protocols; conduct baseline
surveys of vegetation; explore the feasibility of opening a tribal wood-yard for small diameter
timber; involve the community in the development of the project; develop a comprehensive fuels
management strategy; and conduct a pilot restoration treatment on 50 acres of Tribal Bosque and
woodland. The project includes a summer education and work program for Santo Domingo
youth on the restoration protection of the Rio Grande floodplain protection.
PARTNERS: Santo Domingo Tribal: Council; Governors Office; Utilities Department; Substance
Abuse Program; Social Services Department; Elderly Program; GAP Program; Head Start
Program; and Emergency Youth Shelter Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
2004 11-04 A:Shiwi A:Wan Business Development Corporation
http://www.ashiwi.org/Enterprise.aspx
FOREST: Cibola
COMMUNITY: McKinley and Cibola County
CONTACT: Lorentino Lalio (505) 782-2466
PROJECT TITLE: Zuni Healthy Forest & Watershed Initiative
FUNDING REQUESTED: $358,734
MATCHING FUNDS: $89,950
TOTAL BUDGET: $448,684
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $358,734
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will conduct fuels reduction and forest restoration treatments to
reduce hazardous fuels, improve habitat, reduce non-native species and improve watershed
conditions on 225 acres of Ponderosa Pine, mixed conifer, and pinyon-juniper forest on Tribal,
BLM and NM State Lands near the communities of Candy Kitchen and Fort Wingate. Logs over
9” will be milled, graded, and dried to sell to the Zuni Furniture company and others. Lower
grade material will be dried and sold to the community for construction. Logs too small for
milling will be made into posts and vigas with traditional Zuni carvings for local and regional
markets. The grantees will also study the feasibility of biomass heat and/or power applications
for the remaining materials and milling waste. High school students will collect data for multi-
party monitoring and assessment reports.
PARTNERS: Zuni Tribal Council, Zuni Forest Products and Services, Bureau of Land Management,
Bureau of Indian Affairs-Zuni Agency, Forest Trust, Zuni Conservation Program and Zuni
Cultural Resources Enterprise, and Zuni Public School District.
2004 15-04 Gila WoodNet
http://www.gilawoodnet.com/
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Grant County, NM
CONTACT: Dana Bates (505) 537-3250
PROJECT TITLE: Grant County Jobs and Biodiversity Coalition Chip
Production Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will chip trees resulting from forest restoration and Wildland
Urban Interface fuels reduction projects on the Gila National Forest to provide the Fort Bayard
Medical Center with biomass for a new biomass fired boiler system. Gila WoodNet will purchase
and install chip handling and processing equipment to be used in screening and re-chipping ;
purchase and install chip storage bins and equipment to deliver chips; purchase a truck for chip
transport; purchase and install scales and moisture monitoring equipment for determining BTU
content and value; install transfer, storage, and re-chipping facilities to receive and process
biomass; and provide monitoring and system evaluation assistance to other biomass heating
projects in the state. The project will create up to five permanent year-round jobs and support up
to twenty other forest and wood product related jobs.
PARTNERS: Village of Santa Clara; New Mexico Forestry Division; Silver City/Grant County
Economic Development Corporation; Gila National Forest; Kenny Consulting; Biomass Energy
Consulting; Alternative Forestry, Gila Tree Thinners; Center for Biological Diversity; The Nature
Conservancy; and The Upper Gila Watershed Alliance.
2004 17-04 The Forestry Association Inc.
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Catron County
CONTACT: Bob Moore (505) 539-2745
PROJECT TITLE: Creating Value and Jobs out of Small Diameter Roundwood
in Catron County
FUNDING REQUESTED: $120,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $30,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $150,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $120,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will develop and manufacture high value wood products using
logs removed from forest restoration and Wildland Urban Interface fuels reduction projects on
National Forest lands in Catron County. The Forestry Association will: purchase, fabricate, and
install milling equipment and train local operators to manufacture products made from small
diameter trees; participate in collaborative processes that incorporate forest restoration principles
and work with business enterprises; mentor young people through Youth Conservation Programs;
and design and coordinate community-based multi-party forest restoration monitoring efforts.
PARTNERS: Catron County Citizens Group; Jim Cook firewood enterprise; Ben Marlin waste wood
utilization enterprise; Mission Trails; Gila National Forest; Youth Conservation Corps; and
Ecological Restoration Institute.
2004 18-04 Kellar Logging, Inc.
http://www.emercadonm.com/printerversion.aspx?memberKey=38070
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Catron County
CONTACT: Jim Kellar (505) 533-6246
PROJECT TITLE: Sheep Basin Pilot Collaboration Forest Restoration
Treatment Project.
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:
This project will develop maps, models and assessments of current, reference, and alternative
future forest conditions and fire behavior in the Sheep Basin and Negrito Watershed areas and use
a collaborative process to develop science-based prescriptions for forest restoration. Treatments
will restore the size and age class distribution and spatial pattern of trees to their historic range
and variability on approximately 456 acres of the Gila National Forest. The mechanical
treatments will be followed by broadcast burns to reintroduce fire when it is ecologically
appropriate and safe to do so. The grantee and their partners will develop a model of science-
based adaptive management practices through multi-part monitoring and assessment of the
ecological and socio-economic effects of the project.
PARTNERS: Gila National Forest; Catron County Commission; New Mexico Forestry Division;
Catron County Citizens Group; Catron County Chamber of Commerce; San Francisco Soil &
Water Conservation District; Reserve High School; Northern Arizona University School of
Forestry; and Western New Mexico University Southwest Center for Resource Analysis; and
Center for Biological Diversity.
2004 21-04 Sierra Soil & Water Conservation District
http://sierrasoil.org/
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Truth or Consequences, NM
CONTACT: Mary Jo Fahl (505) 894-2212
PROJECT TITLE: Watershed Research and Demonstration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $284,360
MATCHING FUNDS: $74,193
TOTAL BUDGET: $358,553
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $284,360
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will use a collaborative process to conduct several research and
demonstration forest restoration treatments to reduce the threat of large, high intensity wildfires
and improve forest resiliency from insect and disease. The treatments will occur on 200 acres of
the Gila National Forest Black Range Ranger District. The Forest Service plans to broadcast
and/or pile burn the area following the mechanical treatment. Material resulting from the
treatments will be offered to local small diameter wood utilization operators. Project partners
will conduct a multi-party assessment of the ecological and socio-economic effects of their
activities.
PARTNERS: Bureau of Land Management; Natural Resources Conservation Service; Gila National
Forest; New Mexico State Land Department; NM Forestry Division; NM State Environment
Department Surface Water Quality Bureau; NM Game and Fish; Sierra County; El Paso Electric;
Hot Springs High School Biology Club and Future Farmers of America; NM Council of
Outfitters; Sierra Club; Jornada Resource Conservation & Development Council; Sierra County
Economic Development Organization; University of Northern Arizona Ecological Restoration
Institute; Western NM State University; NM State University; Adobe Ranch; Wahoo Ranch;
Carter Ranch; and Diamond Ranch.
2004 22-04 Tierra y Montes Soil & Water Conservation District
http://www.nm.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/swcd.html#Tierra%20y%20Montes
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Las Vegas, NM
CONTACT: Frances Martinez (505) 425-9088
PROJECT TITLE: Gallinas River Watershed Restoration
FUNDING REQUESTED: $349,269
MATCHING FUNDS: $87,360
TOTAL BUDGET: $436,629
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $349,269
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will reduce the threat of large, high intensity wildfires by thinning
270 acres of Forest Service land in the vicinity of el Porvenir Christian Camp that will
complement thinning treatments that are in progress on adjacent private land. The majority of
trees to be cut will be six inches or less in diameter. Harvested material will be decked to
strategic locations near existing roads for easy access. Local schools will participate in
monitoring activities and receive presentations on watershed health and the role healthy
watersheds play in a healthy community.
PARTNERS: Tierra y Montes Soil & Water Conservation District, Adelante Resource Conservation &
Development Council, New Mexico Forestry Division, City of Las Vegas, SEC Incorporated,
USDA Forest Service, Las Vegas City Schools, Armand Hammer United World College, and San
Miguel County.
2004 23-04 The Conservation Fund
http://www.fourcornersinstitute.org/restoration.html
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Santa Fe, Pecos, and Santa Fe County
CONTACT: Catherine Baca (505) 995-0077
PROJECT TITLE: Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration and Wildlife Monitoring
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will complete National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)
documentation and then thin 600 acres of ponderosa pine on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District
of the Santa Fe National Forest that has a dense understory of pinon pine and juniper small-
diameter trees less than 12” in diameter. The treatment will reduce the threat of high-intensity
fire and insect infestation, restore the integrity of the forest stand grassland mosaic, improve
watershed conditions, and enhance plant and wildlife biodiversity. The project will establish
conditions that will sustain low-intensity fire on a regular, frequent basis, similar to those that
occurred before fire suppression. Fuelwood will be provided for local users. Fuel wood
collectors will be integrated into the project through forest restoration education programs. The
project will create training opportunities for youth crews who participate in restoration activities.
PARTNERS: The Conservation Fund/Valle Grande Grassbank, Forest Trust, Village of Pecos, The
Audubon Society, and USDA Forest Service Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District.
2004 27-04 Santa Fe County Fire Department
http://www.sfcfire.org/
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Santa Fe County Public Lands
CONTACT: Hank Blackwell (505) 992-3076
PROJECT TITLE: Collaborative Forest Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The Santa Fe County Fire Department will thin trees to reduce fire risk and
restore forest health on 43 square miles of high hazard County land in the Wildland Urban
Interface where people have built homes and live in forested areas adjacent to County lands. The
County will use a collaborative process to identify and prioritize areas to be treated, develop
treatment methods, solicit proposals from local contractors, measure and assess treatment
processes, implement a media campaign, analyze data, and train participants.
PARTNERS: Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe Conservation Trust, Youth Works, Hyde Park Estates
Firewise, NM Forestry Division, Santa Fe County Open Space and Trails Program, Santa Fe
County Public Works, Forest Trust, New Mexico State University, Santa Fe Preparatory School,
and Althouse Inc. Energy Services.
2004 28-04 Earth Works Institute
http://www.earthworksinstitute.org/
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Sandoval, McKinley County
CONTACT: Jan-Willem Jansens (505) 982-9806
PROJECT TITLE: Developing Small Diameter Utilization & Stewardship
Capacity in Navajo Communities
FUNDING REQUESTED: $184,538
MATCHING FUNDS: $46,329
TOTAL BUDGET: $230,867
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $184,538
PROJECT SUMMARY:Earth Works Institute and their partners will facilitate peer-to-peer mentoring
and training and equipment purchasing and operation counseling for the Ramah and Torreon/Star
Chapters of the Navajo nation. Forestry crews and/or a rough lumber milling operation will be
established and wood yard and transportation equipment will be purchased. The grantees will
deliver workshops on Hogan log home construction, equipment maintenance, milling techniques
and other subjects related to small business administration. Marketing networks will be
developed to pool wood product supplies from Torreon, Jemez Pueblo, Ramah, and Zuni Pueblo
to reach markets that require steadier or larger-volume supplies than the individual communities
can supply. A study will be completed on the feasibility of wool insulation for Hogan and log
home construction. Participating communities will utilize small diameter trees from the Cibola
and Santa Fe National Forests.
PARTNERS: Earth Works Institute, Torreon/Star Lake Chapter, Ramah Navajo Weavers Association,
Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. Continuing Education Program, Ramah Navajo Chapter,
Jemez Pueblo, Pueblo of Zuni, Gila WoodNet, Santa Fe National Forest Cuba Ranger District,
and Cibola National Forest Mt. Taylor Ranger District.
2004 30-04 Pueblo of Jemez
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Pueblo of Jemez, Jemez Springs
CONTACT: Tim Armijo (505) 834-7235
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Health Management and Small Diameter Tree
Utilization in Northern New Mexico.
FUNDING REQUESTED: $358,663
MATCHING FUNDS: $89,506
TOTAL BUDGET: $448,169
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $358,663
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will thin 150 acres of Jemez Pueblo and Valles Caldera National
Preserve forestland to reduce the risk of crown fire and increase water yield to riparian areas.
Reducing stand density will also reduce drought stress in residual stands. Small diameter trees
will be processed at the Jemez Pueblo Walatowa Woodlands Initiative mill. Approximately 7-9
new jobs will be created including a marketing coordinator, administrator, and a thinning crew.
Market opportunities will be developed for logs between 6 inches and 14 inches. Log peeling
equipment designed for small diameter logs will be identified and purchased.
PARTNERS: Pueblo of Jemez Walatowa Woodlands Initiative, Valles Caldera National Preserve,
Santa Fe National Forest, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Jemez Community Development Corporation,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, WERC Pollution Prevention Technical Resources Center,
Torreon and Ramah Chapters of the Navajo Nation, NM Forestry Division, and McNeil
Technologies, Inc.
2004 36-04 South Central Mountain Resource Conservation &
Development Council
http://forestguild.org/images/publications/TurkeySpringsEcoMonitoringReport.pdf
FOREST: Lincoln
COMMUNITY: Ruidoso Downs
CONTACT: Richard Shaw
PROJECT TITLE: Turkey Springs Canyon Fuels Reduction and Forest
Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will conduct forest restoration and fuels reduction treatments on
approximately 249 acres of tribal and municipal land. The non-federal match includes the
treatment of 267 acres of adjoining tribal land. The project acres adjoin other on-going forest
restoration projects on Forest Service land (153 acres) and private land (99 acres). The harvested
material will be used by local businesses to produce wood shavings for animal bedding, compost
and mulch products. Data for a multi-party assessment of the ecological and socio-economic
effects of the project will be collected with assistance from the Mescalero Apache School and
Youth Conservation Corps.
PARTNERS: Ruidoso Wildland Urban Interface Group; NM Forestry Division; Lincoln National
Forest Smokey Bear District; Sherry Barrow Strategies; Sierra Contracting; Ruidoso Downs;
Mescalero Apache Schools; and Mescalero Apache Tribe.
2005 01-05 Forest Guild
http://forestguild.org/bluewater.html
FOREST: Cibola
COMMUNITY: Grants, NM
CONTACT: Laura McCarthy, Tel. (505) 983-8992, ext. 14
PROJECT TITLE: Bluewater Wildland Urban Interface, Pinyon Juniper
Meadows Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 359,565.00
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 89,078.00
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 448,643.00
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 359,565.00
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project is located in the Bluewater Ecosystem Management Area on the
Mt. Taylor District of the Cibola National Forest. The grantees will treat 1,500 – 3,000 acres in a
Wildland Urban Interface protection zone that is adjacent to Bluewater Lake communities. The
treatments will restore the ecological condition of piñyon-juniper savannas that are part of the
community protection zones, and restore grassland meadows that were planted to ponderosa pine
in the 1970s. The project will provide wood products to Zuni and Acoma Pueblos for traditional
uses and include business planning for value-added manufacturing of by-products from
ponderosa pine.
PARTNERS: Mount Taylor Ranger District, Cibola National Forest; The Forest Guild; Bluewater
Lakes Volunteer Fire Departments; Cottonwood Gulch Foundation; New Mexico State
University, Grants Campus; USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station; New
Mexico State Forestry, Bernalillo Division; City of Grants; Northwest New Mexico Council of
Governments; Future Foundations Family Center; Grants State Bank; ARGK Market Research
and Development firm; Acoma, Lagua,and Zuni Pueblos and the Ramah Navajo and Navajo
Nation Tribal Governments; and the Seboyeta Land Grant.
2005 02-05 P&M Plastics
http://www.altree.com/index.htm
FOREST: Cibola
COMMUNITY: Mountain Air
CONTACT: Phil Archuletta
PROJECT TITLE: Innovative Use of Small Diameter Material from the
Thunderbird Forest Restoration Project Area of the Cibola
National Forest
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 360,000.00
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 90,000.00
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 450,000.00
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 360,000.00
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will treat 1,500-3,000 acres of Ponderosa Pine forest over three
years on the Thunderbird project area of the Mountainair Ranger District on the Cibola National
Forest. The Treats will reduce the risk of catastrophic fire, and improve forest and watershed
health and wildlife habitat. The project will improve rural community economic sustainability by
providing 6 jobs related to harvesting and hauling and 65 jobs in and around Mountain Air related
to a biomass utilization industry. The project will also demonstrate the technical feasibility of the
production of value added composite wood products from material removed from the treatment
sites. CFRP funding will be used to purchase low impact logging and material handling
equipment and to transport chipped ponderosa pine to a processing facility in Mountain Air, New
Mexico.
PARTNERS: P&M Plastics; Las Humanas; USDA Forest Service Mountain Air Ranger District;
Forest Guild; USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory; The Nature Conservancy; the
Pueblo of Isleta; Claunch Pinto Soil and Water Conservation District; and the Youth Conservation
Corps.
2005 09-05 Pueblo of Santa Ana
http://65.100.28.11/
FOREST: Cibola
COMMUNITY: Pueblo of Santa Ana
CONTACT: Brian Bader
PROJECT TITLE: Santa Ana Rio Grande Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 359,996
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 89,998.00
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 4449,994.00
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 359,996.00
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will conduct restoration treatments on 632 acres of riparian area
along the Rio Grande River on Santa Ana Pueblo Tribal land. The project goals are to: restore a
mosaic of community types and community structural elements emphasizing native cottonwood,
restore wetlands, meadows, and native species; eradicate non-native Saltcedar and Russian olive;
restore the river to a board, shallow form; promote over-bank flooding in the active floodplain to
sustain the restoration of native cottonwood and willow; and improve habitat for fish and wildlife
species, including the federally listed endangered Willow Flycatcher and Rio Grand Silvery
Minnow. The project includes an environmental education and community outreach program.
PARTNERS: USDI Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Southwest Indian
Polytechnic Institute, Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, Pueblo of San Felipe, Pueblo
of Santa Ana.
2005 07-05 Ramah Navajo Community Enterprises
http://www.ramahnavajo.net/html/government.htm
FOREST: Cibola
COMMUNITY: Ramah, NM
CONTACT: Jay Moolenijzer
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Restoration Native Plant Nursery Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $371,151
MATCHING FUNDS: $78,151
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $358,922
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will establish a native plants nursery for forest and wildlife habitat
restoration. The project will: 1) provide education, training, and workshops; 2) create a central
native plants greenhouse / nursery; 3) recruit, train, monitor and support local community
members as partners in the operation; 4) provide propagated plants for regional forest and
woodlands restoration projects; and 5) integrate operations created as an objective of an earlier
CFRP grant into a comprehensive, integrated and self-sustaining Forest Restoration Industry.
This project is unique in that it will also heat the greenhouse with a biomass from forest
restoration activities.
PARTNERS: Ramah Navajo community; Ramah Navajo Chapter Natural Resources Department,
elected officials; Central Administration and Planning Department; Ramah Navajo Community
Enterprises; USDA Forest Service (Cibola National Forest and Mt. Taylor Ranger District); New
Mexico State University; Sustainable Agriculture Service Center – Alcalde; USDA – NRCS Los
Lunas Plant Materials Center; Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute; and the Intertribal Nursery
Council.
2005 18-05 Gila Tree Thinners
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Silver City
CONTACT: Glenn Griffith
PROJECT TITLE: Little Walnut Picnic Area WUI Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 359,009
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 449,009
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 359,009
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will conduct restoration treatments, over three years, on 350 acres
of Little Walnut Picnic Area Wildland Urban Interface. The treatment will reduce density from
70-150 basal area (BA), to 40-60 BA leaving clumps with interlocking crowns. The work will be
base upon on information from the Ecological Restoration Institute in conjunction with USDA
Forest Service silviculturists. Historical reconstruction of the density and locations of trees will
be the guide. The trees will be cut by hand crews with chainsaws and then be shredded on site.
The Bull Hog brush shredder will be pulled by low PSI rubber tracked ASV skidder-steer. Per
acre costs, ground fuel, understory cover and other environmental measurements will be
monitored in a collaborative effort with the local schools.
PARTNERS: The Gila National Forest, The Gila Conservation Education Center, The Grant County
Wildland Fire Coordinator, SIGRED, Ken Robie, and Gary Clauss.
2005 19-05 Lower Frisco Wood Products
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Reserve, NM
CONTACT: Sandra Uzueta
PROJECT TITLE: Handing over the Small Diameter Mill Operation to
Community Members of Catron County
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 120,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 30,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 150,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 120,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will help transition operation of the Reserve Sawmill from Bob
Moore to Lower Frisco Wood Products. The project would: Provide managerial, business, and
other training to current and new employees; provide business consulting; assist local youth
through the Home Education Livelihood Program (HELP); purchase millwright equipment; repair
equipment; purchase logs for the milling operation; purchase liability, property, and workers’
compensation insurance; purchase office supplies; and allow participation in the collaborative
process to strengthen forest restoration principals. Logs would come from the Sheep Basin area.
the grant builds upon past assistance from USDA Rural Development and Economic Action
Program grants, a USDA Rural Business Enterprise grant, a previous CFRP grant, Four Corners
Sustainable Forest Partnership grants, and other assistance from NM State Forestry, and NM State
Department of Health.
PARTNERS: USDA Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Catron County Commission, Catron
County Citizen’s Group, Keller Logging, Bob and Vicki Moore of TFP, Inc., Ben Marlin, Jim
Cooke, Home Education Livelihood Program.
2005 20-05 Pueblo of San Juan
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Espanola, NM
CONTACT: Charles Lujan
PROJECT TITLE: Inter-Tribal Bosque Restoration Along The Rio Grande
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 359,957
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 449,957
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 359,957
PROJECT SUMMARY:The San Juan and Santa Clara Pueblos will collaborate in a 3-year restoration
project over 120 acres of the bosque along the Rio Grande on tribal land above and below
Espanola. The project will remove fire-prone non-native trees in the bosque and replant native
vegetation to restore pre-disturbance ecosystem function, species compositions, and forest
structure. The two Pueblos will form and support a joint inter-tribal restoration and monitoring
team, trained by the Ecological Restoration Institute. This proposal is the first time Rio Grande
Pueblos have worked together on a CFRP forest restoration. The project will encourage
collaborative riparian restoration problem-solving and work towards a local consensus on what
constitutes successful riparian restoration.
PARTNERS: Pueblos of San Juan and Santa Clara, La Calandria Associates of Santa Fe, Hands
Across Cultures of Arroy Seco, the Northern Pueblos Agencies of the BIA, and the Ecological
Restoration Institute. Other Pueblos will be invited to confer.
2005 22-05 New Mexico Recycling Coalition
http://www.recyclenewmexico.com/cfrp_project.htm
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Santa Fe
CONTACT: English Bird
PROJECT TITLE: Outreach and Education to Enhance the Utilization of
Compost and Mulch from Forest Residuals
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 187,863
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 48,276
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 236,139
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 187,863
PROJECT SUMMARY:New Mexico Recycling Coalition will be the lead agency on four composting
and mulching demonstration sites around Santa Fe: 1) Santa Fe County Fire Department will be
thinning 40 acres on city/county lands and will use the wood residue to create a composting
project on Santa Fe County lands. 2) Pueblo of Tesuque will create a composting demonstration
project on their land with wood residuals from their CFRP bosque project. 3) Forest Guild will
create mulch from the residue of a CFRP restoration project on Rowe Mesa. 4) Earth Works
Institute will use the mulched forest material on their restoration projects for erosion control. In
addition, New Mexico Department of Transportation will be approached to use this material in
road project in the northern part of the State. The results from the demonstration sites will be
used to create education and outreach materials. Classes will be formed to learn from the
demonstrations targeting Navajo and Santa Fe communities.
PARTNERS: New Mexico Recycling Coalition; New Mexico Environment Department: Solid Waste
Bureau; New Mexico Department of Transportation; Soilutions; Sierra Contracting, Inc.; Ciudad
Soil & Water Conservation District; Santa Fe County Fire Department; Pueblo of Tesuque; Earth
Works Institute; and Forest Guild.
2005 24-05 Jemez Mountain Schools
http://biomass-fuelsforschools.org/jemez_mountain_schools_biomass_project.htm, http://www.eri.nau.edu/cms/content/view/828/1040/
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Gallina, NM
CONTACT: Robert Archuletta
PROJECT TITLE: Hazardous Fuel Reduction Through Wood Chip Utilization
at Jemez Mountain School District
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 90,00
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 450,00
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will implement restoration and harvest on 506 acres of the Mesa
Alta on the Coyote Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest. The material that is cut will be
used as fuel in the wood heating system at Jemez Mountain School District schools in Gallina.
The energy will heat over 96,00 square feet of school, office buildings, and gymnasium. The unit
will use over 400 tons of chipped biomass per year, saving over $120,000 per year in fossil fuel
costs. Additionally the chips will be used for landscaping and erosion control on the school
grounds. The Corona High School and Northern New Mexico Community College will be
developing course work and be giving credit for environmental sciences based upon the forest
restoration and small diameter utilization efforts. There will be classes and public outreach to
enhance the learning of forest restoration, assessment, monitoring, problem-solving, and public
speaking through curriculum and instruction.
PARTNERS: Coyote Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, Gallina/Capulin Acequia Association,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Cerro Blanco Adventures, New Mexico Log Homes, Forest Guild,
Northern Rio Grande RC&D, Jemez Mountain School District, New Mexico Forestry Division,
Northern New Mexico Community College, UNM – Los Alamos, New Mexico Game & Fish,
Energy Controls, Inc., Forest Guild Youth Conservation Corps, Velasquez Logging, Lindrith
Llaves Area Community Conservation Association, Society of American Foresters, NMSU –
Mora Research Center, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Corona High School Students.
2005 28-05 Alfonso Chacon & Sons
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/spf/cfrp/2006program/pdf/ensenada.pdf
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Ojo Caliente
CONTACT: Alfonso Chacon
PROJECT TITLE: Ensenada Forest Health Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will implement a 260-acre restoration project in the Ensenada area
of the Vallecitos Federal Sustained Yield Unit of the Carson National Forest. The goals of the
project include restoring ecosystem functions, re-establishing natural fire regimes, improvement
of stand structure, and species composition. Additionally the project will restore meadows by
relocating unnecessary roads, removing encroaching conifers, create multiparty relationships,
creat jobs and provide public outreach and education. The project includes an aspen regeneration
patch cut.
PARTNERS: Carson National Forest, Forest Guardians, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service,
Forest Guild, Northern Rio Grande RC&D, Mesa Vista Public Schools, Ojo Caliente Mineral
Springs, New Mexico State Forestry Division, Northern New Mexico Community College, New
Mexico Game & Fish, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Jarita Mesa Cattlemen Association, Forest Guild
Youth Conservation Corp, NMSU – Mora Research Center, Society of American Foresters,
Chacon & Sons.
2005 32-05 Town of Red River
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/wildfire/red_river.html
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Red River, NM
CONTACT: Ron Brunham
PROJECT TITLE: Pioneer Canyon Watershed Preservation Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 225,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $
TOTAL BUDGET: $
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 225,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will do restoration along approximately 2.8 miles of Pioneer
Creek and 486 acres of un-even aged mixed conifer stands interspersed with aspen, pure aspen
stands, and with a grass understory. The project will do meadow and riparian restoration along
Pioneer Creek and do aspen regeneration around Red River Ski Area. Combined, the treatments
will help provide fire protection to the town of Red River and the ski area. The goals are stream
bank stabilization, riparian restoration, and sediment reduction in Pioneer Creek, as well as
reducing surface fuel loading. In the aspen stands, density of mixed conifer encroachment will be
reduced so these stands can preserve their quality as natural fuel breaks.
PARTNERS: Town of Red River, Red River Ski Area, Questa Ranger District, Carson National
Forest, NM State Forestry, Cimarron District,
2005 33-05 Pueblo of Taos
http://www.taospueblo.com/
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Taos Pueblo
CONTACT: Anne Sandoval
PROJECT TITLE: Forest Watershed Restoration and Preventative Fuels
Treatments on Taos Tribal Lands
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project is multifaceted and will include: continued restoration of the areas
burned in the Encebado Watershed by introducing native vegetation and natural structures for
slope stabilization; assess and plan restoration fuel reduction projects in the Rio Pueblo and Rio
Lucero Watersheds, implement low-impact fuels reduction/habitat restoration in the priority areas
of the watersheds; use some of the removed small diameter material to begin a renewable energy
program that will heat the Taos Pueblo offices, a health clinic, and a commercial greenhouse;
develop and implement a multi-party monitoring project; and start outreach and education to the
Taos Pueblo community on the important role of natural fire and fuels management activities.
PARTNERS: USDA Forest Service, Carson National Forest; Pueblo of Taos Tribal Council; Office of
the Governor; Pueblo of Taos War Chief’s Office; Taos Pueblo Environmental Office; Pueblo of
Taos Renewable Energy Project; USDOI Fish and Wildlife Services, Fisheries Assistance Office;
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northern Pueblo Agency; Natural Resources Conservation Service.
2005 39-05 Sherry Barrows Strategies
http://www.sbswoodshavings.com/
FOREST: Lincoln
COMMUNITY:
CONTACT: Sherry Barrows
PROJECT TITLE: Cedar Creek Break Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $ 90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $ 450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $ 360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will do forest and watershed restoration and harvesting on 252
acres within the Perk/Grindstone Fuels & Restoration Project Area of the Smokey Bear District,
Lincoln National Forest. The equipment will be a low-impact forwarder harvesting system to
improve ecosystem function. The Smokey Bear District YCC crew will be trained and assist in
the monitoring. The project site is nearly adjacent to the Smokey Bear Ranger District and will
provide a highly visible demonstration that will compliment an annual public awareness
campaign. The harvested material will be removed to SBS Wood Shavings and be utilized in
value-added products. This grant compliments a previous CFRP grant, and several other USDA
and State grants.
PARTNERS: USDA Forest Service, Lincoln National Forest, the Greater Ruidoso Area Wildland
Urban Interface Group, the Ruidoso River Association, The Forest Guild/YCC, Eco-servants,
Timberline Partnership, and SBS Wood Shavings.
2006 CFRP Grants:
2006 02-06 Velasquez Logging
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/spf/cfrp/2006program/pdf/hazfuels.pdf
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Mesa Poleo, Rio Arriba County
CONTACT: Rudy Velasquez (505.638.0304)
PROJECT TITLE: Mesa Poleo Wildland Urban Interface Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project includes forest restoration in 300 acres of the Mesa Poleo
Wildland Urban Interface area of the Coyote Ranger District in the Santa Fe National Forest.
Approximately 5 miles of roads will be decommissioned. Small diameter trees harvested from
the project will be sold at several local and regional markets. The project will create
approximately 6 local jobs. Education and outreach will be provided to about 150 local area
residents and 40 high school students.
PARTNERS: Coyote Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest; Forest Guild; Forest Guild Youth
Conservation Corps; Jemez Mountain School District; Merced del Pueblo Abique; New Mexico
State Forestry; Santa Clara Indian Pueblo; New Mexico Highlands University; New Mexico
Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute; New Mexico Fuels; National King Coal, LLC; Barela
Timber Management, Inc.; Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps; New Mexico State University
Cooperative Extension Service.
2006 03-06 La Jicarita Enterprise Community
http://www.ljec.org/
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Mora, Cleveland, Holman, Mora Counties
CONTACT: Ben Sanchez (505.387.2298)
PROJECT TITLE: Upper Mora Watershed Restoration, Phase II
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project includes 200 acres of forest restoration in the Upper Mora
Watershed within the Walker Flats area of the Santa Fe National Forest. Removed materials will
be utilized for wholesale as vigas, latillas, posts, chip material, and firewood. Approximately 12
people will be employed as a result of this project. Education and outreach will be provided to
about 1,000 community members within the watershed and 200 high school and college students.
PARTNERS: Santa Fe National Forest; New Mexico State University; University of New Mexico;
Santa Clara Indian Pueblo; New Mexico Highlands University; New Mexico State Forestry; New
Mexico Rural Water Association; Mora Independent School District; Asociacion de las Acequias
del Valle de Mora; Western Mora County Water Protection Council; Adelante RC&D; Rio de la
Casa Grazing Allotment Association; Mora County Fire Chiefs Association.
2006 07-06 Pueblo of Santa Clara
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Santa Clara Pueblo, City of Espanola, Rio Arriba &
Sandoval Counties
CONTACT: Rachel Wood (505.753.7326)
PROJECT TITLE: Wood Biomass Heating Design and Implementation of Santa
Clara Pueblo South Housing
FUNDING REQUESTED: $359,656
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $449,656
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $359,656
PROJECT SUMMARY:The project will study, design and install a wood biomass-heating system based
on GARN hand-load technology to heat 35 new homes in Santa Clara Pueblo’s HUD Assisted
South Housing subdivision. The heating system will utilize 210 cords annually of small-diameter
trees and slash being felled by Santa Clara Pueblo’s forestry crew in on-going fuels reduction
projects. Five tribal staff will be trained in maintenance and operation and two full-time jobs will
be created to run the system. Santa Clara Pueblo Forestry Department and Santa Clara Day
School will partner to develop educational curriculum regarding forest restoration, fire mitigation
and project calculations for Pueblo youth in grades K-8.
PARTNERS: Santa Clara Pueblo; Santa Clara Day School; Local Energy; Four Corners Institute; BIA
Regional Office.
2006 09-06 Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo)
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Ohkay Owingeh and Tesuque Pueblo
CONTACT: Charles Lujan (505.852.4212)
PROJECT TITLE: Birds in the Bosque – Restoration Effects on Avian Habitat
FUNDING REQUESTED: $359,966
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $449,966
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $359,966
PROJECT SUMMARY:Project partners will restore 157 acres of riparian forest on Ohkay Owingeh
and Tesuque Pueblo lands along the Rio Grande and Rio Tesuque. Restoration sites will be
restored to an ecological mosaic of cottonwood gallery forest, dense young willow / cottonwood
patches, grassland, and sedge / rush / cattail wetland. Songbird populations will be monitored
prior to and post treatment, with an emphasis on minimizing disruptions to bird populations and
maximizing benefits of future riparian restoration. The project will provide classroom and field
training to 5-10 Pueblo environmental staff in bird monitoring and provide programs on bird life
to approximately 50 elementary students per year. Students from Northern New Mexico College
and Santa Fe Indian School will participate in restoration work and monitoring, and the project
will train and employ 10 to 15 Pueblo restoration technicians.
PARTNERS: Ohkay Owingeh; Tesuque Pueblo; Santa Clara Pueblo; Audubon New Mexico; Northern
New Mexico College; La Calandria Associates; Santa Fe Indian School; Ohkay Owingeh
Community School; Tesuque Community School; BIA Northern Pueblos Agency; New Mexico
Environment Department.
2006 11-06 Forest Guardians
http://www.fguardians.org/sf/issue_santa-fe-national-forest.asp
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Rio Arriba County
CONTACT: Bryan Bird (505.988.9126 x 157)
PROJECT TITLE: Road Closure, Decommissioning and Fuel Breaks for Forest
Restoration and Community Fire Protection on the Santa Fe
National Forest, Coyote Ranger District
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will implement a collaborative approach to an on-going road
closure and decommissioning project on the Coyote Ranger District. The project will close and
decommission roads not necessary for management of resources or traditional uses, and will
strategically identify roads and natural features where conservative thinning will reduce the
potential for crown fire spread. Materials removed in the thinning will be: 1) utilized as natural
barriers to vehicle use, 2) removed as firewood, 3) utilized in local biomass heat production
facilities, and 3) utilized as vigas and latillas. These activities will create fuel breaks for
surrounding communities and will result in improved watershed and forest health. New
employment opportunities will be created and collaborative education and outreach efforts will
emphasize forest restoration methods.
PARTNERS: Forest Guardians; Carson National Forest; Coyote Volunteer Fire Department; Acequia
Mesa del Medio Association; New Mexico Wildlife Federation; New Mexico Department of
Game and Fish; Coronado High School; Cordova Logging; Inc.
2006 12-06 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/
FOREST: Santa Fe
COMMUNITY: Santa Fe County
CONTACT: Donald Falk (520.626.7201)
PROJECT TITLE: Little Tesuque-Black Canyon Watershed Restoration Project
FUNDING REQUESTED: $321,132
MATCHING FUNDS: $88,431
TOTAL BUDGET: $409,563
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $321,132
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will use the ongoing Hyde Park Wildland Urban Interface Project
on the Santa Fe National Forest to assess and demonstrate the ecological and economic effects of
locating restoration treatments strategically, as a means of undertaking landscape-scale
restoration. The project will also monitor the effects of thinning and burning treatments on old
and large trees in the area. The project includes youth training and public workshops organized in
collaboration with project partners.
PARTNERS: Santa Fe National Forest; Four Corners Institute; Northern Arizona University;
Laboratory Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona; The Nature Conservancy; Los
Alamos National Laboratory.
2006 14-06 Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
http://www.rockymountainyouthcorps.org/
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Taos County
CONTACT: Carl Colonius (505.751.1420 x 22)
PROJECT TITLE: Largo Canyon Fuels Reduction and Forest Restoration
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project is a unique pairing of forest and watershed restoration goals with
youth development needs in northern New Mexico. The Rocky Mountain Youth Corps will
conduct forest restoration treatments on 150 acres on the Questa / Lama Wildland Urban Interface
Project area of Largo Canyon in the Carson National Forest. Crew members will also participate
in the RMYC corps-member development program, pursue GEDs, and complete training in
chainsaw use, workplace safety, life skills, natural resource management, forest restoration and
prescription techniques. An estimated 750 tons of small diameter wood products will be used in
the Questa community woodlot and by B&E BioFuels in its gasification plant to produce ethanol
from local trash and forest biomass.
PARTNERS: Carson National Forest; Village of Questa; Questa Volunteer Fire Department; La Lama
Neighborhood Association; Questa Independent Schools; New Mexico Department of Labor;
Amigos Bravos.
2006 16-06 Colfax County
http://www.colfaxcounty.ne.gov/index.html
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Colfax County, City of Raton
CONTACT: Charles Gonzales (505.445.9661)
PROJECT TITLE: Sugarite Canyon Watershed Forest Restoration Program
FUNDING REQUESTED: $101,253
MATCHING FUNDS: $24,661
TOTAL BUDGET: $125,914
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $101,253
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will collaboratively develop a forest stewardship plan as the
foundation for future implementation of restoration, monitoring and education actions in the
Sugarite Canyon watershed. This watershed supplies municipal water to the City of Raton,
whose water distribution system serves more than 10,000 people. The Stewardship Plan will: 1)
serve as the blueprint for forest and watershed restoration measures; 2) be comprehensive in
scope; 3) have the support of all partners and collaborators; and 4) be responsive to adaptive
management principles. Core planning goals include a return to natural fire regimes, protection
of all watershed values, and commitment to community.
PARTNERS: Cimarron Watershed Alliance, Colfax County Commissioners, Colfax County Urban
Forester, Colorado Division of Wildlife, New Mexico State Forestry, New Mexico State Parks,
Raton School District, Raton Water Works, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Silver Dollar
Shavings, The Nature Conservancy, Vermejo Park Ranch, Western Wood Products.
2006 20-06 Silver Dollar Racing & Shavings
http://www.cimarronwatershed.org/top_pages/who.htm
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Colfax and surrounding Counties
CONTACT: Kathy Deines (505.375.2636)
PROJECT TITLE: "Doctor Forest's" Transporting and Adding Value to Small
Diameter Timber
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will design, test, and develop a process to manufacture sanitary
erosion control and water filtration products. These products will be derived from under-utilized
small-diameter trees and slash from ongoing forest restoration and hazardous fuels mitigation
projects. The erosion control and water filtration products will be sterile and weed free, and will
help mitigate runoff from wildfires and other disturbances. The project will create economic
opportunities in the local community by utilizing and training the local workforce.
PARTNERS: Colfax County Fire Administration; Town of Red River; New Mexico State Forestry;
Cimarron Watershed Alliance; Village of Angelfire; CS Cattle Company; Sherry Barrow
Strategies.
2006 21-06 Las Communidades
FOREST: Carson
COMMUNITY: Rio Arriba County
CONTACT: John Ussery (505.581.4550)
PROJECT TITLE: Collaborative Forest Restoration of the Vallecitos Federal
Sustained Yield Unit
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project establishes a community-based approach for the development of
economically-viable and environmentally-sound utilization opportunities for forest restoration
byproducts in the Vallecitos Federal Sustained Yield Unit. Local workers will be employed to
remove, process, and sell dead and down materials from previously thinned areas. Stakeholders
will develop a community GIS system and will test and apply a harvest cost and recovery model
to evaluate the economic viability of various options for the use of products from forest
restoration and fuel reduction treatments. Local youth will receive education, training, and
hands-on experience in environmental monitoring, data analysis and forest planning. Technical
support and business assistance will be provided by a coalition of technical service provides,
business capital lenders, educational institutions, governmental agencies, and policy-centered
organizations.
PARTNERS: El Rito Ranger District, Carson National Forest; Rio Arriba County; Mesa Vista
Schools; Jefferson Natural Resources; Northern New Mexico College; New Village Institute /
Oshara Village; New Mexico Energy; SoilFoods; Truchas Land Trust.
2006 28-06 Trout Unlimited
http://www.tu.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=7dJEKTNuFmG&b=1356161&ct=2761759
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Sierra and Grant Counties
CONTACT: Kira Finkler (703.284.9408)
PROJECT TITLE: Gila Restoration Project: Restoring Forest Watersheds and
Native Fish
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will complete NEPA in the Aldo Leopold Wilderness so that
89,000 acres of the Wilderness Area may be treated via prescribed fire and Wildland Fire Use.
The project will also improve road crossings and riparian forests to expand habitat for native fish.
The grantee will sponsor a public seminar and develop educational materials on the risk of fire
and the survival of the endangered Gila trout. The project will provide jobs and revenue to local
businesses and will utilize the efforts of local volunteers, who will assist in implementing project
activities, receive training in forest and fisheries conservation, and conduct outreach and
education efforts.
PARTNERS:
Trout Unlimited; Gila National Forest; US Fish and Wildlife Service; New Mexico Game and
Fish; Blue Earth Ecological; US Geological Survey; New Mexico State University.
2006 29-06 Lower Frisco Wood Products
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Reserve, Catron County
CONTACT: Sandra Uzueta (505.533.6470)
PROJECT TITLE: Improving the Efficiency and Stability of the Sawmill in
Catron County
FUNDING REQUESTED: $120,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $30,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $150,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $120,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will improve efficiency of a local small-diameter utilization
operation by repairing various components of the existing Reserve Sawmill in Catron County.
The equipment purchases, repair, and training will ensure economically sound production levels
and increased product diversity. These efficiencies will increase the mills ability to assist in the
development of small-diameter industries. Through collaboration with a youth training /
employment program, local youth will receive training and employment opportunities; these
youth will also gain job skills in business administration and utilization of small diameter wood.
PARTNERS: Catron County Citizens Group; Southwest Forests Partnership; Home Education
Livelihood Program.
2006 31-06 Upper Gila Watershed Alliance
http://www.ugwa.org/
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Grant County
CONTACT: Melanie Garparich (505.535.2519)
PROJECT TITLE: Signal Peak Assessment Plan
FUNDING REQUESTED: $360,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $90,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $450,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $360,000
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will create a long-term plan for management on Forest Service,
BLM and state forestlands in Grant County, NM. The plan will prioritize and schedule forest
ecosystem restoration activities and coordinate them with local restoration contractors and forest
restoration by-product utilization efforts. The project will also conduct a collaborative NEPA
analysis on an estimated 10,000 acres of FS, BLM, and state managed forestland within the
assessment area. The efforts will include the establishment of a long-term monitoring and
educational program involving area schools related to ecological management of the assessment
area; assess the utilization and economic development potential of mechanical thinning
treatments in the assessment area; and implement forest restoration activities on an estimated 165
NEPA-ready BLM acres that are identified as priority areas.
PARTNERS: The Upper Gila Watershed Alliance includes: Gila National Forest; Center for
Biological Diversity; The Nature Conservancy; Gila Conservation Education Center and Aldo
Leopold School; New Mexico State Forestry; Gila Woodnet; Restoration Technologies Group;
Small Business Development Center; Black Range RC&D.
2006 33-06 JL Enterprises
http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/r3/gila/cfrp/
FOREST: Gila
COMMUNITY: Reserve, Catron County
CONTACT: Linda Cooke (505.533.6798)
PROJECT TITLE: Increase Self-Sufficiency by Promotion, Marketing and
Transportation of Packaged Firewood to High-End Urban
Markets
FUNDING REQUESTED: $48,000
MATCHING FUNDS: $12,000
TOTAL BUDGET: $60,000
RECOMMENDED FUNDING: $17,993
PROJECT SUMMARY:This project will encourage economic development and stability through the
processing of small-diameter, low quality and waste wood forest materials into palletized and
bagged firewood. The purchase of a key piece of equipment will enable a small-business to
transport this product to high-end urban markets throughout New Mexico. This project is part of
a larger collaborative effort promoting healthy watershed and forests within the Gila National
Forest in Catron County, New Mexico.
PARTNERS: Gila National Forest, New Mexico State Forestry, Kellar Logging, RC Wood Products,
Lower Frisco Wood Products, Catron County Citizens Group, Alligator Wood Products, New
Mexico Department of Labor, Home Education Livelihood Program, USDA Rural Development,
Catron County Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Soil and Water Conservation District,
Catron County Commission.
2007 05-07 Santa Ana - Juniper II
http://65.100.28.11/
Information on 2007 grants coming soon.