Access Maps and Data about the Landscape here
Map 1 - General Location
Map 2 - Land Ownership
Map 3 - Fire
Map 4 - Vegetation
Map 5 - Proposal Map, Color

Spreadsheet 1 - Economic Job  Potential from Restoration

Spreadsheet 2 - Expected Wildfire Suppression Cost Savings; R-CAT Model

Spreadsheet 3 - Proposed Treatment Chart

The Cibola National Forest is collaborating with a broad array of partners on a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program project for the Zuni Mountains on the Mt. Taylor Ranger District.  

In early 2012, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program of the USDA Forest Service has selected Zuni Mountain Landscape Restoration project to receive $7.6 million in funding over 10 years.

Since 2003 the Cibola National Forest has been committed to landscape scale restoration of ponderosa pine dominated forests in the Zuni Mountains. The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) project builds and expands upon the Bluewater Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) as well as the many successes of the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP) grants and the Stewardship Contract on the District.

The Cibola National Forest has partnered with diverse stakeholders including the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Forest Guild, the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute, and the Wood Industries Network. 

The Forest Guild coordinated the proposal effort with the Cibola National Forest and the other collaborators. 

What is the CFLRP? The CFLRP is a nationwide program to realize collaboration in science-based forest restoration at the landscape scale.

• Access Senator Bingaman's nnouncement here.
• Access the NM Congressional Delegation Support Letter here.
• Access the two page Briefing Paper here. 
• For the FINAL Zuni Mountain Landscape Strategy click here. 
• For the FINAL Zuni Mountain Landscape CFLRP Proposal click here.  
• For more background information click here.
• For proposal references click here.
  
• For information about ponderosa pine restoration click here.  
• Access the 2012 CFLRP Annual Report here.
  

• Do you have a suggestion, comment, or interest in collaborating? Contact the proposal coordinator at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

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Meetings

May 9, 2011 Wood Industries Network Meeting in Milan NM. 

Mt. Taylor Pellet Fuels hosted this well attended meeting at their Milan facility. The meeting developed a strategy to identify barriers to forest-based businesses stabilization and growth in light of building partnerships with USDA Rural Development. Elizabeth Kistin, Development Coordinator for USDA Rural Development-NM presented detailed information about some of their programs.

• Access the sign-in sheets here.
  
• Access the meeting notes here.
  
• Access the USDA Rural Development presentation here.
  
• Access the Forest Guild presentation here.
  

Past Events

Thanks to everyone who made the January 10 meeting a success!

The Cibola CFLRP Proposal Core Team is planning a 1 day workshop on January 10 from 10 - 4 in Albuquerque to garner techincal and non-technical input for the proposal, coordinate project roles, and develop a multiparty monitoring strategy. 

The sign-in sheets from January 10, 2011 can be accessed here. 

Please check back to this webpage for updates about this meeting! 

• Wood Industries Network Meeting, September 21, 2010
  The Grants, NM area Wood Industries Network (WIN) met to discuss the potential for a CFLRP proposal in the Zuni Mountains.
  
  A copy of the meeting notes can be found here.
  
  
• Cibola CFLRP Core Team Meeting, December 14, 2010
  The Core Team met at the Mt. Taylor Ranger District and discussed strategies for the proposal and plan for the collaborative meeting in January 10, 2011. Check back for updates!