The presentation in a nutshell
Presenters from the Southwest Jemez Mountains CFLRP will offer lessons gleaned from 15 years of cooperative work about the impact of managed and prescribed fire, forest thinning, and a collaborative approach to land management on landscape resiliency.
This work represents a wealth of knowledge and improvements made over the lifespan of an early adoptee of the CFLRP model. However, CFLRP implementation elsewhere across the U.S. is still ongoing, and that means there is an opportunity to expand the conversation about lessons that can be learned and applied on other landscapes. We invite all participants to connect with colleagues and collaborators to pursue and create occasions for knowledge exchange.
Full description and presenter information
Multi-party monitoring is a central feature of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and allows communities to assess the ecological, social, and economic impacts of these landscape-scale stewardship projects over a long period. The Southwest Jemez Mountains (SWJM) CFLRP, implemented from 2010-2024 in north-central New Mexico, was led by 40 agencies, organizations, Tribal entities or representatives, universities, contractors, and citizen volunteers. The goal of the SWJM project was the large-scale restoration of forest ecosystems and improvement of overall resilience to major disturbances, including fire, insects and disease, and a changing climate.
In this presentation, key Collaborative members Jeremy Marshall, Bob Parmenter, Steven Del Favero, and Gabe Kohler will present their lessons learned from 15 years of cooperative work and multi-party monitoring. They will discuss whether the goals of the CFLRP were met, focusing on the impacts of multi-decadal managed and prescribed fire, forest thinning, and the monitoring and computer modeling showing that forest resilience and restoration treatments ultimately reduced fire risk or severity in the treatment area. This presentation offers insight for land managers currently involved in landscape-scale restoration and wildfire risk reduction and is based on the SWJM CFLRP Final Monitoring Report, expected to be released in the spring of 2025.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM Mountain Time
WHERE: Zoom (learn more and register)
WHO: Hosted by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium and the Forest Stewards Guild