New Mexico Forest Prescriptions and Case Studies (PDF)
Forest thinning prescriptions and case studies from around the state.

Summary of Science Basis for Changing Forest Structure to Modify Fire Behavior (PDF)
Synopsis providing information on the topics of forest structure, wildfire behavior, and their relation to one another.

What you need to know about New Mexico Forest Workers’ Compensation Insurance (PDF)
2007 Overview of the NM workers' compensation insurance and forestry related activities.

Grade Requirements for rough-sawn Lumber (PDF)|
Overview of grading requirements for rough-sawn lumber and timber, including vigas, used for any load bearing application.

Manufacturing Wood Pellets (PDF)
Provides observations and recommendations on  making wood pellets for heating or energy use.

New Mexico Forest Service Contracts and Guest Workers (PDF)
In-state competitiveness and the use of guest workers (Fall 2006).

Best value contracting in New Mexico (PDF)
Case study from the Southwest region (Winter 2007)

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Piñon-Juniper management:

• Historical and Modern Disturbance Regimes of Piñon-Juniper Vegetation (PDF)
  Summarizes current understanding of historical stand structures, disturbance regimes, and landscape dynamics in piñon-juniper woodlands throughout the western U.S.
  
  
• Forest Guild Piñon-Juniper Information Page (Web Link)
  Provides information on management, health, climate, fire, and forest type descriptions.
  
  
• Sid Goodloe’s Views (via New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute) (Web Link)
  Four decades of understanding watershed degradation and rehabilitation of the Carrizo Valley Ranch.
  
  
• Hybrid Piñon-Juniper Key (PDF)
  Dichotomous key developed by Kent Reid for five Pinon-Juniper types; PJ Savanna or Juniper Savanna, Grassland, PJ Persistent Woodland, PJ Open Woodland, PJ Shrub Woodland.
  
  
• Juniper Water Use (PDF)
  When Juniper and Woody Plants Invade, Water May Retreat (December 2008).

Ponderosa pine dominated forests

• Fire Effects – Treatment vs. Non-Treatment (PDF)
  Wildland fire effects in silviculturally treated vs. untreated stands of New Mexico and Arizona (February 2006).