Staff Directory

Contact NMFWRI

New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute

(NMFWRI)

New Mexico Highlands University
Box 9000
Las Vegas, NM 87701

Telephone: (505) 426-2080
Fax: (505) 426-2192

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Staff

Kent Reid
Interim Director
(505) 426-2145
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Kent moved to New Mexico in 1996, and worked here and internationally as a consulting forester before coming to work for FWRI. He has degrees from NC State, Colorado State, and Clemson, and has worked for Weyerhaeuser, the Peace Corps, the University of Missouri, Auburn University, Virginia Tech, and Cornell University.

Josie M. Lujan
Administrative Associate
(505) 426-2080
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Josie is currently the Administrative Associate for the NM Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute. She has been an employee with NM Highlands University for the past 12 years.

Ron Ortega
Forester
(505) 426-2279
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As a NMFWRI Forester, Ron's work is primarily in field activities associated with monitoring Forest Restoration projects. Additionally, he has an active involvement with the Forest Worker Safety Program. Ron's forest experience, aside from education, comes from over twenty years of business in farming, logging, thinning, sawmill & firewood operations and timber consulting.

Patti Dappen
GIS specialist
(505) 426-2086
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Patti is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist at the NM Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute. Patti's background includes working with GIS and Remote Sensing technologies for agricultural and wetlands applications at the University of Nebraska. Currently in New Mexico she works with GPS and GIS for forest monitoring and mapping applications.

Joe Zebrowski
GIS specialist
(505) 426-2146
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Joe is currently a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist at the NM Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute which is housed at NM Highlands University. In his previous Air Force career, Joe held a variety of leadership and staff positions related to Defense Department mapping and charting activities.