Reforestation -

Northern New Mexico

John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, NM.

Ponderosa pine saplings at the Forestry Research Center

The center is the largest supplier of seedlings in the southwestern U.S. — up to 300,000 per year.

Members of the Forest Stewards Guild Youth Group prepare to plant in the Las Conchas Fire burn scar.

Las Conchas Fire burn scar in the Santa Fe National Forest.

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Sam Berry, Southwest Associate Director of The Forest Stewards Guild, in the field.

Forest Steward Guild worker in the Ute Park Fire scar.

Chris Marsh, Research Assistant Professor at Earth Systems Ecology Lab University of New Mexico

Microclimate data loggers will be deployed at each planting site in April 23’ to record the temperatures/soil moisture/RH/light levels at the seedling scale.