SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe National Forest is set to hold a series of public meetings about the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration project.
The first meeting is scheduled for July 24 in Albuquerque and is aimed at planning for the environmental impact statement needed on the 110,000 acres of national forest before certain treatments can be accomplished.
A variety of treatments will be proposed including prescribed fires, mechanically thinning trees, and improving wildlife habitat.
The overall Southwest Jemez Mountains project is a long-term effort to restore forest conditions on around 210,000 acres in the Southwest Jemez Mountains. The area is composed primarily of the entire upper Jemez River watershed including Jemez Pueblo tribal lands, the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera National Preserve, and 110,000 acres of the Santa Fe National Forest.
