Brochures (PDF format)

• Defensible Zones
  Create an effective defensible space around a structure by treating, clearing or reducing fuels and vegetation, to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure. It also reduces the chance of a structure fire moving from the building to the surrounding forest. Defensible space provides room for the firefighters to do their jobs.
• Plant Materials
  Ways to modify nearby vegetation to reduce a wildfireÕs intensity.
• Grass Seed Mixes to Reduce Wildfire Hazard
  Using the correct grass seed mix to create wildfire defensible zones.

• Present Danger - New Mexico's Wildfire Threat
  Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Dept Forestry Division's Forest Health Initiative is looking at numerous solutions to implement pre-fire activities throughout New Mexico.
• Fire Tool or Terror?
  The captivating images fo this video bring to life the intensity that fire can have as a useful tool and a powerful force. Fire, ideal for elementary and secondary science classes or anyone interested in forestry and ecology, takes a look at the many benefits fire bring when used correctly.

  Price: $12.95 plus shipping & handling
  To order call 1-888-750-4656 or email: vstudio@nmsu.edu

• Restoring the Promise
  The Carrizo Demonstration project, located on the Lincoln National Forest in South Central New Mexico, is designed to restore and sustain water quality and quantity, increase natural food production for wildlife and livestock, improve scenic quality, and increase the biological diversity by managing the area based on ecological principles.

  Price: $12.95 plus shipping & handling
  To order call 1-888-750-4656 or email: vstudio@nmsu.edu

• Wildland fire. Check out the Southwest Area World Wide Web Page at www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire/


• Wildland urban interface issues and recommendations on creating defensible space. Find good information at www.colostate.edu/Depts/CSFS/fire/interface.html


• Wildland urban interface issues: www.firewise.org


• Fire Weather. Go to Southwest Area Wildland Fire Operations at www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire/swaweather.htm


• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: www.fws.gov


• U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management: www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm


• The National Park Service: www.nps.gov/


• Arizona State Land Department Fire Management Division: www.azstatefire.org/


• USDA Forest Service: www.fs.fed.us/


• New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department - New Mexico State Forestry www.emnrd.state.nm.us/forestry/