Restoration: Gila Restoration Collaborative

The Restoration working group, called  The Gila Restoration Collaborative, is working to increasing the pace and scale of forest and watershed restoration in Grant County.  Partners are currently working in northern, southern, and eastern areas of the County, and will  eventually expand into the broader region.

Current Initiative: 

Convene a forum for restoration practitioners in the region to collaboratively address ecological issues and pursue opportunities to restore the landscape.

Partners

Bureau of Land Management

Gila National Forest

Grant County, NM

Grant Soil and Water Conservation District

Jornado RC&D

Natural Resource Conservation Service

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

New Mexico Forest Industry Association

New Mexico State Forestry

Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery

The Nature Conservancy

Town of Silver City, NM

For more information or to get involved

Working Group co-coordinators:

   Martha Cooper, The Nature Conservancy (mschumann@tnc.org)

   Elizabeth Toney, Gila National Forest (elizabeth.toney@usda.gov)