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We invite you to offer a paper or poster at the 2013 Convention to inform the conversation and to ensure that our profession and its practitioners continue to ensure sustainable forests and protect the values they provide for the nation.

Deadline coming on call for papers and posters for the 18th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium. The 18th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium to be held on September 24-27, 2013 in Madison, WI is a forum for those involved in nondestructive testing and evaluation of wood, wood-based materials and products. Abstract Submission: FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Partners in Community Forestry Post-Conference Site is now live! For those of you that were not able to attend the 2012 Partners in Community Forestry National Conference you can now view presentations from the conference on the post-conference website, where you can also view photos from the conference and sign up to receive information about the conference location for 2013!

This newsletter is published by the New Mexico Tree Farm Committee.

This newsletter is published by the New Mexico Tree Farm Committee. This issue includes headlines: New Mexico Tree Farmers’ Piñon Crowned State and Soon-to-be National Champion, Project Learning Tree Update, New Mexico State University Renames Mora Forestry Re-search Center, The Back Year Tree Farm, National Tree Farmer Convention, and NRCS-Conservation Stewardship Program.

A workshop, Establishing A Community Tree Program, will be offered on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque. The goal of the four-hour workshop is to empower communities to implement a tree management plan and care for their community trees.

This position functions as the Field Manager (District Forester) for the Capitan District of the Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)- Forestry Division. The District is comprised of 8,591,874 acres of private, non-federal and non-municipal lands in Otero, Lincoln, Chaves, DeBaca, Roosevelt, Lea and Eddy counties. The position supervises the implementation of all forestry programs to include the Smokey Bear Historical Park, fire management, forest and watershed health management, timber harvesting regulations, service forestry and all administrative activities on the district. The position participates with other groups and agencies with similar objectives and authorities to allocate resources across jurisdictional boundaries to achieve forest and watershed health and communities that are more defensible from wildland fire and insect and disease epidemics. The position is also responsible for maintaining compliance with governmental standards and business philosophies such as department and division policies, the state procurement code, contract management, supervision and federal codes relating to the delivery of federal programs.

Unprecedented study relies on more than 1,500 years of tree-ring data and hundreds of years of fire-scar records gathered from Ponderosa Pine forests

Unprecedented study relies on more than 1,500 years of tree-ring data and hundreds of years of fire-scar records gathered from Ponderosa Pine forests.

The Santa Fe National Forest is hosting three educational field trips into the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration project area. Field trip dates are: Saturday, June 2; Saturday, June 30; and Saturday, July 14. Registration forms will be available May 9 through May 25, between 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., at the Santa Fe National Forest Headquarters located at 11 Forest Lane in southwest Santa Fe and at the Jemez Ranger Station located at 051 Woodsy Lane in Jemez Springs. Registration forms are also available online at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/jemez_mtn_rest/index.html. All forms, including those received through e-mail, must be mailed and postmarked or hand-carried no later than May 25. By May 31, everyone who was selected to participate in the field trips will be notified by phone or email. Details about the field trips are outlined within the registration form.