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Understanding New Mexico's Wildfire History: Final Event in a Speaker Series

  • Petchesky Conservation Center 5430 Richards Avenue Santa Fe, NM, 87507 United States (map)

Researcher Ellis Margolis will present “Understanding New Mexico’s Wildfire History through Tree Rings” from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at the Petchesky Conservation Center in Santa Fe (5430 Richards Avenue).

Margolis is a research ecologist at the USGS New Mexico Landscapes Field Station. He focuses on the interactions between fire, forests, human land use, and climate in the southwestern U.S. Margolis’s work informs management of forested watersheds and fire. Learn about how he interprets tree rings to tell the story of the impacts of fire at this talk, hosted by the New Mexico Land Conservancy.

For more: Read some of Ellis Margolis’s published works — including an eye-opening, recently published article about debris flow hazards in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed — on the Fireshed Coalition’s local science webpage.

A flyer repeating information about the talk.
Earlier Event: November 2
Tesuque Area Do-It-Yourself Wildfire Mitigation Workshop
Later Event: November 9
Greater Eldorado Community Wildfire Protection Plan: Stakeholder Meeting
The GSFFC is a coalition of public and private organizations. The GSFFC is not a subdivision of the State of New Mexico, as defined in the state’s Open Meetings Act, §§ 10-15-1 to 10-15-4 NMSA 1978. Although federal agencies participate in the GSFFC, the Coalition is not a federal advisory board and was not created by a federal agency, as defined by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5.U.S.C. app. 2, §§ 1 to 16 (2012). The GSFFC operates informally to support its partners, and is not incorporated as a non-profit, 501(C)(3), partnership, or other legal status.