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In order to realize the full potential of reforestation in the United States, the nation’s tree nurseries need to increase seedling production by an additional 1.7 billion each year, a 2.4-fold increase over current nursery production. Owen Burney, superintendent of the NMSU John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center at Mora, contributed to a new study published by the science journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. (NMSU photo by Jane Moorman) These numbers, taken from a new study co-authored by a New Mexico State University researcher and 17 other ...

The National 4-H Council has announced the election of an New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences associate dean to its board of trustees. Jon Boren, director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, is among two new members to the board. Jon Boren, associate dean of New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, has been named to the National 4-H Council board of trustees. (NMSU photo) He joins Abby Durheim, 4-H Youth ...

New Mexico State University student firefighters Lucas Cadena and Thomas Ontiveros have been named as NMSU Firefighters of the Year for 2020. New Mexico State University 2020 Firefighters of the Year, students Thomas Ontiveros, left, and Lucas Cadena, received the annual recognition for their accomplishments, leadership, volunteer spirit and overall qualities and traits that exemplify what it means to be an NMSU firefighter. Most years, one student firefighter is selected; this year two young men are honored. (NMSU photo) They are among the 14 student firefight...

An in-depth study of centuries-old community acequia systems in northern New Mexico reveals why they have been resilient. Sam Fernald, New Mexico State University professor in the Extension animal sciences and natural resources department, reviews data while studying the Rio Hondo acequia. Fernald was the principal investigator in a 10-year study of three acequia systems in northern New Mexico. Seventeen researchers from NMSU, University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratory present their findings in a new NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental...