Please join us for the Zuni Mountains Collaborative 2026 annual community gathering! This hybrid meeting provides an opportunity reconnect and discuss our collective forest and watershed stewardship efforts. It will take place in-person and virtually on Thursday, May 28 from 10:00am-4:00pm. The meeting will include presentations and updates from the Forest Service, Forest Stewards Guild, and many other collaborative partners (tentative agenda is below; please note that it is subject to change). Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided.
If you plan to attend in-person, please register (link below) so that we can accurately plan for meals. This event will be updated with an exact meeting location by mid-April. We hope to see you there!
Register: https://forms.gle/3tHttKZCuqQUHyQX7
Join virtuallyː https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87986659320?pwd=darpwCtrUhecJqBDcPZIER91XePFjq.1
Tentative agenda:
Morning networking and coffee
Presentations and Discussion:
Cibola National Forest: 2025 accomplishments/updates and 2026 planned activities
Community wood banks: updates and successes
NM Forestry Division: landowner assistance programs
Wildlife: TES tracking and forest thinning in PACs (Protected Activity Centers)
Lunch
Interactive group activity:
Discussion of alternative restoration and conservation activities we would like to see happen in the greater Zuni Mountains landscape