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Fire Planning Task Force
Fire Planning Task Force
The New Mexico Fire Planning Task Force (Task Force) was created by the NM Legislature in 2003. The Task Force is made up of local, state, federal, and tribal cooperators who assist Forestry to identify and protect areas most vulnerable to wildfires. The Task Force meets once per year to approve Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP), develop model ordinances and standards for building codes, and consider the benefits of thinning, prescribed burns, and defensible space to reduce the threat of wildfires to communities.
United States Department of Interior
Melanie Barnes, State Director
Bureau of Land Management – State Office
301 Dinosaur Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87508
Phone: (505) 954-2222
Email: mgbarnes@blm.gov
Designee: Teresa Rigby, Fire Mitigation & Education Specialist
Email: trigby@blm.gov
Designee: Richard Sinkovitz
Email: rsinkovitz@blm.gov
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Michiko Martin, Southwest Regional Forester
333 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: (505) 842-3300
Email: michiko.martin@usda.gov
Designee: Jake Nuttall, Director-Fire Aviation Management
Email: Jacob.nuttall@fs.fed.us
Indian Nation, Tribe or Pueblo
Josette Monett, Cabinet Secretary
New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
1220 South St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Phone: 505-476-1618
Email: josette.monett@iad.nm.gov
Designee: Michael Chacon, Env Justice Specialist
Email:michael.chacon@iad.nm.gov
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Randy Varela, State Fire Marshal
NM Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
1120 Paseo De Peralta
P.O Box 1269
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Phone: (505) 709-8150
Email: randy.varela@dhsem.nm.gov
New Mexico Department of Finance
Wesley Billingsley, Division Director
Local Government Division
407 Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 819-1915
Email: wesley.billingsley@dfa.nm.gov
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
Laura McCarthy, State Forester
Forestry Division
1220 S St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 476-3325
Email: laura.mccarthy@state.nm.us
Commission of Public Lands
Stephanie Garcia Richard, State Land Commissioner
New Mexico State Land Office
310 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 827-5760
Email: sgarciarichard@slo.state.nm.us
Dana V. Strang, Assistant Commissioner
Email: dvstrang@slo.state.nm.us
Volunteer Fire Department
Erik Litzenberg, Santa Fe County Volunteer Fire Department
Santa Fe County
97 La Barbaria Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 473-2290
Email: eriklitz@gmail.com
New Mexico Municipal League
A.J. Forte, Executive Director
1229 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (800) 432-2036 ext. 520
Email: ajforte@nmml.org
Designee: Jackie Portillo
Email: jportillo@nmml.org
Alternate: Alsion Nichols, anichols@nmml.org
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department
Martin Romero, General Construction Bureau Chief
Construction Industries Division
Toney Anaya Building
2550 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 476-4672
Email: martin.romero@rld.nm.gov
Alternate: Tamara Kuykendall, Tamara.Kuykendall@rld.nm.gov
New Mexico Association of Counties
Joy Esparsen, Executive Director
613 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe NM 87505
(505) 820-8111
Email: jesparsen@nmcounties.org
Alternate: Aeysea Webb, Government Relations MGR
Email: awebb@nmcounties.org
Local Government Fire Department
John Gilbert, Deputy Fire Chief Operations
San Juan County Fire & Rescue
209 South Oliver
Aztec, New Mexico 87410
Phone: 505-793-5020
Email: john.gilbert@sjcounty.net