In the last 30 years, devastating fires have decimated 156,600 acres of land in the Jemez Mountains, destroying an estimated one-quarter of Pueblo homelands and 45% of the watershed. This resulted in the significant disruption of upland forest systems that Pueblo residents and other communities rely on for critical cultural and natural resources, leaving the area at risk for dangerous flash flooding.
Since 2019, Trees, Water & People has partnered with the Cochiti, Jemez, and Santo Domingo Pueblos to facilitate locally-based restoration projects led by Tribal community members, elders, and Native youth. Beyond regenerating 50 acres of sacred forests and watersheds, Pueblo leadership believes in restoration as a form of medicine to preserve the land, language, and rich traditional values imperative to the survival of their people. Your gift will support communities as they collaborate to regenerate healthy ecosystems and preserve important traditional life way as People of the Pueblos. Photo credit TWP
