Below is a collection of trees and plants from the Ruidoso area. In the future, trees and plants will be keyed for scientific and common names. In addition, photos of other interests are included. Unamed photos are new and will be labeled as soon as possible.
If you would like to see what Sierra Contracting does with the forest debris please click here to see a video of their new grinder in operation. The video requires Real Player if you do not have Real Player please click here to download the free version.
Please see photos and descriptions below. Come back and check for additional photos and changes to the photos. Photo's marked new and with no name or discription have not yet been labeled. We hope to label photos as soon as possible. Click on the photo to enlarge.
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800-1000 trees per acre is typical
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Close to structure OK if no ladder fuel
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Clumps and natural landscaping encouraged
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Compost produced from Village forest debris
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Cost Share Program
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Current
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Defensible Space Worked 1
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Defensible Space Worked 2
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Emergency Management Evacuation Program
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Firewise Communities Award
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Grapple Truck
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Home in compliance Ordinance 2004-04
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Juniper Pinon Ponderosa clump
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Looking East down Upper Canyon from reservation boundary
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Lot on Porr Drive Before
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Lot on Porr Drive After
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Mayor Eggleston accepts Firewise Award from Karen Lightfoot - State
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Mechem and Sudderth with Grindstone Reservoir
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Mule Deer at Alto Reservoir
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Mule Deer Bucks
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Mule Deer eating Dwarf Mistletoe
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Natural Landscape
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Non-combustible materials saved house in Kokopelli fire 2002
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Firewise Outing
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Property in Compliance with Ordinance 2004-04
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RCA Spirit Award
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Restoration Targest on Municipal Land 40BA
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RHS art class creates Forestry logo and office mural
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Ruidoso Fire Department burning slash piles
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RWUIG meeting
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Shallow root system Ponderosa Pine 1
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Shallow root system Ponderosa Pine 2
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Traveling West looking south beginning Upper Canyon
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Traveling West looking south Upper Canyon 1
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Traveling West looking south Upper Canyon 2
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Tree Mortality caused by damage to the root zone
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Trees - Alligator Juniper and Gambel Oak
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Trees - Blue Spruce (Picea Pungens)
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Trees - Blue Spruce cones
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Trees - Douglas Fir Cones
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Trees - Douglas Fir
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Trees - Engelmann Spruce (Picea englemanni)
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Trees - Engelmann Spruce Cones
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Trees - Gambel Oak (1)
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Trees - Gambel Oak (2)
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Trees - Gambel Oak above Scrub Oak
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Trees - One Seed Juniper
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Trees - Pinon and Pondersora Pine
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Trees - Pinon Pine 2 needles per follicle
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Trees - Ponderosa Pine 3 needles per follicle
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Trees - Ponderosa Pine
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Trees - Scrub Oak (Hybrid Live Oak)
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Trees - Scrub Oak (left) Gambel Oak (right)
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Trees - Scrub Oak and Douglas Fir
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Trees - Pinon Pine and Alligator Juniper
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Understory Gambel Oak
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Vacant Land in Compliance . 50BA
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Village Municipal Land restoration targets
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YCC Assistance and Training
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