Forest Health Worker Survey

One of the goals of the NM-ERA is to help develop a local workforce to do the real work of bringing our forests back into good health. There is so much work to be done and so many people needing meaningful work. We aim to bring them together. Toward that end, we are conducting an ongoing Forest Health Worker Survey. If you are interested in working in the field, fill out the online survey and we’ll add you to our list.

If you would rather fill out a paper form, email us at contact@nm-era.org with your mailing address and we will send you a form.

Note that this is not a job application. We are not hiring directly. With your permission, we will share your information with employers looking for workers and they will contact you when they are hiring.

In the future we will be offering training to help workers gain and upgrade their skills so they can get work in the forest health field. Stay tuned.

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