Working as part of the IBIS team on this five year project, SIG-NAL is supporting community engagement, spatial analysis, and development of Community Forest Management Plans for 6 rural southwestern New Mexico communities (Bayard, Deming, Hurley, Lordsburg, Santa Clara, and Silver City). The project team is working to stand up the SWNM Community Forestry Network to build capacity among the six communities, creating additional implementation resources, guiding the development of each community’s urban forestry program, providing training and offering additional support to municipalities as needs arise. We are also supporting the Gila Resources Information Group (GRIP) with the planning for over 1,000 trees to be planted across these communities including climate adapted species selection, irrigation planning, and much more.