Relationships are core to the 2-3-2 Partnership. Three times a year, the full partnership gathers somewhere across the six million acre landscape — moving from northern New Mexico to southern Colorado so local partners can show up in person. What began as 12-15 people now brings together 60-100 partners at any given gathering. Places where your name matters more than your job title, and where you get to know who is on the other end of the phone when you call them.

The best plans are the ones that get implemented. Across the 2-3-2 landscape, locally designed watershed restoration plans are driving on-the-ground work — from in-stream structures and road maintenance to forest health improvements and rangeland restoration. When partners plan together, projects get built, funded, and sustained in ways no single organization could manage alone.

In 2025, 86% of Rio Chama CFLRP funds stayed local. That number tells the story of a partnership that is as committed to the people of this landscape as it is to the forests and waters they depend on. From youth conservation crews gaining their first field experience to local contractors navigating federal procurement, the 2-3-2 is working to make sure that restoration work builds rural economies, not just healthy forests.

Wildfires, waterways, and wildlife do not stop at village boundaries or state lines. The 2-3-2 Partnership designs and funds projects that cross fence lines, jurisdictions, and organizations to reduce wildfire risk and protect the forests and waters that communities across northern New Mexico and southern Colorado depend on.

The 2-3-2 Partnership acknowledges the long history of land dispossession and separation of people from historical fire, forest, and watershed practices. In the 2-3-2, we learn from what our Tribal partners choose to share, and we work alongside them to implement restoration projects so that all lands are resilient to wildfire, and all waters continue to flow.

Fire happens. The 2-3-2 Partnership believes communities can coexist with it — and brings a suite of tools to make that possible. From defensible space around homes to strategic fuels reduction across the landscape, 2-3-2 partners are working at every scale to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire to local communities, waterways, and wildlife habitat.