New Mexico Statutes Chapter 68. Timber § 68-4-2. Definitions

A. “board” means the forest and watershed advisory board;

B. “buffer” means an area treated to reduce wildfire fuel in order to act as a barrier between properties to limit and halt the spread of wildfire and provide a safe zone for firefighters to engage with wildfires;

C. “division” means the forestry division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department;

D. “high-risk area” means an area having a high probability of wildfire that is likely to spread to projects, structures or wildland-urban interfaces;

E. “project” means:

F. “sponsor” means a federal, state or local government agency, tribal entity, corporation or organization that applies for a project or is conducting a project in conjunction with the division;

G. “structure” means a constructed object, including residential or commercial buildings and outbuildings such as barns and sheds;  and

H. “wildland-urban interface” means the area, line or zone where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetation fuels.