2013 Conclave Conservation Review
2013ConclaveConservationTalk
Conservation: Beaver Promote the Health of Coldwater Streams
by Ron Loehman, Conservation Chair Over the past several years I have been watching the progress of an example of natural riparian restoration on the lower Rio Guadalupe. The section in question is below the Gilman Tunnels and is characterized by a downcut stream channel with just a narrow band of willows along the banks […]
Comanche Creek Restoration with Quivira Coalition
Annual Comanche Creek Workshop Sponsored by the Quivira Coalition Friday August 10 — Sunday August 12 Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest This year we will be working to restore a wet meadow on the upper reach of Grassy Creek, a tributary of Comanche Creek. We hope you can join Quivira Staff and […]
Brown Trout rescue – August 7
Help Rescue Brown Trout on the Upper Rio Cebolla What, Where, and Why: On August 7th staff from the US Forest Service and the NM Department of Game and Fish will shock the upper Rio Cebolla to remove brown trout that have gotten into a part of the stream that is designated for native Rio […]
Forest Restoration on the SW Jemez
by Ron Loehman, Conservation Chair The Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project is a ten-year, $35 million collaboration among the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP), and the Jemez Pueblo “to restore sustainable ecological conditions on… approximately 210,000 acres in the Southwest Jemez Mountains”. This project is of interest to […]
2012 Conservation Projects
The Las Conchas fire put many of our normal conservation projects on hold. Below is a list of confirmed dates and projects. June 2 Annual NMT conservation barbeque. Extension of Rio Cebolla vehicle exclusion work, interpretive panel installation. July 14 Cattle fencing on the upper Rio Cebolla September 8 Repair/build cattle exclosure on Rio San Antonio just […]
Conservation Overview – 2012
Attached below is our conservation overview presentation from the 2012 Conclave (2 MB pdf file). NM Trout Conservation Program
Rio Grande Cutthroat Status and Restoration
Ron Loehman, Conservation Chair Working Group Meeting: In November I attended a meeting of the Rio Grande Cutthroat Working Group. They meet quarterly to bring together representatives of public agencies and private organizations and who, by their mission statement, are “committed to improving the security of Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) in their historic range… […]