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 our project restoration specialists Steve Carson and Craig Sponholtz for a summer weekend learning wet meadow monitoring and new restoration techniques that help restore health to degraded lands! The Comanche Creek watershed, situated in the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest, was historically ... Read More
August 6, 2012
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 Grande Cutthroat trout. The brown trout outcompete the RG cutthroats and threaten the survival of a native trout population. The last time the stream was shocked, over 600 browns were removed from a one-mile stretch of the Cebolla above McKinney Pond and "banked", or tossed ... Read More
July 23, 2012
According to officials from the Valles Caldera, fishing is resuming on the Preserve starting this Saturday June 23rd. Less than a year after the Las Conchas Fire and floods devastated the streams on the VCNP, the fish are making a comeback. A series of scientific field surveys conducted since the first of the year indicate a gradual resurgence of the fish population. To supplement these studies VC Trust officials asked veteran New Mexico fishing guide Bob Gerding to test the waters and gauge the quality of fishing. "After fishing the San Antonio creek for the first time after the fire, ... Read More
June 21, 2012
NM Trout Volunteers Completing Bollard Installation Over 20 dedicated New Mexico Trout volunteers took to the Jemez Saturday to continue our bollard installation work off Forest Road 376 boardering the Guadalupe River. The group also installed bollards about four miles further up just before where the Rio Cebolla turns under the upper culvert and into private property. Also installed was a large metal frame that will house informational signs similar to ones we installed in earlier projects. This project is key to protecting sensitive riparian areas from ATV abuse ... Read More
June 3, 2012
This is a special raffle for a Winston Boron IIX 9' 5wt 4pc 'TU Special' fly rod. The tickets are only $5.00 each and can be purchased online through the PayPal link below. The value of the rod is $755.00. After you have purchased your raffle ticket you will receive a confirmation and then you will receive an email with your raffle ticket number. The raffle drawing will be December 20, 2013. The raffle tickets will also be available at the 12th November and 10th December general meetings. You will be directed to PayPal for payment, you can pay with ... Read More
April 9, 2012
Recently introduced federal legislation, if passed by both houses of Congress, would establish a 236,000-acre conservation area on public lands in Taos and Río Arriba counties, a 13,420-acre "Cerro del Yuta Wilderness" in Taos County and an 8,000-acre "Río San Antonio Wilderness" in Río Arriba County. This resolution was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-NM, and co-sponsored by Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-NM (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1241). A complementary Senate bill was sponsored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, and cosponsored by Sen. Tom Udall, D-NM (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s667). The Río Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act has ... Read More
April 5, 2012
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 NM Trout members because it includes the entire upper Jemez River watershed and the outcome will affect streams we care about, such as the East Fork, San Antonio, Cebolla, and Guadalupe. The SFNF is holding informational meetings on their part of the project, as required ... Read More
April 5, 2012
You do not have to be a subscriber to read anything on this website. If you want to comment or join in the conversation on the forum, you will have to be a subscriber. On March 21, the webmaster deleted all subscribers whose email addresses are not on our newsletter list and set up a "code" requirement to register. The code will be included in the next newsletter. If you are a New Mexico Trout member and for some reason are not on our newsletter list, email the webmaster for the registration code ... Read More
March 23, 2012