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Appendices to the manual prepared by the Center for Watershed Protection

A manual prepared by the Center for Watershed Protection

Draft language to be shared and discussed with USEPA during March 21, 2011 meeting in Albuquerque

Report written for StormCon 2011

A New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources report on the Sacramento Mountains Hydrogeology Study, an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort to understand the complex hydrology of the southern Sacramento Mountains. The project was conducted under the auspices of the bureau’s ongoing Aquifer Mapping Program, with the cooperation and funding of the Otero Soil and Water Conservation District. From NM Earth Matters, Winter 2011 issue. More information at: http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/resources/water/

2/28/11 Albuquerque Journal article

Fire suppression in the last century has resulted in forests with excessive amounts of biomass, leading to more severe wildfires, covering greater areas, requiring more resources for suppression and mitigation, and causing increased onsite and offsite damage to forests and watersheds. Forest managers are now attempting to reduce this accumulated biomass by thinning, prescribed fire, and other management activities. These activities will impact watershed health, particularly as larger areas are treated and treatment activities become more widespread in space and in time. Management needs, laws, social pressures, and legal findings have underscored a need to synthesize what we know about the cumulative watershed effects of fuel management activities. In this 2010 synthesis by the Rocky Mountain Research Station, 14 chapters were defined covering fire and forests, machinery, erosion processes, water yield and quality, soil and riparian impacts, aquatic and landscape effects, and predictive tools and procedures. These chapters provide an overview of our current understanding of the cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States.

An article that explains the assembly and use of a simple piezometer for groundwater and surface water levels, interactions and riparian assesment.

Annual report of progress

Annual report of progress