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RFP for Small Log Conference Scholarship
This scholarship opportunity is made available by the Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership for attendence at the Small Log Conference March 23-25, 2011 in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Please contact David Newlin, SWSFP’s AZ Coordinator, at (928) 524-6063 ext.5 should you have any questions. Also, please see the new and improved Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership website at www.swsfp.org
Rivers at the Roundhouse
Celebration of New Mexico's rivers at the State Capitol, 3/16/11
New Mexico Watershed and Dam Owners Coalition Spring Workshop
The Spring Workshop and General Membership Meeting for the New Mexico Watershed and Dam Owners Coalition (NMWDOC) will be held on Monday, April 25th and Tuesday, April 26th in Albuquerque at the Marriot Pyramid
2011 CARE grants Request for Proposals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making approximately $2 million available in 2011 to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that works with county and local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources. For more information about the CARE assistance agreements and the webcasts visit: http://www.epa.gov/care/
Grant Resource Guide For Non-Profits , Community-based Organizations, and Tribes
Grant progams, technical assistance and tools for communities
Grant Resource Guide Brochure
Brochure of grant progams, technical assistance and tools for communities
Fire Management Today
vol. 71 No. 2: Fire Management and Response
Across the Western Landscape: Priority Issues and Strategies for Western Forests
This Document elaborates issues, projects, and strategies to deal with the changing environment of Western American forest land. . The 2008 Farm Bill set into motion a landmark endeavor for all U.S. states and Pacific Islands to complete assessments of the forests within their boundaries and to develop strategies to address identified threats and opportunities. This document states some of these findings up through 2013
Socioeconomic Indicators for Forest Restoration Projects
A model for assessing the socioeconomic outcomes of forest restoration projects was developed. Using a form of purposive sampling, eleven experts with backgrounds in the social, economic, and business aspects of forest restoration were identifi ed and agreed to participate in the process. Four iterations of a Delphi process resulted in a practical, robust model capable of evaluating the social and economic eff ects and outcomes of a wide range of forest restoration projects. Among the most highly rated indicators in the model were those related to job creation, community stability, economic impacts, and collaborative participation in restoration processes. Th e relative importance of the indicators was estimated, and specifi c metrics were developed for each indicator in the model. Upon completion of the Delphi process, the model was discussed with forest restoration monitoring practitioners and stakeholders, who off ered their perspectives from practitioners’ points of view. Results may have implications for any forest restoration eff orts with an interest in assessing a project’s social and economic outcomes.
New Mexico State Forestry Draft Priority Landscapes: Overview of Data and Methods Uitlized
Analysis using existing datasets from the Statewide Natural Resources Assessment & Strategy and Response Plans. Developed in 2015 with input from the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Management Coordinating Group.
Arizona Senior Water Policy Advisor
WRA seeks an experienced professional to lead our municipal water policy and conservation efforts in Arizona. The senior advisor will work primarily through WRA’s Smart Water Project that pursues creative and sustainable solutions for meeting growing human water demands in ways that minimize impacts to western rivers and watersheds. Salary is competitive with regional non-profit organizations, with excellent benefits.
Call For Proposals: Urban Waters Capacity-Building Grants
The goal of the Urban Waters Capacity-Building Grants is to improve our nation’s impaired urban water resources – rivers, lakes, wetlands and more – and the socioeconomically challenged communities around them by providing local organizations, tribal and local governments with the skills and techniques to effectively restore these resources over time.
Restoring Flows and Ecosystems on the San Juan
Two decades ago, the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program was established to recover two endangered fish, the Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker, in the San Juan River and its tributaries in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Today, a diverse group of partners is working toward that goal.
Berry's Call to the River
A businessman and former state legislator, Albuquerque Mayor Richard J. Berry may seem an unlikely advocate for the Rio Grande. But with a new proposal in hand-and a personal commitment to make the river a part of his daily life-the Republican mayor is making waves.
Keeping Water in Traditional Communities
There's a movement afoot in the acequia community to keep water flowing for traditional uses. While it doesn't necessarily relate to environmental flows, the environmental community may find inspiration-or at the very least, better understand rural communities, the challenges they face, and their attempts at protecting the waters flowing through acequias and ditches.
Reconnecting the Pecos River
During the early part of the 20th century, the Pecos River had been channelized to create ponds that would attract waterfowl. Barricaded behind a wall of invasive salt cedar, the Pecos had also become disconnected from the plains through which it flows.
What's New for River Restoration in NM?
The River Ecosystem Restoration Initiative Reports on developments in river restoration in New Mexico.
Hanging in the Balance: Why Our Rivers Need Water and Why We Need Healthy Rivers (Audobon NM)
In June, Audubon New Mexico completed a reader-friendly brochure on environmental flows restoration. Titled "Hanging in the Balance: Why our rivers need water and why we need healthy rivers," it includes information on environmental flows, the economic benefits of health rivers to New Mexico, and an overview on a recent EPA-funded study about which rivers in the state are most in need of environmental flows restoration. The brochure also details two collaborative projects currently underway as well as recommendations for restoring elements of natural flow patterns to New Mexico's rivers.
Environment Department Requests Public Comment on Changes to Surface Water Quality Standards for Nichols and McClure Reservoirs and the Santa Fe River
The New Mexico Environment Department requests public comment on a proposal to amend surface water quality standards for Nichols and McClure Reservoirs and the Santa Fe River from Nichols Reservoir to Cochiti Pueblo. The public comment period will close on September 28, 2012.
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals: Southwest Tribal Climate Change Project
Goals of the project include identifying work being done by tribes in Arizona and New Mexico on climate change, assessing their climate change research and information needs, making tribes aware of resources and opportunities that might assist them in their work, and sharing research results of the project with tribes, the USFS and other agencies.
