News & Events
Death By A Thousand Cuts: Will Santa Fe’s campaign to buy up water rights kill the Rio Grande?
At the very same time that few farmers can earn a living from their land, more cities are willing to buy up water rights. And as cities grow, the mandate to provide citizens with clean, plentiful water becomes all the more pressing. (http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-6807-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.html)
Environment Dept Seeks Public Comment on Water Quality Standards for Stream Segments in NM
The Department is requesting public input on a proposal to amend the surface water quality standards for 18 unclassified non-perennial stream segments in New Mexico. These segments are located throughout New Mexico including five in McKinley County, two in Santa Fe and Bernalillo Counties, and one each in Eddy, Socorro, Colfax, and Sandoval Counties.
Establishing a Community Tree Workshops AUG 1 & 7
A workshop, Establishing A Community Tree Program, will be offered on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque. The goal of the four-hour workshop is to empower communities to implement a tree management plan and care for their community trees.
Audubon: Southwest Women in Conservation
Engage with conservation leaders, establish new relationships, and motivate the next generation. Speakers, followed by a gourmet lunch
Annual Comanche Creek Workshop (Free)
As part of a New Mexico River Ecosystem Restoration Initiative grant, this year participants will be restoring, and monitoring, wetlands of Grassy Creek, a side drainage of Comanche Creek.
Quvira Coalition Newsletter July 24
Quvira Coalition Newsletter featuring events and upcoming opportunities in the community.
NMSU To Host Water Conference
SANTA FE — New Mexico State University is hosting “Water: The Foundation of Agricultural Sustainability Conference” next month to address a wide variety of topics on being more efficient with water in agricultural and urban usage.
New report: Unlikely alliances bringing back dead rivers, barren landscapes, and farm yields
June 15, 2012 report released by a newly launched global coalition of research, advocacy and multilateral organizations.
Environmental History of the Rio Grande Lecture by Steve Harris
Presented by The City of Albuquerque Open Space Division, Rio Grande Restoration and Far Flung Adventures
Quivira Coalition E-Newsletter
May 22, 2012
AWRA Luncheon 6/12- Douglas Sayre-Is the Aamodt Settlement and the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System Worth the Investment?
A discussion featuring speaker Douglas Sayre Tuesday June 12 covering the worth of the Aamodt Settlement and the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System
Divining Rod Newsletter from Water Resources Research Institute
The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI) is pleased to present the latest issue of the Divining Rod. (Vol. XXXV, No. 2, April 2012)
EPA Climate & Water e-Newsletter
The EPA Climate Change and Water E-Newsletter features news and information about EPA and other federal activities related to climate change and water. Partner activities, as well as related events and publications, are also included.
Field Trip Opportunity in SW Jemez Mtns
The Santa Fe National Forest is hosting three educational field trips into the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration project area. Field trip dates are: Saturday, June 2; Saturday, June 30; and Saturday, July 14. Registration forms will be available May 9 through May 25, between 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., at the Santa Fe National Forest Headquarters located at 11 Forest Lane in southwest Santa Fe and at the Jemez Ranger Station located at 051 Woodsy Lane in Jemez Springs. Registration forms are also available online at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/jemez_mtn_rest/index.html. All forms, including those received through e-mail, must be mailed and postmarked or hand-carried no later than May 25. By May 31, everyone who was selected to participate in the field trips will be notified by phone or email. Details about the field trips are outlined within the registration form.
Watershed Film Screening
Watershed Film Screening
Governor Susana Martinez Announces New Statewide Wildfire E-Mail Notification System, Asks New Mexico Families To Sign Up To Host Fire Evacuees
Today, Governor Susana Martinez joined Housing for Emergency Evacuated and Displaced (HEED) Founder Kristin Derr, Mayor Richard J. Berry, and New Mexico State Forester Tony Delfin at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque to discuss ways in which New Mexicans can help evacuated families and receive information about fire activity during this wildfire season.
Miranda Canyon Project in northern NM approved for 2012 funding
US Forest Service targets $40.6M from Land and Water Conservation Fund to purchase, restore lands in 15 states
Call for Abstracts: The New Mexico Journal of Science seeks articles on water resource issues in NM
The NM Academy of Sciences is seeking contributions giving a current overview of some paricularly relevant subtopic such as water law, resources, uses and abuses, treatment and delivery, conservatition and reclamation, and long range forecasting, or articles based on current research relevant to water needs and problems in New Mexico.
Upcoming Conference: Managing Water, Energy, & Food in an Uncertain World
The Universities Council on Water Resources announces its 2012 Conference, "Managing Water, Energy, and Food in an Uncertain World", will be held July 17-19 in Santa Fe, NM.
2012 Taos County Firewise Community Summit
A series of Firewise presentations are being held in Taos County. The next one will be in Questa.
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