Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on June 29, 2021
NM Southern Wetlands Roundtable
April 8, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 6 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 7 |
Key Issue: Water-related Conservation
Activity Type: Grant Funded Climate Education & Stewardship Program
Key Partners: NM Environment Department Wetlands Program, NM DG&F, Defenders of Wildlife, National Cave and Karst Institute, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
Short Description of Activity
Maryann McGraw, New Mexico Environment Department Wetlands Program
Gila Diversion Draft Environmental Impact Statement versus Truth and Scientific Integrity,
Norm Gaume, P.E. (ret.)
The Unique Hydrology and Management Challenges in Karst Wetlands, George Veni, National Cave and Karst Institute
The Role of Beaver in Riparian Restoration, Meaghan Conway, New Mexico Department
of Game and Fish, and Brian Bird, Defenders of Wildlife
The Challenges of Tracing Karst Groundwater Flow Paths to Desert Spring-fed Wetlands: Black
River, New Mexico, Michael Jones and Lewis Land, National Cave and Karst Institute US ACE Regulatory Update, Reid Riley, US Army Corps of Engineers
Watershed Restoration in the Hatch and Mesilla Valleys, Connie Maxwell, New Mexico Water
Resources Research Institute
New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat Restoration at Bosque del ApacheNational Wildlife Refuge, Dylan Wilder, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
The Roundtable is organized by the NMED Surface Water Quality Bureau Wetlands Program.
Reflection/Evaluation
This is a locally useful set of two conferences – one covers Northern NM and this one covered Southern NM. It’s great to learn about different stakeholders and their interests when writing comments on the various NM Forest Plans and EIS’s. These are all being finalized in 2021 and 2022.