Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on May 1, 2022
NM Southern Wetlands Roundtable
April 19, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | 0.5 |
| Activity Hours | 6 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 6.5 |
Key Issue: Water-related Conservation
Activity Type: Trainings (WALTS, CAREs/GLOWs, research, conferences, workshops, etc.)
Key Partners: New Mexico Environment Department – Surface Water Quality Bureau
Short Description of Activity
New Mexico Southern Wetlands Roundtable – Maryann McGraw, NMED Wetlands Program:
1- Waters of the United States Rulemaking Updates and CWA 404 Enforcement in New Mexico, – Loribeth Tanner, USEPA Region 6
2- River Stewardship Program Overview and Opportunities, Kate Lacey, NMED Surface Water Quality Bureau
2- Off-River Habitat Restoration, Gary Esslinger, Elephant Butte Irrigation District
3 -US ACE Regulatory Update, Reid Riley, US Army Corps of Engineers
4 – Wolves and Wetland Ecology in the US Southwest, Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity
5- Master Watershed Conservationist Program, Craig Fenske and Connie Maxwell, New Mexico State University
6 – High Resolution Remote Sensing in River and Wetlands Environments Cole Smith, Elevate UAS
7 – Springs Conservation: Patterns and Processes, Joneen Cockman, Bureau of Land Management, Safford, Arizona
Reflection/Evaluation
These conferences are a mix of the intensely interesting to the-far-over-my-head technological trainings. However, the more I learn, the. more useful the information becomes for me. It is useful in evaluating forest plans, useful Broadband activities, and comments on various environmental issues. I especially liked the CBD’s wolf section and the Springs Conservation section.