Project Grant 17DG11030300024

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region awarded a $449,903 Project Grant to Wood Sharks LLC through the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679). The grant will fund the Lower Embudo and Copper Hill State Trust Land Collaborative Restoration Project from September 2021 through September 2024. The project aims to promote healthy watersheds and reduce wildfire risks in New Mexico's forests through restoration activities. Specifically, the grant will...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatics Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) aims to employ low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques to rehabilitate several severely degraded stream systems and wetland habitats spanning over 3,000 acres within the BLM Taos Field Office's jurisdiction in New Mexico. The project, implemented by the non-profit organization RIO Grande Return, involves removing non-native and invasive...

This $157,981.68 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) will support a three-phase watershed restoration plan for the Cienega Creek watershed in Arizona. The initial phase of this project will involve a detailed assessment of the seven sub-watersheds, including field surveys to identify current erosion and sedimentation issues. This will culminate in a comprehensive...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Alfonso Chacon & Sons of New Mexico under the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679). The grant will fund implementation of activities to expand and strengthen fuel breaks through forest restoration in the Vallecitos area of New Mexico from July 2021 through July 2024. Specifically, the grant will support healthy watersheds and reduce threats from wildfires, insects and...

This $1,100,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the removal of a man-made velocity and grade barrier on Amargo Creek in the San Juan River watershed in New Mexico. The project aims to restore volitional fish movement and access to 8 additional miles of high-quality spawning and juvenile habitat for three native fish species: roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides $110,000.00 to New Mexico State University to better understand and quantify the impacts of water harvesting structures and strategic grazing management on vegetation restoration in New Mexico watersheds. The project's key objectives are to develop an integrated restoration design and monitoring approach, and to work closely with local...

The Santa Cruz Irrigation District in Santa Cruz, New Mexico will establish a watershed group and develop a holistic watershed restoration and management plan through a $200,000 project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program. The watershed group will complete sedimentation modeling, post-fire debris flow analysis, and identify critical areas for watershed thinning and habitat improvement projects. It will also recruit diverse stakeholders to determine...

This $376,978.98 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Region will fund conservation and restoration efforts for endangered Sclerocactus species by the Desert Botanical Garden Inc. from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2027. Under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), the awardee will collect seeds, plants and soil from endemic Mesa Verde cactus populations. They will preserve genetic diversity by...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $879,053.98 to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to conduct a multi-year study of the hydrogeologic system along the Rio Grande in Taos County, New Mexico. The primary activities include compiling and synthesizing previous research, conducting field measurements of river gains/losses and spring flows, and performing geochemical analyses. The project...

The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $398,703.41 Cooperative Agreement by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224). This award will fund two research goals: 1) Conducting an intensive archaeological survey of the Cornudas Mountains in southern New Mexico to document the cultural resources and petroglyph sites in the area, and 2) Refining the chronometric patterns for the manufacture of perishable...