Watershed Conservation Resource Center

JEMEZ-NM: THE WCRC PERFORMED WATERSHED ASSESSMENT WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUEBLO OF JEMEZ THROUGH AN EPA REGION 6 WETLANDS PROGRAM GRANT. THIS INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT WILL ALLOW THE PUEBLO TO PLAN FOR PROTECTION OF SIGNIFICANT NATURAL RESOURCES AS WELL AS CREATE A MECHANISM TO RESTORE NATURAL RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY WATER RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY HISTROIC AND CURRENT LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BOTH EXTERNAL OF AND WITHIN THE JEMEZ PUEBLO.

NRCS-RCPP: THE WCRC RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE USDA-NATURAL RESOURCES CONVSERVATION SERVICE TO IMPLEMENT STREAM RESTORATION AND OTHER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO REDUCE SEDIMENT INPUTS AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY WITHIN A SUB-AREA OF THE WEST FORK WHITE RIVER WATERSHED. THROUGH THE PROJECT,THE WCRC WITH SUPPORT FROM OTHER PROJECT PARTNERS, WILL WORK WITH LANDOWNERS TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND RESTORE AT LEAST 1 MILE OF RIVER CORRIDOR ON THE WFWR. THIS WORK HELPS PROTECT THE SOURCE WATER OF BEAVER RESERVOIR. SINCE INITIATING THE PROJECT, TWO STREAMBANK RESTORATION PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND PREPARATIONS FOR LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION HAVE BEEN INITIATED.