Planting for the Future: Draft Agenda  

Hosted by RiversEdge West on April 14, 2023 at the Tamaya Wellness Center - 225 Ranchitos Rd, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004.

 

Time Presentation
8:00 am Welcome, Networking, and RiversEdge West Presentation
9:00 am Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program – Using Community Science to Study Vegetation Response to Ecosystem DriversDr. Kim Eichhorst, BEMP Science & Research Director
9:20 am       Break
9:30 am Carpool to Santa Ana Field Tour 
10:00 am Site Visit at the Pueblo of Santa Ana; led by Nathan Schroeder, Restoration Division Manager for Santa Ana Pueblo  
11:30 am Carpool back to Wellness Center  
12:00 pm Lunch 
1:00 pm Keynote Presentation: Good Things Come in Small Packages: Developing and Utilizing Ecologically-Appropriate Native Seeds for Habitat RestorationMelanie Gisler, Southwest Branch Director for the Institute for Applied Ecology 
1:40 pm Monitoring for the Greater Rio Grande Watershed Alliance; Alex Makowicki, Corey Beinhart, Joe Zebrowski, New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
2:00 pm A Climate-adapted Restoration Design following the Big Hole Fire: Recent Workshop Results; Andrew Hautzinger, District Director at Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District 
2:20 pm Break 
2:35 pm Drive to San Antonio Oxbow Site 
3:05 pm Site Visit to the San Antonio Oxbow; led by Kyle Faig, Open Space Field Biologist; Dustin Chavez-Davis, Open Space Project Coordinator 
4:10 pm Site Visit to the Bosque School Burn Site; led by Kyle Faig, Open Space Field Biologist; Dustin Chavez-Davis, Open Space Project Coordinator; and Dr. Kim Eichhorst, BEMP Science & Research Director  
5:00 pm Happy Hour at the Sawhill Market 

 

 

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