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 Drivers; Dr. 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 Restoration; Melanie 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 |