Riverscape Restoration
Wetlands are expanding year by year along San Antonio Creek after installation of beaver dam analogues. Welcoming Beavers Back to the Caldera A decade ago, San Antonio Creek resembled little more than a straightened irrigation ditch – narrow, incised,...
Restoration Projects
A mini-excavator is used to auger holes as we plant thousands of willow poles. Mature willows and exclosure fencing in the background date from 2012. Beavers Wanted: Habitat Available Rito Peñas Negras is a channelized stream, with reaches that are cut off from its...
Restoration Projects
Our crew building a beaver dam analogue with hand tools. Bringing Life Back to Rio Cebolla: A Stream Once Shaped by Beavers, Now on the Mend High in the Santa Fe National Forest, upstream from Seven Springs Hatchery, Rio Grande Return is leading another large-scale...
Riverscape Restoration
Completed corner post along Valles Caldera Boundary Fence. Protecting the Caldera, One Fencepost at a Time The 50-mile boundary fence around the Valles Caldera National Preserve had not seen full maintenance since the early 2000s, back when it was still the Baca...
Riverscape Restoration
Crew members gather logs and build erosion control structures in the burn area. Capturing Sediment, Cultivating Stability The Hermit’s Peak – Calf Canyon Fire left a lasting mark on Mora County’s watersheds: scorching vegetation, hardening soils, and causing...
