Past Projects, Restoration Projects
Bernalillo County, NM This extraction of non-native trees is a continuation of previous years of restoration efforts along the west side of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque aimed at removing non-native species, restoring native vegetation, and increasing ecosystem...
Habitat Conservation Projects, Past Projects, Restoration Projects
Eddy County, NM This planting project included pole plantings of 17,500 Coyote willow, 125 cottonwood and 30 Gooddings willow within a moist soil unit as well as along the Pecos river in the Huey WMA. Project goals include providing quality habitat for migratory birds...
Past Projects, Restoration Projects, Riverscape Restoration
Kiowa National Grassland, NM Phase 1, 2019 One of our biggest planting areas from 2019 below the iconic Shiprock formation. The cottonwood and willow are exploding with vigor, thanks in part to a beaver dam just downstream of this site. Photo taken 8/23/21. This...
Habitat Conservation Projects, Past Projects, Restoration Projects
2020 Planting cottonwood poles with 60 volunteers from the Albuquerque Wildlife Federation
Past Projects, Restoration Projects
2017 Planting 1000 cottonwoods & Goodings willow, 15,000 coyote willow, 400 native forage plants & 12,000 saltgrass plugs at the Valle de Oro NWR
Past Projects, Restoration Projects
2014 Removing non-native trees and creating a large cross vane in the Canada Ancha Arroyo in Diablo Canyon
Past Projects, Restoration Projects
2014 The non-native trees have been removed and the trails along the Rio Grande are now more accessible
Past Projects, Restoration Projects
2010 A collaborative project with Keystone Restoration Ecology to help restore a degraded arroyo at Hamaatsa – Larry Littlebirds Wild Land Sanctuary.
Past Projects, Restoration Projects
On May 23rd and 24th, 2009 Rio Grande Return joined Zia Pueblo members in a project to restore a sacred pueblo spring that had gone dry. A group of enthusiastic volunteers spent two rainy days helping members of Zia Pueblo build rock dams above the spring in order to...
