A large and diverse group of collaborators has successfully initiated restoration of ponderosa pine forests in the Santa Fe municipal watershed, which provides up to 50% of Santa Fe’s water. Follow-up prescribed fire treatments within sight of the state capital building have been successful in part due to continuing outreach to maintain high levels of public support. The goal of this forum and field trip was to share lessons learned and the science behind the ongoing restoration efforts in the Santa Fe Watershed to managers in other municipal watersheds at high risk of catastrophic fire.
June 13, 2011
Introduction
History of treatments & City water supply, EIS process & outreach – Amy Lewis, Consultant to Interstate Stream Commission
New treatments and EIS – Dale Lyons, City of Santa Fe Water Division
Payment for ecosystem services – Laura McCarthy, The Nature Conservancy
Monitoring Aquatic Environment – Abe Franklin, New Mexico Environment Department Surface Water Quality Bureau
Turbidity monitoring in the paired basins – Neil Williams, Watershed West
Fire and Streamflow reconstructions – Ellis Margolis, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, Univ. of AZ
Paired Basin Investigation – Amy Lewis, Consultant to Interstate Stream Commission
Climate change and the water supply – Christina Tague & Aubrey Dugger, UC Santa Barbara
