Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan
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Table 8-2.<br />
Key Collaborative Programs, Projects and Policies for Project Implementation<br />
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Project Description Project Lead Project Partners<br />
Probable Funding<br />
Source(s)<br />
Cost Range<br />
Major Implementation<br />
Issues<br />
<strong>Water</strong>shed Management<br />
Landscape-scale forest,<br />
watershed, and rangeland<br />
restoration in the <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />
<strong>Grande</strong> to limit catastrophic<br />
fires, mitigate negative<br />
effects of wildfire, and<br />
protect/restore water quality.<br />
The project includes:<br />
• Forest thinning/fuels<br />
reduction<br />
• Invasive species treatment<br />
• Stream and river<br />
restoration<br />
• Rangeland health and<br />
grazing management<br />
• Burn area rehabilitation<br />
• Bernalillo, Sandoval,<br />
and Valencia counties<br />
• East Torrance,<br />
Claunch-Pinto,<br />
Ciudad and Coronado<br />
Soil and <strong>Water</strong><br />
Conservation Districts<br />
(SWCDs)<br />
• Santa Fe and Cibola<br />
National Forests<br />
• Bureau of Land<br />
Management<br />
Albuquerque District<br />
• Pueblos<br />
• New Mexico Forestry<br />
Division<br />
• State Land Office<br />
• National Park<br />
Service<br />
• Local landowners<br />
• New Mexico<br />
Association of<br />
Conservation<br />
Districts<br />
• New Mexico<br />
Coalition of<br />
Conservation<br />
Districts<br />
• U.S. Department<br />
of Agriculture<br />
(USDA) Rural<br />
Development<br />
• Livestock<br />
associations<br />
• Rural water<br />
associations<br />
• Farm Bureau<br />
• Forest Service<br />
Collaborative Forest<br />
Restoration Program<br />
• New Mexico State<br />
Forestry<br />
• New Mexico<br />
Environment<br />
Department (NMED)<br />
319 and River<br />
Stewardship<br />
Program<br />
• <strong>Water</strong> Trust Board<br />
• Restore New Mexico<br />
• State Capital Outlay<br />
• Federal HFR funding<br />
• Natural Resource<br />
Conservation Service<br />
(NRCS)<br />
Environmental<br />
Quality Incentives<br />
Program (EQIP),<br />
Work in Progress<br />
(WIP), and Tribal<br />
EQIP<br />
• Local funding<br />
dedicated from<br />
counties,<br />
municipalities, and<br />
SWCDs to<br />
supplement federal<br />
and state funding.<br />
• Prescription<br />
Fires: $125 to<br />
$200 per acre<br />
• Thinning: $250<br />
to $2,500 per<br />
acre<br />
• Burned Area<br />
Emergency<br />
Response<br />
(BAER): $2,500<br />
per acre<br />
• Environmental<br />
Compliance<br />
Surveys:<br />
$5,000-$30,000<br />
• Lack of consistent<br />
funding<br />
• Engaging landowners,<br />
keeping them interested<br />
• Legal/permitting and<br />
social obstacles to<br />
using prescribed fire<br />
• Climate and weather<br />
(i.e., drought, major<br />
wildfires, flooding)<br />
• The cost of treatments<br />
vs. value of timber<br />
• Lack of biomass<br />
utilization<br />
• Lack of marketing for<br />
wood products<br />
• Complicated<br />
jurisdictions with<br />
checkerboard<br />
ownership<br />
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