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Regional Water Planning Update Projects, Programs, and Policies Submissions for the 2016 Plan Update Water Planning Region 12: Middle Rio Grande Planning Region County Regional or System Specific (R), (SS) Strategy Type (Project, Program or Policy) Subcategory Project Name Source of Project Information Description Project lead (Entity or Organization) Partners or participants Timeframe (Fiscal Year) Planning Phase Cost Need or reason for the project, program, or policy Comments Middle Rio Grande Sandoval R Project Watershed Restoration Mormon Canyon State of New Mexico Watershed Restoration Energy, Minerals and (Valles Caldera Natural Resources National Preserve) Department Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health. New Mexico State Forestry National Park Service Middle Rio Grande Middle Rio Grande Middle Rio Grande Middle Rio Grande Middle Rio Grande Middle Rio Grande Middle Rio Grande Middle Rio Grande Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia R Project Watershed Restoration Valencia R Project Watershed Restoration Sandoval R Project Watershed Restoration Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia R Program Watershed Restoration R Program Watershed Restoration Rio Grande Riparian Restoration Projects (all three counties, ongoing) Manzano State Park Fuels Reduction Jemez Mountains Resilient Landscapes Fuels Reduction New Mexico Forest Action Plan NM Forestry Division Watershed Projects R Program Water Planning Confronting Climate Change in New Mexico R Program Water Planning Renewable Resource Journal; Congress on Sustaining Western Water recently published by The Renewable Natural Resources Foundation (RNRF) R Program Water Planning Measuring What Matters; Setting Measurable Objectives to Achieve Sustainable Groundwater Management in California State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Union of Concerned Scientists Union of Concerned Scientists Union of Concerned Scientists Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health. Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health. Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health. New Mexico State Forestry Multiple partners New Mexico State Forestry Multiple partners New Mexico State Forestry Multiple partners The main objectives for the Forest Action Plan: New Mexico State Forestry • Help natural resource agencies and the NM State Forestry Division use the available resources efficiently by identifying priority landscapes for the Division's programs and Districts. • Give clear guidance to Forestry Division employees and communicate the agency's priorities to cooperators and partners. • Provide a strategic vision for the Division to meet resource objectives over the next five years. • Identify landscapes and resource programs where collaborative watershed restoration projects will benefit multiple partners. The Forestry Division and its collaborative partners are constantly identifying and planning New Mexico State Forestry new watershed health and wildfire risk reduction projects that meet state objectives and target priority landscapes in the New Mexico Forest Action Plan. The State’s list of out‐year projects is updated regularly as planning and environmental and cultural clearances are completed and funding is secured. http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/statewideassessment.html Action plans for addressing climate change The RNRF is an I.R.C. §501(c) (3) nonprofit, public policy research organization, founded in 1972. It is a consortium of scientific, professional, educational, design and engineering organizations whose primary purpose is to advance science, the application of science, and public education in managing and conserving renewable natural resources. Published by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). UCS uses science to solve problems. Staff experts believe that rigorous analysis is the best way to understand the world’s pressing problems and develop effective solutions to them. Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 January 2017 5 of 5

<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Update<br />

Projects, Programs, and Policies Submissions for the 2016 <strong>Plan</strong> Update<br />

<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Region 12: <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Plan</strong>ning<br />

Region<br />

County<br />

<strong>Regional</strong> or System<br />

Specific (R), (SS)<br />

Strategy Type<br />

(Project, Program<br />

or Policy)<br />

Subcategory<br />

Project Name<br />

Source of Project<br />

Information<br />

Description<br />

Project lead (Entity or<br />

Organization)<br />

Partners or<br />

participants<br />

Timeframe<br />

(Fiscal Year)<br />

<strong>Plan</strong>ning<br />

Phase<br />

Cost<br />

Need or reason for the<br />

project, program, or policy<br />

Comments<br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

Sandoval R Project <strong>Water</strong>shed<br />

Restoration<br />

Mormon Canyon State of New Mexico<br />

<strong>Water</strong>shed Restoration Energy, Minerals and<br />

(Valles Caldera Natural Resources<br />

National Preserve) Department<br />

Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health.<br />

New Mexico State Forestry National Park<br />

Service<br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong><br />

<strong>Grande</strong><br />

Bernalillo,<br />

Sandoval,<br />

Valencia<br />

R Project <strong>Water</strong>shed<br />

Restoration<br />

Valencia R Project <strong>Water</strong>shed<br />

Restoration<br />

Sandoval R Project <strong>Water</strong>shed<br />

Restoration<br />

Sandoval,<br />

Bernalillo,<br />

Valencia<br />

Sandoval,<br />

Bernalillo,<br />

Valencia<br />

Sandoval,<br />

Bernalillo,<br />

Valencia<br />

Sandoval,<br />

Bernalillo,<br />

Valencia<br />

Sandoval,<br />

Bernalillo,<br />

Valencia<br />

R Program <strong>Water</strong>shed<br />

Restoration<br />

R Program <strong>Water</strong>shed<br />

Restoration<br />

<strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> Riparian<br />

Restoration Projects<br />

(all three counties,<br />

ongoing)<br />

Manzano State Park<br />

Fuels Reduction<br />

Jemez Mountains<br />

Resilient Landscapes<br />

Fuels Reduction<br />

New Mexico Forest<br />

Action <strong>Plan</strong><br />

NM Forestry Division<br />

<strong>Water</strong>shed Projects<br />

R Program <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Confronting Climate<br />

Change in New Mexico<br />

R Program <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Renewable Resource<br />

Journal; Congress on<br />

Sustaining Western<br />

<strong>Water</strong> recently<br />

published by The<br />

Renewable Natural<br />

Resources Foundation<br />

(RNRF)<br />

R Program <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Measuring What<br />

Matters; Setting<br />

Measurable Objectives<br />

to Achieve Sustainable<br />

Groundwater<br />

Management in<br />

California<br />

State of New Mexico<br />

Energy, Minerals and<br />

Natural Resources<br />

Department<br />

State of New Mexico<br />

Energy, Minerals and<br />

Natural Resources<br />

Department<br />

State of New Mexico<br />

Energy, Minerals and<br />

Natural Resources<br />

Department<br />

State of New Mexico<br />

Energy, Minerals and<br />

Natural Resources<br />

Department<br />

State of New Mexico<br />

Energy, Minerals and<br />

Natural Resources<br />

Department<br />

Union of Concerned<br />

Scientists<br />

Union of Concerned<br />

Scientists<br />

Union of Concerned<br />

Scientists<br />

Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health.<br />

Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health.<br />

Forest thinning/fuels reduction for forest and watershed health.<br />

New Mexico State Forestry Multiple<br />

partners<br />

New Mexico State Forestry Multiple<br />

partners<br />

New Mexico State Forestry Multiple<br />

partners<br />

The main objectives for the Forest Action <strong>Plan</strong>:<br />

New Mexico State Forestry<br />

• Help natural resource agencies and the NM State Forestry Division use the available<br />

resources efficiently by identifying priority landscapes for the Division's programs and<br />

Districts.<br />

• Give clear guidance to Forestry Division employees and communicate the agency's<br />

priorities to cooperators and partners.<br />

• Provide a strategic vision for the Division to meet resource objectives over the next five<br />

years.<br />

• Identify landscapes and resource programs where collaborative watershed restoration<br />

projects will benefit multiple partners.<br />

The Forestry Division and its collaborative partners are constantly identifying and planning New Mexico State Forestry<br />

new watershed health and wildfire risk reduction projects that meet state objectives and<br />

target priority landscapes in the New Mexico Forest Action <strong>Plan</strong>. The State’s list of out‐year<br />

projects is updated regularly as planning and environmental and cultural clearances are<br />

completed and funding is secured.<br />

http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/statewideassessment.html<br />

Action plans for addressing climate change<br />

The RNRF is an I.R.C. §501(c) (3) nonprofit, public policy research organization, founded in<br />

1972. It is a consortium of scientific, professional, educational, design and engineering<br />

organizations whose primary purpose is to advance science, the application of science, and<br />

public education in managing and conserving renewable natural resources.<br />

Published by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). UCS uses science to solve problems.<br />

Staff experts believe that rigorous analysis is the best way to understand the world’s<br />

pressing problems and develop effective solutions to them.<br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> 2017 January 2017 5 of 5

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