1. Paul Tashjian, USFWS, NWRS NM Water Dialogue, January 2012
Building Hydro-Ecologic Resiliency at Bosque Del Apache and Bitter Lake NWRs
Paul Tashjian, USFWS, NWRS
NM Water Dialogue, January 2012

2. Bosque Del
Apache
Bitter
Lake

3. Wagon Wheel Gap, Creede

11. Silvery minnow: spring pulse, active sand bed, connected floodplain
Endangered species are an issue because physical ecologic resiliency exists (albeit remnant)
Silvery minnow: spring pulse, active sand bed, connected floodplain
SW Willow Flycatcher: wild riparian wetlands, active floodplain vegetation dynamics
Willow Flycatcher

16. Bosque Del
Apache
Bitter
Lake

30. Improving resiliency through actions!
Restoration of our main-stem rivers
Taking advantage of drought in order to make the most of the wet years.
Improved and creative water management
Restoring wetlands in farm field setting
Returning drought to wetlands (as long as the hydrology can bounce back!)
Strategic water reserve
Defining breaking points: looking beyond endangered species!
San Acacia Reach: trees

31. Future challenges Water efficiency programs Middle Rio Grande
Needs more water in the NM Strategic Reserve!
Irrigation forbearance programs?
San Acacia Reach: water supply vulnerable!
Roswell Basin spring system
Water supply vulnerable!
Pecos River: close to being a success story!
The importance of dialogue…