Program Mission
The Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program provides a collaborative forum to support scientific analysis and implementation of adaptive management to the benefit and recovery of the listed species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act within the Program Area, and to protect existing and future water uses while complying with applicable state, federal, and tribal laws, rules, and regulations.
Program Highlights
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Our Goals
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Establish and maintain a self-sustaining population of endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow distributed throughout the Middle Rio Grande.
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Maintain and protect the Middle Rio Grande recovery unit goals for endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.
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Maintain and protect suitable threatened Yellow-Billed Cuckoo habitat in the Middle Rio Grande.
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Establish and maintain a self-sustaining endangered New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse population in the Middle Rio Grande.
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Maintain and protect the threatened Pecos Sunflower in the Middle Rio Grande.
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Avoid the future listing or up-listing of species in the Program area.
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Manage available water to meet the needs of endangered species and their habitat.
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The Long-Term Plan supports the Program’s science and adaptive management efforts by framing management questions and outlining a process for supporting research, sharing and evaluating findings, and generating science and adaptive management recommendations.
See an overview of the Program accomplishments, outlooks, and signatory highlights over the years.
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