Technical Report

2020 Annual Monitoring Results and Maintenance Plan for San Acacia Reach Restoration Sites

URL: https://webapps.usgs.gov/mrgescp/documents/McKenna-et-al_2021_2020-Annual-Monitoring-Results-and-Maintenance-Plan-for-San-Acacia-Reach-Restoration-Sites.pdf

Date: 2021/02/17

Author(s): McKenna C., Caplan T., Widener W.

Publication: Prepared for New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission by GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., 16 p.

Abstract:

This technical memo presents results from effectiveness monitoring completed in 2020 at eight habitat restoration sites located along a 23-mile segment of the San Acacia Reach of the Middle Rio Grande (MRG) between the San Acacia Diversion Dam (River Mile [RM] 116) and the Rhodes property at RM 93; Figure 1). Five of the eight projects were designed by the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC), while the other three were designed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation). Reclamation’s Socorro Field Division completed construction at all eight project sites in winter 2019 (Table 1).