2024 Agenda

February 13, 2024

8:30-9:00	Arrival, Sign-in, Breakfast
9:00-9:15	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Executive Committee (EC) Co-chairs
9:15-10:15	Roundtable: Ecosystem Management	EC Members
10:15–10:35	Icebreaker: Meet Two New People
10:35–10:50	Break
10:50–12:10	Session I: Restoration and Monitoring (Part I)	Lynette Giesen, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
10:50–11:10	Two decades of restoration in the Middle Rio Grande	Ondrea Hummel, Tetra Tech, Inc.
11:10–11:30	Habitat restoration in the Middle Rio Grande: Role of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission	Stephen Zipper, SWCA Environmental Consultants
11:30–11:50	New Mexico Riparian Habitat Map (NMRipMap): public map resource to support conservation and restoration in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico	Esteban H. Muldavin, Natural Heritage New Mexico, University of New Mexico
11:50–12:10	Utilizing goats in the bosque for fuels reduction
12:10 – 1:40	Lunch (provided) & Poster Session
1:40–3:10	Session II: Climate-Informed Restoration and Recommendations	Lynette Giesen, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
1:40–2:00	A collaborative process for determining environmental flow recommendations for the Rio Grande in New Mexico	Paul L. Tashjian, Audubon Southwest
2:00–2:20	The Big Hole Fire of April 2022: Valencia SWCD's perspective	Andrew Hautzinger, Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District
2:20–2:40	Southside Water Reclamation Plant outfall restoration site design: a climate adapted approach to habitat enhancement projects in the Middle Rio Grande	Cetan Christensen, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
2:40–3:10	Integrating climate data into natural resources management decisions	Cait Rottler, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.
3:10–3:25	Break
3:25–3:55	Keynote: Common ecosystem processes, challenges, and opportunities across river basins in New Mexico	Martha Schumann Cooper, The Nature Conservancy
3:55–4:00	Day One Wrap-Up	Day One Wrap-Up EC Co-chairs
4:30–6:00	Happy Hour at Canteen Brewhouse (2381 Aztec Rd NE)

February 14, 2024

8:30–9:00	Arrival, Sign-in, Breakfast
9:00–9:10	Welcome and Opening Remarks	EC Co-chairs
9:10–9:25	Icebreaker: Meet Two New People
9:25–10:45	Session III: Monitoring and Managing for Listed Species	Hira Walker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
9:25–9:45	Improving summer survival of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow by identifying locations of high relative abundance at risk of channel drying	Thomas Archdeacon, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Mexico Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office
9:45–10:05	Exploring Rio Grande Silvery Minnow movement dynamics in the Middle Rio Grande	Martinique J. Chavez, Department of Watershed Sciences & The Ecology Center, American Southwest Ichthyological Researchers
10:05–10:25	Genomic monitoring in Rio Grande Silvery Minnow monitoring in Rio Grande Silvery Minnow using newly developed GT-seq panel	Megan Osborne, University of New Mexico
10:25–10:45	Past, present, and future of evaluating the impacts of adaptive management on pollinators	Rodney Richardson and Kate Tillotson, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.
10:45 – 11:00	Break
11:00–12:00	Session IV: Hydrology and Geomorphology	Cetan Christensen, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
11:00–11:20	Incorporating geomorphic trends with habitat management	Aubrey Harris, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Engineer Research and Development Center-Environmental Laboratory
11:20–11:40	Estimating wetland areas using hydrology and two-dimensional hydraulic modeling	Ari Posner, Faith Kuria, and Robert Padilla, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
11:40–1:00	Lunch (provided) & Poster Session
1:00–2:20	Session V: Restoration and Monitoring (Part II)	Matt Leister, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program
1:00–1:20	Site assessment on post-fire and pole planting sites	Saul Ortiz Tena and Joshua Burke, University of New Mexico and Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program
1:20–1:40	Evaluation of historical alluvial channel crossings	Jonathan AuBuchon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
1:40–2:00	Middle Rio Grande Conservation Action Plan	Adrian Oglesby, University of New Mexico Utton Transboundary Resources Center
2:00–2:20	Rapid ecological assessments: A stepwise strategy to establish, measure, and report metrics of ecosystem health	Michael Van Laeken, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.
2:20–2:35	Break
2:35–3:05	Keynote: The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program: Balancing the use of the Colorado River water resources with the conservation of native species and their habitats through partnerships, planning and adaptive management	Carolyn Ronning, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
3:05–3:15	Day Two Wrap Up