Restoring New Mexico Landscapes

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Restoring New Mexico Landscapes
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Water Quality
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Water Quantity
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Habitat Health
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Erosion
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Sediment Loads
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Reduce Invasive Species
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Mesquite
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Juniper
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Creosote
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Salt Cedar
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Oilfield Reclamation
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Mesquite
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Shape file loaded into aircraft
Project shape file loaded into aircraft
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Total Cost 25 / acre
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After 90 Days
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GIS Database
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Mesquite Control
BEFORE
Grass 14
Brush 84
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Rx Fire Maintenance
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Juniper
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1934 - 1996
Hollis Fuchs NRCS
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1912 - 1997
Hollis Fuchs NRCS
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Bare ground Club moss
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Bare ground
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Creosote
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1 Yr Old Treatment
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3 Yr Old Treatment
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5 Year Old Treatment
Untreated
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5 Year Old Treatment
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Salt Cedar Control
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Habitat used on Salt Cedar
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Terra Torch
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Before
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Before
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Restored Riparian
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1973 vs 2004
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Previous Practices
Caliche ripped seeded
20 years ago
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Before Caliche Is Removed
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After
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After Growing Season w/o seeding
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Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
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Removed 42 acres of roads and pads.
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Scraper Removing Caliche
Top soil
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Pad After Caliche is Removed
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Reseeding
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Before
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After reclamation
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Caliche Pit Before Reclamation
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During Reclamation
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Before Restoration
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After Restoration
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After Restoration
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Removing abandoned well markers
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San Juan Basin Off-Site Mitigation
Voluntary program since 2002
(all majors are participating)
1,000/acre contribution
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• 842,000 contributed to date

• 70 to achieve land health on grazing allotments.

30 to BLM for projects
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Seeding projects

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Teb Treatments
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Riparian Stabilization

• YCC constructing sediment traps

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Hydromower Treatment to Restore Mosaic Landscape
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Wildlife studies
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Water Well Reservoir
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Guzzler Trick Tank
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Rx Fire
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Restore New Mexico in 2006
139,000 Acres Treated
217 Square Miles
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2007 in New Mexico
261,000 Acres Treated
408 Square Miles
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500,000th Acre
500,000 Acres/year on BLM
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What is the key element to success?
Relationships
Landscape Scale
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Building Partnerships

• NRCS (EQIP)

• NM Association of Conservation
  Districts (501
  c 3)

• Marbob Energy, Devon, Conoco, Dawson

SWCDs

• Ranchers

BLM

• State Land Office

Add your name here!!
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We need to Think BIGto make a significant impact
Landscape level approach
Adaptive management
Share our strengths
Build Partnerships!!
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Restoring the land
100,000 acres at a time
3/4/08