Conduct restoration activities on the Rio Cebolla in the Santa Fe National Forest such as watershed thinning, riparian and wetland vegetation planting, and beaver dam analog installation. Project will restore a cottonwood and willow overstory, increase channel complexity and floodplain connectivity through the addition of in-stream structures, and protect riparian habitat from grazing, benefiting Rio Grande cutthroat trout, New Mexico meadow jumping mouse and other sensitive and threatened species.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Southwestern Rivers
Project Title: Rio Cebolla Wetland and Watershed Natural Process Based Restoration Initiative (NM)
Organization:
Rio Grande Return
Project ID:
2504.22.074805
Description:
Award Amount:
$189481.20
Location:
Jemez River Watershed, Sandoval County, New Mexico.