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The Pajarito Plateau Watershed Partnership (PPWP) is a regionally-based group of citizens and professionals concerned with issues affecting watersheds on the eastern flank of the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico. This area includes Los Alamos, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Española and the surrounding areas. The group studies issues of water quality, erosion, and water quantity. PPWP is currently engaged in watershed restoration projects in the Cerro Grande burned area with a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Working with the Volunteer Task Force, PPWP is focusing on water quality issues related to post-fire runoff from Water Canyon to Santa Clara Canyon, with an emphasis on the Pueblo and Rendija Watersheds. |
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Projects to reduce runoff
and increase water quality include revegetation of the understory with seed
balls, planting riparian vegetation along watercourses, rebuilding trails with
water diversion structures to decrease erosion, and presenting water quality
education programs to the public and in the Los Alamos Public Schools.
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Stream
Crest Gage Network |
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Monitoring
Reports |
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PPWP Report: Monitoring Stream Channel Changes In Rendija and Pueblo Canyons Data collected by 6th grade students from Los Alamos shows post-fire changes caused by summer floods in 2003 deposited two feet of material in this stretch of North Pueblo Canyon. Stream channel cross sections from North Pueblo Stream channel cross sections from Rendija Canyon Full report on channel changes (PDF, 2 MB)
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Post-Fire Recovery in the Pueblo Canyon Watershed: A Report from the Volunteer Task Force Since 2002, volunteers have monitored vegetative recovery in the upper Pueblo Watershed above Los Alamos. Click here to view some of the results |
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PPWP Report: Post-Cerro Grande Reforestation Projects in the Pueblo Watershed Pines, aspens, willows and more. A report on the 5,000 trees planted in the Pueblo Watershed. Reforestation Project (PDF, 3.1 MB) Seedling Survival Studies from the Volunteer Task Force: The Results Might Surprise You
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PPWP Report: Trail Rehabilitation Projects in Los Alamos Students and community members combine to rebuild trails in the burned area. |
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PPWP Report: Restoration of Burned and Drought-Stricken Areas with Seed Balls More than 2,000 volunteers gave 6,000 hours to make seed balls—little spheres of mud with seeds inside— to establish ground cover in areas burned by the Cerro Grande Fire and devestated by bark beetles. Cerro Grande Seed Ball Project (PDF, 1.7 MB) White Rock Seed Ball Project (PDF, 1.1 MB) How effective Are Seed Balls? A Monitoring Report |
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Plan for Action for Restoring Water Quality in the Pueblo Watershed |
For additional
information, contact PPWP at martinc@lac.losalamos.nm.us |
Page last updated on September 25, 2005 |
