Surface Water Quality Bureau
Watershed Protection Section
Wetlands Program
Restoring Watersheds and
Wet Meadows on the
Valles Caldera National Preserve

SWQB is working with the non-profit group Los Amigos del Valles Caldera  to restore wetlands within the Valles Caldera National Preserve at various locations.

Maryann McGraw
Wetlands Program Coordinator
(505) 827-0581

PROGRAM ESSENTIALS... PROJECTS ISSUES PLANNING TYPES HEALTHY STREAMSIDE WETLANDS RAPID ASSESSMENT METHOD REGULATIONS PARTNERS & REFERENCES FREE RESOURCES

OTHER SWQB WORK IN THE VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE... SAN ANTONIO PQAPP - 2010 JEMEZ WRAS - 2005 JEMEZ WATERSHED TMDLs in the VCNP - 2001 Water Quality Survey Summary for the Valles Caldera NP - 2001

Restoration of San Antonio Creek may include the use of vanes, baffles, weirs, and planting riparian vegetation.

A migrating headcut in Alamo Canyon is causing destruction of habitat for the bog birch. Restoration of this habitat may include headcut structures including worm ditches, Zuni bowls, and log and fabric step falls.

Restoration of the slope wetlands habitat near La Jara Creek may include installing French drains and creating a new design structure.

Riparian vegetation planting will occur after design installation to assist in the success of the structures.  Electric fencing will also be installed where grazing occurs in the project area (along San Antonio Creek) to eliminate cattle disturbance to the project site.

Volunteers from the Valles Caldera Coalition, Los Amigos, the Valles Caldera Trust, and other interested individuals will learn  restoration techniques and will assist in installation of structures to improve conditions along San Antonio Creek.

El Restauro Phase I – Wetland/Riparian Restoration on the Upper Rio Grande;

Planning for Wetlands in the Galisteo Watershed;

Restoring Wetlands and Wet Meadows on the Valles Caldera National Preserve;

Riverside Recreation Area Wetlands Restoration; and the