Urban Waters and the Middle Rio Grande/Albuquerque (New Mexico)
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Urban Waters Voices: Middle Rio Grande
Like many western river ecosystems, the Middle Rio Grande faces numerous challenges balancing competing needs within a finite water supply and resource constrains. Historical practices by tribes and immigrants to the Middle Rio Grande established the conditions residents have inherited. Exacerbated by climate change, long-term drought is changing conditions that affect natural and human communities as we strive to improve our precious Rio Grande.
The Middle Rio Grande/Albuquerque Urban Waters Federal Partnership will reconnect our urban communities, particularly overburdened or economically distressed communities, with the waterway. The partnership will do this by improving coordination among federal agencies and collaborating with community-led revitalization efforts.
These projects will improve the communities’ water systems and promote economic, environmental and social benefits. Specifically, the Middle Rio Grande/Albuquerque Urban Waters Federal Partnership will support:
- The development of the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, the first urban refuge in the Southwest
- Numerous restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande/Albuquerque
- A pilot watershed-based storm water management program
- A climate change project and transportation and economic development initiatives in the South Valley
Steering Committee Members:
Middle Rio Grande Designation Story
List of Partners
Federal Government
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- US Bureau of Reclamation
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- US Department of Transportation
- US Economic Development Administration
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Geological Survey
- US Indian Health Service
- US National Park Service
- US National Weather Service
Tribal Partners
- Ancestral Lands
- Pueblo of Cochiti
- Pueblo of Isleta
- Pueblo of San Felipe
- Pueblo of Sandia
- Pueblo of Santa Ana
State Partners
- NM Department of Game and Fish
- NM Department of Transportation
- NM Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
- NM Environment Department
- NM Interstate Stream Commission
- NM State Land Office
- NM State Forestry Division
- NM State Parks Division
Subdivisions of the State
- Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority
- County of Bernalillo
- Middle Rio Grande Conservation District
- Mid-Region Council of Governments
- Sandoval County
- Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (SSCAFCA)
Local Partners
- ABQ BioPark
- Agri-Cultura Network
- Bosque School
- City of Albuquerque
- City of Rio Rancho
- City of Bernalillo
- Ciudad Soil & Water Conservation District
- Cottonwood Gulch
- First Choice Community Healthcare
- Friends of Candelaria Nature Preserve
- Friends of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
- Los Jardines Institute
- NMSU Extension
- Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
- Talking Talons Youth Leadership
- The Nature Conservancy