Rio Abajo Conservation Area Habitat Restoration Phase I
Rio Abajo Conservation Area Habitat Restoration Phase I
Southern end of Rio Abajo Bosque
The Rio Abajo Conservation Area • 80 acres prime Bosque along Middle Rio Grande – suitable habitat for SW Willow Flycatcher and the Yellow billed Cuckoo • 120 acres of uplands open space
Site Bosque Winter 2005
Species Recovery Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax trailii ssp extimus) Yellow billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Restoration Species List: • Primarily Black willow & Cottonwood patchy mosaic including • • Coyote willow New Mexico olive Screwbean mesquite Wolfberry False indigo Golden currant native forbes & grasses
Salt cedar encroachment
Levee road, Rio Abajo South
Bosque approach to Rio Abajo Conservation Area
Budget Rio Abajo Habitat Restoration Phase I Item Results, products VSWCD In-Kind $ Match Requested funding Total funds budgeted Year 1: Monitoring: NEPA compliant EA, Baseline Data for species recovery $5, 000 $10, 000 $15, 000 Control: 20 acres invasives removed $5, 000 41, 000 $46, 000 Administration (5% total costs): Contracts administration, Annual Report $2, 500 Year 2: Monitoring: Species surveys $2, 500 $7, 500 $10, 000 Control: 20 acres invasives removed $5, 000 $41, 000 $46, 000 Restoration: 20 acres restored habitat $2, 500 $15, 000 $17, 500 Administration: Contracts administration, Annual Report $2, 500 Year 3: Monitoring: Species Surveys, Final Species Recovery Monitoring/Mgt. Plan $5, 000 $10, 000 Restoration: 20 acres restored habitat $5, 000 $12, 500 $17, 500 Administration Contracts administration, Final Report $2, 500 $139, 500 $169, 500 Total Project Costs $30, 000
TIMETABLE Rio Abajo Conservation Area Habitat Restoration Phase I 1 st Year: EA, Biological surveys, species surveys, 20 acres control of invasives (areas to be determined–GPS), restoration planning, annual report. 2 nd Year: Species surveys, resprout treatment of 20 acres cleared 1 st year , restoration of 20 acres cleared 1 st year, eradication of next 20 acres of invasives, annual report. 3 rd Year: Species surveys, begin monitoring of habitat restoration, resprout treatment 40 acres, restoration of additional 20 acres cleared, finalize long-term maintenance & monitoring plan (10 year), final report.
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