Announcements
NM Trout Volunteers Completing Bollard Installation Over 20 dedicated New Mexico Trout volunteers took to the Jemez Saturday to continue our bollard installation work off Forest Road 376 boardering the Guadalupe River. The group also installed bollards about four miles further up just before where the Rio Cebolla turns under the upper culvert and into private property. Also installed was a large metal frame that will house informational signs similar to ones we installed in earlier projects. This project is key to protecting sensitive riparian areas from ATV abuse ... Read More
June 3, 2012
This is a special raffle for a Winston Boron IIX 9' 5wt 4pc 'TU Special' fly rod. The tickets are only $5.00 each and can be purchased online through the PayPal link below. The value of the rod is $755.00. After you have purchased your raffle ticket you will receive a confirmation and then you will receive an email with your raffle ticket number. The raffle drawing will be December 20, 2013. The raffle tickets will also be available at the 12th November and 10th December general meetings. You will be directed to PayPal for payment, you can pay with ... Read More
April 9, 2012
Recently introduced federal legislation, if passed by both houses of Congress, would establish a 236,000-acre conservation area on public lands in Taos and Río Arriba counties, a 13,420-acre "Cerro del Yuta Wilderness" in Taos County and an 8,000-acre "Río San Antonio Wilderness" in Río Arriba County. This resolution was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-NM, and co-sponsored by Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-NM (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1241). A complementary Senate bill was sponsored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, and cosponsored by Sen. Tom Udall, D-NM (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s667). The Río Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act has ... Read More
April 5, 2012
by Ron Loehman, Conservation Chair The Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project is a ten-year, $35 million collaboration among the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP), and the Jemez Pueblo "to restore sustainable ecological conditions on... approximately 210,000 acres in the Southwest Jemez Mountains". This project is of interest to NM Trout members because it includes the entire upper Jemez River watershed and the outcome will affect streams we care about, such as the East Fork, San Antonio, Cebolla, and Guadalupe. The SFNF is holding informational meetings on their part of the project, as required ... Read More
April 5, 2012
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March 23, 2012
General meeting; 7:30PM at Sandia Prep in the 'Commons Area' Program will be 'Quetico Fly Fishing for Smallmouth'; presented by Brian Beaudoin, Don Hurst & Jim Kelley. The program is about their wilderness flyfishing experience for smallmouth bass and northern pike trip last year to Canada's Quetico Provincial Park ... Read More
March 10, 2012
The Las Conchas fire put many of our normal conservation projects on hold. Below is a list of confirmed dates and projects. June 2 Annual NMT conservation barbeque. Extension of Rio Cebolla vehicle exclusion work, interpretive panel installation. July 14 Cattle fencing on the upper Rio Cebolla September 8 Repair/build cattle exclosure on Rio San Antonio just downstream of the Valles Caldera west boundary Projects awaiting confirmation:
- habitat improvement on the Rio de los Indios in the Valles Caldera
- help evaluate fire damage on the Rio del Oso, Peralta, and Capulin creeks
- help with identifying and GPS marking failing in-stream log ... Read More
March 8, 2012
Attached below is our conservation overview presentation from the 2012 Conclave (2 MB pdf file). NM Trout Conservation Program ... Read More
March 8, 2012