Taos Land Trust Kineo Memmer, Brandon Trujillo, Olivia Aguilar YCC - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Taos Land Trust

Kineo Memmer, Brandon Trujillo, Olivia Aguilar

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YCC Crews Summer 2018

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Invasive Species

u Developed a plan for

removing invasive species on the Rio Fernando Park property

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Taught YCC crew members to map the existing invasive species in ArcGIS

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YCC crews used the plan to remove burdock, pepperweed, teasel, and bull thistle

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Recorded management practices used

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Animal Cameras

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Set up animal cameras around the Rio Fernando Park property

u Beavers u Coyotes u Ducks u Birds u Rodents u Rabbits u

Check out the blog post on animal cameras: https://www.taoslandtrust .org/wildlife-cameras/

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Summer 2017 Internship – Tree Plotting

u TLT Summer 2017 Tree

Plotting Interns:

u Kineo Memmer u Brandon Trujillo u Brandi Suazo u Kimberly Sadler

u Mapped 13 species of

trees, 6 different vegetation zones, access, buildings, utilities, the Rio Fernando, and the Vigil y Romo acequia.

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Background

u Taos Land Trust u Passion for Conservation

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Vigil y Romo Acequia

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Historical Importance

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Established Use (1890)

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Construction of bridge (1989)

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Revitalized (2018)

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Importance of Acequias

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Taos Land Trust

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Cultural relevance in Taos

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Distribution

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Taos Watershed

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Rio Fernando

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Acequias Madres de Cañon Sur y Cañon Norte

u Vicente Fernandez u Joe Fernandez

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Vigil y Romo Acequia

u Fritz Hahn u Ciprianno Medina

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Rio Pueblo

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Acequia Madre del Rio pueblo de Taos

u Bobby Jaramillo u Charles Chacon

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Water Reclamation Plant

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Rio Grande

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(Map Provided y Mark Henderson)

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Gordon Tooley’s Tree Farm

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Gordon Tooley

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Truchas, NM

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Permaculture homestead farm

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Mike Musialowski’s

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Taos, NM

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Compost

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Compost Santo in Nambe, NM

u Meade and Robin Martin

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Alcalde NMSU Sustainable Agriculture Science Center

u Amy Larsen

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Molino De Los Duranes

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Corky Hawk, the Preservation Chair of the Taos County Historical Society

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Acequia driven grist mill built in 1879

Field Trips

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Expanded Conservation Efforts

u Archeological Dig Site

u Dr. Mike Adler u Pot Creek

Archeological site at SMU (Southern Methodist University)

u Agricultural

u Micah Roseberry u Farmhouse School

Lunch Program

u Farmhouse Cafe u

Parr Field

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Incorporating Outside Conservation

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Hügelkultur

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Mike Musialowski’s Permaculture homestead farm

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Compost Bins

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Amy Larsen at Alcalde NMSU Sustainable Agriculture Science Center

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Wild Earth Guardians

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Jim Matison lead a beaver talk

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Dryland Wilds

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Cebastian and Robyn – lead a foraging and cooking day

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Family

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Life Skills

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TLT Staff – Michelle Heinrich and Kristina Ortez

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Team Building

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Field Institute of Taos

• Liana Sonne

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CPR & First Aid

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American Red Cross – Anne Weil and Brian Levine

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Land Ethics

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TLT Staff – Maya Anthony

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Aldo Leopold’s land ethics and conservation philosophy

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Team Members

Olivia Aguilar Jude Encinas Angelo Flores Joseph Ironwood Fabian Lopez Alexandra Montoya Ryan Morgan-Lee Jacob Schneider Gilberto Valerio Brandon Trujillo Margaret Allen Eugene Dicks Damen Lujan Madison Salmons Hilario Sanchez Celestino Tack Ryan Vigil Jerome Sanchez

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Thank you to our many volunteers and sponsors

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Neighbors of the Taos Land Trust

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Ace Hardware

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Mike Balistreri, Aeolus Consulting Services

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Rachel Conn and Shannon Romeling, Amigos Bravos

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Meade Martin, Compost Santo

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Cebastien and Robin, Dryland Wilds

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Micah Roseberry, Farmhouse School Lunch Program

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Mayordomos Vicente Fernandez & Joe Fernandez

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Field Institute of Taos (FIT)

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Michael Gaitlin, Forest Service

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Greg Miller, Forest Service

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John and Rebecca Hall

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Council Member & Mayordomo Fritz Hanh

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Sarah Hart

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Mark Henderson

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Mayordomo Bobby Jaramillo

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Paul Bryan Jones

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Steve Vrooman & Jen Zawacki, Keystone Restoration Ecology

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Kit Carson Electric Company

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Lowe’s

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Johnny MacArthur

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Dominic Montoya

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Mike Musialowski, Slice of Paradise Food Forest

Special Thanks to Taos Land Trust Staff:

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Kristina Ortez

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Maya Anthony

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Ben Wright

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Jim O’Donnell

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Juniper Manley

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Michelle Heinrich

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Kineo Memmer (Intern)

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Diego Chavez (Intern)

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National Parks and Recreation Association

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Amy Larsen, NMSU - Sustainable Agriculture Research Center in Alcalde

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Tony Valdez, NMSU – Taos Extension Office

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Rio Fernando Revitalization Collaborative

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Rocky Mountain Youth Corps

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Sylvia Rodriguez

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Sky Romero

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Mike Adler, SMU-Taos

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Corky Hawk, Taos County Historical Society

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Taos County Solid Waste

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Mattress Mary, Taos Home

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Taos Mesa Brewing

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Taos Pueblo

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Peter Vigil and Matt Valerio, Taos Soil and Water

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Taos Valley Acequia Association

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Gene Salazar, Taos Valley Wastewater Treatment Facility

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Gordon Tooley, Tooley's Trees

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Town of Taos Sanitation

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Town of Taos, Lynda Perry

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Twirl Play and Discovery Space

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Vigil y Romo Acequia Association

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Anne and Brian Weil

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Jim Matison, Wild Earth Guardians

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And others…

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Thank you from TLT and YCC!

Photos By: Diego Chavez, Ben Wright, and Jim O’Donnell