Wildlife Wednesday, Nov. 11: Hydrologist on Saving the Bosque
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More than 100 miles of the Rio Grande in Central New Mexico went dry in June and remained dry through the summer. When Paul Tashjian, director of freshwater conservation with Audubon Southwest, recognized in August that trees in the Albuquerque bosque were dying, he took immediate action.
Within weeks of realizing that a massive tree die-off was taking place, Tashjian brought together government officials and others and coordinated the upstream release of 2,000 acre feet of water – more than 600 million gallons – from Abiquiu Reservoir.
Tashjian will give a free presentation Nov. 11 in Albuquerque about the water release and the work by his group and others to study its subsequent effects on the bosque. He’s the featured speaker this month in the New Mexico Wildlife Federation’s “Wildlife Wednesday” series.
Within weeks of realizing that a massive tree die-off was taking place, Tashjian brought together government officials and others and coordinated the upstream release of 2,000 acre feet of water – more than 600 million gallons – from Abiquiu Reservoir.
Tashjian will give a free presentation Nov. 11 in Albuquerque about the water release and the work by his group and others to study its subsequent effects on the bosque. He’s the featured speaker this month in the New Mexico Wildlife Federation’s “Wildlife Wednesday” series.
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Marble Heights Brewery & Tap Room, 9940 Montgomery Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111-3554, United States
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Host or PublisherNew Mexico Wildlife Federation
