560 bags of trash pulled out of the Santa Fe River
500 Santa Fe youth explored the Upper Santa Fe Watershed through the My Water, My Watershed program
300 acre-feet (almost one million gallons) of water released into the Santa Fe River, a victory for a year of drought
60 participants in our Upper Watershed hikes
35 participants in Art, Science & Recovery, a watershed tour and art event with the Santa Fe Watershed Association, Santa Fe Art Institute and Railyard Park Stewards
8 art pieces created during the River Cleanup and Recycled art Contest that were displayed during Recycle Santa Fe Art Exhibit
A Sold Out Willie Nelson and Family Benefit Concert at the Santa Fe Opera
THANK YOU to ALL who supported SFWA in 2011!!!
Keep up with the City's efforts towards restoring flow to the Santa Fe River. Click here for the most recent reports.
Welcome to the Santa Fe Watershed Association
The Santa Fe Watershed Association is working to restore the Santa Fe River and its watershed through advocacy, education, and hands-on restoration work.
We advocate for policies that will restore the Santa Fe River to a level of ecological health that sustains wildlife, trees and plants, and increases our ground water.
Our programs both restore and build support for a healthy river through education and activities that connect people to their watershed.
The Santa Fe Watershed Association is working to continue the NM Climate Masters program, which was started by the New Mexico Environment Department in 2008 but was cancelled in Fall 2011 for political reasons.
We have received a promise of $4,500 in funding if we can raise the additional $3,000 needed to offer another session of NM Climate Masters and, thus, are looking to you, citizens who care about water and climate change issues, to support this effort. This is a one-time appeal to keep the momentum going until we can secure long-term sustainable funding.
Your contribution of any amount will get us closer to our goal. Your dollars will be matched by the funding already promised. This is a time that any amount of funding you can contribute will help us in educating our community about ways we can enhance ecosystem resilience and protect future water supplies in response to the many unknowns we’re all facing with climate change.
For more information, please visit our NM Climate Masters page or click the "Donate" button on the left to support this valuable program.
Want to give a unique gift that supports the Santa Fe River? Consider purchasing a gift membership to SFWA or one of our beautiful hats or Klean Kanteen stainless steel waterbottles. We are also selling copies of The Return of the River, edited by A. Kyce Bello. Please call our office at 820-1696 or send an e-mail to info@santafewatershed.org for more information!
Love Your River Day, Saturday, February 11, 2012 - stay tuned for updates about this event!
It takes a variety of needs to run a small non-profit like ours. Please consider donating any of the following items.
Our Wish List:
Field equipment - Rubber boots (used or new – we need various sizes for kids and adults), binoculars
Used MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or MacMini (2007 or later)
Power strips
Extension cords (any length)
Hand truck/dolly
Little Giant ladder system
Printing supplies [recycled printing/copy paper (letter size), ink cartridges for HP OfficeJet Pro (HP cartridges 940, C4903A, C4904A, C4905A), print cartridge for HP LaserJet 6MP (HP cartridge 03A), specialty printing paper (White mailing labels - Avery 5160, Business Cards – Avery 8876, Note Cards – 3379)], Post-it Easel Pads (2.5 ft X 2.08 ft),
Screen for powerpoint slide shows
Funding for purchase of volunteer t-shirts for all of the Adopt-the-River stewards
Architecture for a chocolate river fountain to be used at special events
Gift Cards to hardware stores (Empire Builders), grocery stores (we prefer La Montanita Coop, Trader Joes, Whole Foods), iTunes (to give away as thank yous to our teen volunteers)
Postage stamps (we prefer the forever stamps)
Patio table and chair set
Weatherproof storage shed
Large framed photos of New Mexico landscapes (for our new office)
Funding for the monthly rental of a port-a-john (to decrease human waste contamination in the river)
To donate any of the above items, please contact us at (505) 820-1696 or info@santafewatershed.org
619 volunteers for river cleanups
