The Santa Fe Watershed Association (SFWA) is active in three major areas: education, advocacy, and restoration around Santa Fe's river and watershed. SFWA is a clearinghouse in Santa Fe and NM for watershed issues and serves as an umbrella for Santa Fe's community in engaging our watershed. Most recently, SFWA played a key role in winning passage of a Living River Ordinance, which has made Santa Fe the first city in New Mexico to set aside water to keep the river flowing through our community. For the first time in my lifetime, the Santa Fe river is flowing. Thanks to SFWA for bringing together the community and helping to bring watershed management efforts to a higher level in NM.
In New Mexico, water is life, el agua es la vida. The Santa Fe Watershed Association works to return the Santa Fe River to a living river bringing life to the earth, plants, animals and people of New Mexico. This is essential to the continued survival of our interconnected habitats & communities. Santa Fe Watershed Association is ensuring continued sustainability in NM through advocacy, outreach, education and hands-on approaches.
The Santa Fe Watershed Association is a remarkable organization that is active in three major areas: education, advocacy, and restoration. Among other things, they lead hikes into the protected upper watershed area, teach students in Santa Fe's schools, lead workshops about adapting to climate change, organize tree plantings along the river, and run the successful Adopt-the-River program. Most recently, the Santa Fe Watershed Association played a key role in winning passage of a Living River Ordinance, which has made Santa Fe the first city in New Mexico to set aside water to keep the river flowing through our community.