Earmark - Middle Rio Grande Bosque

Agency:		Department of the Interior
Bureau:		United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Account:		Resource management (14-1611)
Certifying Official:		Budget Officer
Contact Information:		http://WWW.DOI.GOV 202-208-6416

Middle Rio Grande Bosque

13 recipients will receive $422,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Description: Restoration of Middle Rio Grande river ecosystem

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Sta (15092414)	$59	1122	Federal	240 West Prospect Road Ft. Collins, CO
Comment: Research project: Bird Populations, Nesting Success, and Habitats Before and After Fuel Removal and Exotic Plant Removal of 12 Riparian Sites Along the Middle Rio Grande Monitoring project: monitoring the effects of wildfire on avaian, arthorpod, and plant communities along the middle rio grande. habitat restoration project: Effect of Exotic Fuelwood Removal on Groundwater Levels in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque.
USFWS - Fisheries Resources Office (129283623)	$16	1122	Federal	500 Gold Ave SW Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Monitoring Project: monitoring of rio grande silvery minnow downstream of Ft. Craig, New Mexico, including the Elephant Butte Temporary Channel, Elephant Butte Delta, and Elephant Butte Reservoir.
USFWS - Water Resources Division (129803748)	$12	1122	Federal	500 Gold Ave SW Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Research Project: Bosque Hydrology Group, FLO-2D workgroup
Dryland Institute (14406537)	$40	1122	Non-Profit	2509 N. Campbell Ave. PMB 405 Tucson, AZ
Comment: Educational outreach project: A Field Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque
Friend of Rio Rancho Open Space Inc. (943418464)	$25	1122	Non-Profit	2428 Manzano Loop NE Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Habitat restoration project: Rio Rancho Area Bosque Improvement Project.
Hawks Aloft Inc. (111131322)	$38	1122	Non-Profit	PO Box 10028 Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Monitoring project: bird and vegetation community relationships: a 21 year comparison. Monitoring project: monitoring trends in the breeding populations of raptors and owls in the middle rio grande corridor (year 3)
Indio Hispano Academy of Agricultural Arts and Sciences (21785667)	$45	1122	Non-Profit	PO Box 12401 Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Habitat restoration project: Feasibility Study and Development of a Bosque Restoration and Maintenance Technician Training Program.
Rio Grande Restoration Inc. (160372061)	$5	1122	Non-Profit	18 Camino del Rio Grande Embudo, NM
Comment: Educational outreach project: Update to the Bosque Biological Management Plan.
Santa Fe Botanical Garden (867954000)	$5	1122	Non-Profit	PO Box 23343 Santa Fe, NM
Comment: Habitat restoration project: Cienega Creek Watershed Alliance Riparian Restoration.
Save our Bosque Task Force (58147799)	$40	1122	Non-Profit	PO Box 1572 Socorro, NM
Comment: Monitoring project: save our bosque task force, conceptual restoration plan, implementation, monitoring and adaptive management program development.
Tree New Mexico (101905821)	$10	1122	Non-Profit	PO Box 81827 Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Habitat Restoration project: Bosque Youth Conservation Corps - Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement - Albuquerque Bosque.
Bosque School (932815806)	$35	1122	Private Educational Institution	4000 Learning Road Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Educational outreach project: Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP): Outreach Section.
University of New Mexico (795467083)	$92	1122	Public Educational Institution	Scholes Hall 1 University of NM Albuquerque, NM
Comment: Research Project: River Bar Biodiversity studies: aearial insections, vegetation structure and bird habitat - part 3. Research Project: distribution, relative abundance, and tree/shrub selection of the beaver (casteor canadensis) of the middle reio grande: Management Implications of a keystone Species Monitoring project: Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring program (BEMP): Science Section.

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: House Conf Report 108-792

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: 3/"In project planning, increases include $550,000 for the Middle Rio Grande (Bosque) research program . . . " Page 1036

Citation Comment: Reduced by Congressional across the board rescission

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007