[Awclist] Febraury 14th Meeting at REI Mark your calendars!

[Mary Scofield]

             AWC and RI are co-sponsoring Steve Harris on:
 
Rio Chama: Discussion of Ways to Provide More Reliable River Flows
2/13/2007 6:30 PM

Tuesday, February 13
REI Clinic Room
1550 Mercantile Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
*(505) 247-1191*

The "plumbing" of the Chama is very favorable for recreational 
management, but its potential hasn't quite been fulfilled. Since 1984, 
Club members have benefited from weekend recreational releases from El 
Vado Reservoir, even during the past few years of decreasing volume and 
uncertainty of flows.  The coming year promises to be the most 
challenging to date for recreational boating.  Albuquerque's new water 
project, Bureau of Reclamation's water management plan and the Rio 
Grande Compact's prohibition of storage in El Vado will combine to 
impact boaters on the Chama during the 2007 season. Boaters can become 
involved in the process.  Join river conservationist and outfitter, 
Steve Harris, for a discussion of how best to balance water for San Juan 
Chama Project developments, with water for recreation and the natural 
system on the Wild and Scenic Rio Chama.



Steve Harris of Pilar, NM, has been a student of Rio Grande history and 
natural history since 1975. He is president of a river outfitting 
business, Far-Flung Adventures, and executive director of the basin-wide 
streamflow advocacy group, Rio Grande Restoration.  His decades of 
practical experience on the river includes 10,000 miles on a boat, 
dozens of  river safety and rescue seminars and advocacy work with 
local, state and federal agencies on such complex issues as diminished 
stream flow, riparian ecology water policy and watershed restoration