[Awclist] FW: Subcommittee Meetings--Secretary's Middle Rio Grande Initiative

Wed Mar 7 17:28:14 MST 2012

I got short notice for this meeting Friday afternoon 1:30-4:30 at Los 
Griegos Community Center.

It is a Recreation Sub-Committee meeting. The specific relationship to the
Blue Green Trail Development is not clear to me (at this point) but is
encompassed within.

The documents above list some of the structure and organization of what is
going on so my request at this time is for volunteers to go to this meeting
(I, Celia Southwick, will be there as well as Kelly Gossett and Mike Hayes)
- I have mentioned it to a few others to get a better feel and perspective
for what they are trying to do and how they want or need participation and
in-put.

If a person can not go...the public comment form on a blue trail development
and access points would certainly be an way to give feedback.

Please see Dave Simmons Letter of Invitation (below in this e-mail) to
participate and whatever level you or members of the awc list is interested.

Thanks

Celia Southwick

I will try to report back on what I learn but more is better to digest all
the info and get good perspective on involvement.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Simon [mailto:dsimon at ecothink.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 
2012 5:28 PM
To: Robert Southwick
Subject: Fwd: Subcommittee Meetings--Secretary's Middle Rio Grande
Initiative

Hi, Celia

I think most of your questions can be answered by the email and attachments
below....

Who is involved in the Recreation subcommittee will depend on who shows up!

Dave Simon, President
Eco Think
1019 Roadrunner Lane NW
Los Ranchos, NM  87107
505-280-2319 office
dsimon at ecothink.org
www.ecothink.org

Nature. Culture. Protection. Community.

----- Forwarded message from dsimon at ecothink.org -----
      Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:38:01 -0700
      From: Dave Simon <dsimon at ecothink.org>
   Subject: Subcommittee Meetings--Secretary's Middle Rio Grande Initiative
        To: dsimon at ecothink.org
        Cc: mschmader at cabq.gov, akenward at unm.edu, Kelly Gossett
<kelly at newmexicokayakinstruction.com>, Oscar  Simpson
<oscarsimpson3 at yahoo.com>, mhamman at usbr.gov, charles.walter at state.nm.us,
lente.mrgcd at gmail.com, Michelle_Shaughnessy at fws.gov, janet_bair at fws.gov,
andrew_hautzinger at fws.gov, jfaler at usbr.gov

Dave Simon, President
Eco Think
1019 Roadrunner Lane NW
Los Ranchos, NM  87107
505-280-2319 office
dsimon at ecothink.org
www.ecothink.org

Nature. Culture. Protection. Community.

You are invited...

On January 5, 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced 
the       formation of a Secretary's Committee for a Middle Rio Grande 
     Conservation Initiative. This Committee has been charged with 
preparing a plan for enhanced efforts regarding conservation, 
education, and recreation in the Middle Rio Grande (from Cochiti to 
Elephant Butte). I am working with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife and the 
Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate the work of the Secretary's   Committee.

Three Subcommittees have been established (to focus on conservation, 
          recreation, and education in the MRG area).  You are 
cordially    invited to participate in the the Subcommittees. This 
email is    intended to alert you to the Committee and Subcommittee 
process so    that you can choose your level of involvement.   Depending 
on your    specific interest area and availability, you may  participate 
in  one,  two, or all three of the subcommittees (or not
participate at  all).  You may participate in person and/or provide 
written input to the    committee(s).

Several Subcommittee meetings have been scheduled for THIS WEEK and 
others will be scheduled soon. The following is summary of the current 
     status of Subcommittee meetings:

Conservation Subcommittee:  A meeting will be held on Friday, March 9, 
     at 10:00 a.m. at the Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors Blvd 
N.W.,  in Albuquerque.  One (or more) other meetings of the 
Conservation  Subcommittee will be scheduled as well.

Recreation Subcommittee: A meeting will be held on Friday, March 9, at 
     1:30 p.m. at the Los Griegos Community Center, 1234 Candelaria 
Road     N.W., Albuquerque.  (A second, follow-up meeting of the 
Recreation    Subcommittee will be held on March 27, at 6:00 p.m.,  also 
at the  Los    Griegos Community Center.)

Education Subcommittee: One preliminary meeting has been held and 
another meeting will be scheduled soon and held within the next 14 days.

Please feel free to pass on information about these meetings to others 
     who may be interested in conservation, recreation and education 
topics  in the Middle Rio Grande.

The Subcommittee co-chairs encourage participants to review the Public 
              Comment Form found on the project website (and attached 
to    this email). Please come prepared to provide input/answers to  the 
  key   questions on this form.

Note: The committee/subcommittee meetings will not be the only 
opportunities for public input and feedback.  In addition to regular 
Committee and Subcommittee meetings, it is likely that the Secretary's 
     Committee will host other public meetings to gather input within 
the four-county Middle Rio Grande area (Sandoval, Bernalillo, 
Valencia, Socorro). Written input on the Public Comment Forms and/or 
   other forms of written and oral comments are welcome and  will be 
  accepted at the meetings, via email, and throughout the process of 
developing the draft and final Plan.

Further information about the Secretary's MRG Conservation Initiative, 
                including a calendar for all Committee and Subcommittee 
      meetings currently scheduled, can be found at the project website: 
       www.middleriogrande.com

If you have further questions, please feel free to Committee members 
   or myself.

Thanks for your interest and participation!

Dave

Dave Simon, President
Eco Think
1019 Roadrunner Lane NW
Los Ranchos, NM  87107
505-280-2319 office
dsimon at ecothink.org
www.ecothink.org

Nature. Culture. Protection. Community.

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