River Source

10/03/2026

Join filmmaker Max Highstein for a special screening of his new film, The Hidden Life of the Santa Fe River, plus Requiem for a River. Come experience these two films that explore the stories, challenges, and enduring importance of the Santa Fe River and Rio Grande—and see our watershed from a whole new perspective. 6:30pm this coming Wednesday at the Midtown Campus theater.

The movie features an interview with our own Rich Schrader, Senator Tom Udall and advisory group member Mori Hensley.

There will be a Q&A with Dr. Jerry Jacobi, Rich and the film maker afterwards! Get your tickets here.

Sky Midtown is an art-house cinema, Nuckolls Brewing Taproom, and cafe in Midtown Santa Fe, NM.

09/04/2026

This new movie about the Santa River by Max Highstein uplifts some amazing colleagues and projects that aim to addresses the same concerns as many Western US towns/cities about climate adaptation for water and dorest health in the face of heavy urbanization pressures, megadrought - climate change and features yours truly!

The premiere is next Wednesday at 6pm at the Santa Fe CCA!

I hope you can join me.

08/14/2026

Working with the team at the Wildfire Resiliency Training Center, our Watershed Crew members got certified as fire fighters, helped the USFS assess fire impacted campgrounds and help them reopen, and built amazing rock and wood structures to restore a highly visible and steep slope. The partnership with Forest Stewards Guild, the US Forest Service, and Hermits Peak Watershed Alliance was fantastic! See some of the work and hear the interns share what they learned!

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08/13/2026

So grateful to the 25 crew members in the 2026 Watershed Academy, all the volunteers, the amazing partners such as the Cibola, Santa Fe, and Carson National Forests along with City of Santa Fe, Trampas Forest Council, Forest Stewards Guild, Wildfire Resiliency Training Center and many more non-profit, agency and landowner partners . Thanks to support from the Outdoor Recreation Division for NM, the Northern NM Youth Fund, the McCune Foundation, the Outdoor Equity Fund, Luna Community College, Wildfire Resiliency Training Center, City of Santa Fe, Pecos Historical National Monument, and many more working together to create critical job pathways for northern NM Youth.

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07/18/2026

Day 2 on the Rio Santa Fe building more Zuni bowls to slow stormwater surges coming from outfalls that crank hard during heavy rains (go monsoons!). Thanks to City of Santa Fe, Urban Alchemy, and the great crew for our Santa Fe Watershed Academy!

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07/16/2026

Stormwater is a resource and a source of tremendous flow surges that need to mitigated.... glad to partner with the City of Santa Fe River and Watershed staff to do this project near Patrick Smith Park

07/14/2026

Thanks to Northern New Mexico College for hosting our Watershed crew in 2025 and learning with Lina Alegre who led the stormwater harvesting programs outside the historic buildings!

07/06/2026

For the first time one week ago to the day all members of the four youth crews in the Watershed Academy got to raft, many for the first time ever. We had a blast -- shout out to Far Flung Adventures and the Outdoor Equity grant program that makes these experieces accessible to people from diverse backgrounds!!!

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07/03/2026

Shout out to intern Jesus Horta who learned with us, Mori, Julie and so many others to have at the Santa Fe Watershed Association. Now he still seeks learning, can share very skillfully and educational settings, and is leading with such courage and curiosity!

07/02/2026

Peñasco and Santa Fe crews monitored pre-restoration conditions at a fen wetland (artesian pressure pushes water up and creates a peat bog) in the Zuni mountains in partnership with Cibola National Forest, New Mexico Environment Department and the Forest Stewards Guild. I see several watershed superheroes coming out of this group already!!!

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