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Community Partnerships program at Las Vegas NWR, New Mexico
Through a yearlong study, fifth and sixth grade students from two elementary schools in Santa Fe will investigate the importance of riparian habitats in New Mexico. They will use the Las Vegas Wildlife Refuge as their model in understanding riparian environments and then apply their classroom and field studies to an in depth study of the Santa Fe River. The students will learn from a variety of community experts, and partner with the U. S. Fish and wildlife Service, New Mexico State Land Office, Santa Fe County and the restoration project along the Santa Fe River and work on a conservation effort to provide nesting boxes for native birds.
Community Partnerships program will work to benefit students, teachers and community but also wildlife. Cavity-nesting birds will benefit by the construction and posting of nesting boxes in their habitat. The erection of these boxes directly impacts the ability of these birds to successfully reproduce annually. In order to increase direct benefit to more birds, our students travel to other schools to teach their peers to build and hang nesting boxes. Additionally, students will plant willows to restore habitat and health to our Santa Fe River System. The willows will directly affect the ecosystem by helping to mitigate effects of drought and flood, helping with the purification of water, protecting the vegetation and soil ton the river banks, creating habitat and preserving biodiversity.
Las Vegas Stewards contact:
Janie Miller
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
P.O. Box 23374
Santa Fe, NM 87502-03374
505.473.0543
janiemiller@earthlink.net
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