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Rio Abajo Conservation Area Habitat Restoration Phase I

Restore 80 acres of prime Bosque habitat along the southern end of Rio Abajo for the recovery of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. The project will include species surveys, control of invasives, restoration planning, and long-term monitoring.

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Rio Abajo Conservation Area Habitat Restoration Phase I

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  1. Rio Abajo Conservation Area Habitat Restoration Phase I

  2. Southern end of Rio Abajo Bosque

  3. TheRio Abajo Conservation Area • 80 acres prime Bosque along Middle Rio Grande – suitable habitat for SW Willow Flycatcher and the Yellow billed Cuckoo • 120 acres of uplands open space

  4. Site Bosque Winter 2005

  5. Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax trailii ssp extimus) Yellow billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Species Recovery

  6. Restoration Species List: • Primarily Black willow & Cottonwood patchy mosaic including • Coyote willow • New Mexico olive • Screwbean mesquite • Wolfberry • False indigo • Golden currant • native forbes & grasses

  7. Salt cedar encroachment

  8. Levee road, Rio Abajo South

  9. Bosque approach to Rio Abajo Conservation Area

  10. BudgetRio Abajo Habitat Restoration Phase I

  11. TIMETABLE Rio Abajo Conservation Area Habitat Restoration Phase I 1st Year: EA, Biological surveys, species surveys, 20 acres control of invasives (areas to be determined–GPS), restoration planning, annual report. 2nd Year: Species surveys, resprout treatment of 20 acres cleared 1st year , restoration of 20 acres cleared 1st year, eradication of next 20 acres of invasives, annual report. 3rd Year: Species surveys, begin monitoring of habitat restoration, resprout treatment 40 acres, restoration of additional 20 acres cleared, finalize long-term maintenance & monitoring plan (10 year), final report.

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