BEMP’s UNM Intern Class took to the field this week to practice collecting data and navigating a BEMP site at the Rio Grande Nature Center. Starting in September 2015, BEMP interns mentor K-12 students and ensure that they are collecting accurate data at all 30 BEMP sites. In class, interns study bosque ecology and assist with BEMP’s data collection and … Read More
Annual Data Users’ Meeting: June 19th, 2015
BEMP hosted a number of New Mexico natural resource managers, teachers and other partners at our Annual Data Users’ Meeting. BEMP Ecologist Kim Fike presented some results from her master’s work titled, “Drying Events in the Rio Grande: Effects on Hydrology, Riparian Vegetation and Arthropod Communities,” where she used BEMP data to analyze differences in perennial and intermittent sections of … Read More
2015 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in Land and Ecosystem Stewardship
BEMP celebrated Earth Day 2015 with Governor Martinez, New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and other groups working to restore and protect the natural heritage and environmental health of the state. Governor Martinez and BEMP staff were joined by students from South Valley Academy and Bosque School, received the 2015 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in Land and Ecosystem Stewardship. Thank you … Read More
Bringing Back the Bosque Mosaic…
Science Coordinator Jennifer Schuetz presented a poster titled Bringing Back the Mosaic in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque at the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute conference that focused on ‘New Water Realities – Proposals for Meaningful Change’ in Albuquerque, NM on November 21-22, 2013.
BEMP receives 2012 Forest Service Chief’s Award for Engaging Urban America
Co-Directors Dan Shaw and Kim Eichhorst (PhD) received the 2012 Forest Service Chief’s Award for Engaging Urban America! Seventh grade students from the Albuquerque Institute of Math and Science (AIMS) joined our BEMP staff for the award in early spring of 2013. Three AIMS 7th grade classes rotate through the City of Albuquerque’s Tingley Beach site, known in BEMP as … Read More