Amigos Bravos 2022 Annual Report

AMIGOS BRAVOS
2022 ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
3
FROM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
4-6
PROTECTING WATERSHED
HEALTH
7-9
HOLDING POLLUTERS
ACCOUNTABLE
10-14
BUILDING A WATERS
MOVEMENT
15-16
FINANCIAL REPORTS,
APPRECIATION & THANK YOU
17-19
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
Our mission
To protect and restore the waters of New Mexico.
Front Cover and Above: Amigos Bravos Annual Report Cover Artist, Jivan Lee, plein air painting along the Rio Grande. Photo credit: Ella Sophie.

From the Executive Director
Our past fiscal year
(FY22) was a year of
big accomplishments
for Amigos Bravos.
We celebrated some
big successes, we
expanded our staff and
our capacity to work
in more locations and
watersheds around New
Mexico, and of course
several challenges
persist, primarily with uncertain and uneven state
and federal water policy and implementation.
One of our biggest accomplishments as an
organization was the designation of over 300
river miles as Outstanding National Resource
Waters, affording a new level of protection to
these outstanding waters. After several years of
focused work engaging numerous stakeholders,
working to build a technical case, and presenting
testimony and evidence during two hearings in
front of the Water Quality Control Commission,
we were successful at getting key New Mexico
rivers and tributaries designated as outstanding
waters. Once a waterway is designated as
an ONRW, degradation of water quality is
prohibited.
≈ Pecos Nomination: Working with the San
Miguel County Commission, the Upper Pecos
Watershed Association, the Village of Pecos,
Molino de la Isla organic farm, and the New
Mexico Acequia Association, we led an effort
to get 180 river miles and 42 acres of wetlands
in the Upper Pecos watershed designated as
Outstanding Waters.
≈ Recreationally Significant Waters (Upper
Jemez, Rio Hondo, Upper Rio Grande)
Nomination: We worked with the New Mexico
Outdoor Recreation Division to protect 125
miles of river in the upper Rio Grande and
Jemez River watersheds.
≈ Outcome: After days of hearings and
testimony from experts and the public
(including Amigos Bravos staff), the WQCC
approved both petitions, adding “outstanding
waters” protections to over 300 river miles in
New Mexico!
Another significant initiative we began in the
past fiscal year was to expand our Wetland Jewels
work to more areas of New Mexico. Building on
our work in the Carson and Santa Fe National
Forests, we began working with communities
and other stakeholders to identify wetlands
worthy of protection and restoration in two
additional watersheds.
≈ The San Juan watershed: working with
communities, landowners, and native
communities including the Navajo Nation, we
have been working to identify candidate wetlands
for protection in the San Juan basin.
≈ The Gila watershed: working with
communities, stakeholders, and other
conservation organizations located in the
Gila basin, we are similarly working to identify
candidate wetlands.
Amigos Bravos has long believed that healthy
high-country wetlands are a key factor in healthy
watersheds. They soak up runoff from melting
snow pack, and slowly release water into rivers
and streams in a sustained process, rather than
having the moisture run quickly off in a few weeks
in spring, leaving rivers and tributaries starved for
water the rest of the year.
As always, we appreciate our members
and supporters for enabling us to do this
important work.
For the Rio,
Joe Zupan
Executive Director
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PROTECTING
WATERSHED
HEALTH

Protecting Watershed Health
LEVERAGING DATA AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR
WATERSHED HEALTH
In 2022, Amigos Bravos expanded our existing Wetland Jewels program to the Gila and San Juan
watersheds in an effort to catalyze wetland and riparian restoration in the Colorado River Basin.
Partnering with organizations such as the Gila Watershed Alliance, Gila Resource Information Project,
San Juan Watershed group, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and our mapping experts St. Mary’s University
GeoSpatial Information Services, we conducted stakeholder outreach to identify the watershed
functions that are vital for local communities and habitat.
With this information we can map and prioritize restoration for the keystone wetlands in each of
these important watersheds for New Mexicans. The project will continue into 2023 with the
finalization of the Wetland Jewels identification and the creation of a publicly available story
map that stakeholders and partners can utilize to pursue implementation funding and
concept designs.
With the development of this project, Amigos has successfully continued our Wetland Jewels analysis
across New Mexico, with the already established Jewels in the Santa Fe and Carson National Forests
complimenting the newly created San Juan and Gila Jewels. These initiatives will be leveraged in our
work to elevate the importance wetlands play in promoting resiliency for our watersheds, downstream
communities, and wildlife.
Looking into the future — Amigos Bravos aims to lead additional wetland restoration projects and
offer opportunities for our community to engage with this work, like our annual volunteer restoration
weekend at Midnight Meadows. If protecting and restoring wetlands is intriguing to you, please don’t
hesitate to reach out to see how you can get involved and play an integral part in protecting the
watersheds of New Mexico.
Photos: Andy Robertson, St. Mary’s University.
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Protecting Watershed Health
WE LED THE EFFORT TO GET 304
MILES OF OUTSTANDING WATERS
PROTECTED IN THE UPPER PECOS
WATERSHED
In the Summer of 2022, after 3 years of work,
we were successful at getting two Outstanding
Waters (ONRW) designations passed.
Outstanding Waters protections are
the highest form of water quality protections
under the Clean Water Act and state water
quality standards!
Amigos Bravos provided campaign leadership
and technical support for both nominations
including providing technical testimony,
conducting extensive outreach, and setting
overall strategy.
The designations are:
1. Upper Pecos Watershed Outstanding Waters
Designation: The designation includes 179
miles of streams and
rivers and 42 acres of
wetlands of the Pecos
River Watershed.
Petitioners: The New
Mexico Acequia
Association, San Miguel
County, the Village of
Pecos, the Upper Pecos
Watershed Association,
and Molino de la Isla
Organics LLC filed the
petition with the
commission,
represented by the Western Environmental
Law Center.
Support: More than 1,600 individuals,
Pueblos, local governments, acequia
associations, legislators, businesses, and
nonprofit organizations submitted letters or
passed resolutions including the New Mexico
Acequia Commission.
2. Rio Grande (from the state line down to
the Rio Pueblo), Rio Hondo (USFS boundary
upstream to headwaters), Lake Fork of the Rio
Hondo, East Fork Jemez River, San Antonio
Creek, and Redondo Creek Outstanding Waters
Designation: The designation includes more
than 125 miles of the Rio Grande, Rio Hondo,
Lake Fork, East Fork Jemez River, San Antonio
Creek, and Redondo Creek.
Petitioner: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s
Outdoor Recreation Division, represented
by counsel from the Western Environmental
Law Center.
Support: More than
2,200 individuals,
Pueblos, local
governments, acequia
associations, land grants,
schools, neighborhood
associations, businesses,
and nonprofit
organizations submitted
letters of support or
passed resolutions
supporting the petition,
including the All Pueblo
Council of Governors.
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HOLDING
POLLUTERS
ACCOUNTABLE
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Holding Polluters Accountable
AMIGOS BRAVOS FOUGHT HARD AND WON TO GET SURFACE WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS STRENGTHENED
After years of work and participation in a week-long hearing where we put forth 4 technical witnesses,
Amigos Bravos was successful in making New Mexico’s Water Quality Standards more protective.
The Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards is a recurring process in front of the New Mexico
Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) to evaluate and make changes to the state standards.
It is these standards that set the goal post for all other water quality policy decisions in the state and
it is therefore critically important these standards are strong enough to protect all the uses, including
irrigation, swimming, boating, aquatic and wildlife habitat, and livestock watering of our state’s rivers,
streams, and lakes.
VICTORIES INCLUDE:
≈ Amigos Bravos fought hard and won to
defeat dirty water proposals from industry that
would have weakened the standard for Toxic
Pollutants and ability to adequately monitor
for PFAS and PCBs in our state waters.
≈ Getting a definition and monitoring
provisions for “Contaminants of Emerging
Concern” which include new contaminants
such as pharmaceuticals and industrial toxins.
≈ Adding climate change language to the
objectives and definitions sections of the
standards.
≈ Increasing protections in 5 streams to
ensure they are safe for swimming.
≈ Upgrading standards on several waters
on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
property.
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Holding Polluters Accountable
WE PARTNER WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STAKEHOLDERS TO
EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND OFFER SOLUTIONS TO HOLD
POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE.
PFAS PFAS have been found at Cannon
IN NEW and Holloman Air Force bases in
MEXICO New Mexico and in the surrounding
groundwater. 12
Subsequently, milk at dairies located near NM
Department of Defense (DoD) sites were found to have
PFAS levels above the water health advisory, and milk
tested above the limit was pulled from shelves.
In February of 2019, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced a PFAS Action Plan which
included re-evaluating National MCL levels of PFAS.
Regulatory action has been made by the NMED,
conjointly with the NM Office of the Attorney General,
against the DoD. Additionally, NMED, in partnership
with the US Geological Survey, and the NM Department
of Health, engage in PFAS testing across the state. 13
According to the EPA: “There may still be some foam
containing PFOS held or in use... around the country,
including at airports, bulk fuel terminals and other
locations which handle large quantities of liquid
hydrocarbon fuels.” 4
HEALTH • Lowered chance of pregnancy
• Interference with hormone levels
EFFECTS
(hormone disruption)
• Increased cholesterol levels
• Increased risk of cancer
• Immune effects 11
According to the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR), PFAS “are
present at low levels in
some food products [organic
and otherwise] and in the
environment (air, water, soil,
etc.) so you probably cannot
prevent PFAS exposure
RESOURCES & REFERENCES
ELECTRONIC
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
• 5 atsdr.cdc.gov/
American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 10 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00260
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
• cdc.gov
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• 4 epa.gov
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
• ewg.org/pfasfound
Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC)
• 1 pfas-1.itrcweb.org/fact-sheets/
New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)
• 11, 12, 13 env.nm.gov
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in source and treated
drinking waters of the United States
• 2 doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.245
Perfluorochemicals: Potential sources of and
migration from food packaging
• 9 doi.org/10.1080/02652030500183474
Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals in the U.S. Population
• 3 doi: 10.1289/ehp.10598
Toxic Free Future
• 8 toxicfreefuture.org/new-study-finds-pfas-chemicals
-in-takeout-food-packaging/
United States Fire Administration (USFA)
• 6 usfa.fema.gov
United States Forest Service (USFS)
• 7 fs.fed.us/rm/fire/wfcs/foam.htm
World Health Organization (WHO)
• who.int
PHYSICAL
New Mexico Department New Mexico Environment
of Health (NMDOH) Department (NMED)
Harold L. Runnels Bldg. Harold L. Runnels Bldg.
1190 St. Francis Dr. 1190 St. Francis Dr.
P F A S
The Forever
Chemicals
Facts &
Resources
Because Water Matters
amigosbravos.org
575.758.3874
Amigos Bravos is a statewide water conservation
organization guided by social justice principles and
dedicated to preserving and restoring the ecological
and cultural integrity of New Mexico’s waters and
the communities that depend on it. While rooted
in science and the law, our work is inspired by the
values and traditional knowledge of New Mexico’s
diverse Hispanic and Native American land-based
populations, with whom we collaborate.
The purpose of the New Mexico Toxic
Pollutants Workgroup (NM-TPWG) has been to
convene interested stakeholders to discuss toxic
pollutants and New Mexico standards for toxic
pollutants; discuss opportunities to increase
environmental and human health protection and
submit recommendations regarding proposed
rule changes to New Mexico Administrative
Code Title 20 Environmental Protection,
Chapter 6 Water Quality, Part 2 Ground and
Surface Water Protection (20.6.2 NMAC) to the
New Mexico Environment Department’s Ground
Water Quality Bureau (GWQB).
altogether.” 4
Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe, NM
Developed for Amigos Bravos by M. Forte & E. Ferdinand | 2020
The NM-TPWG is comprised of the Steering
PFAS Brochure can be found at www.amigosbravos.org/printable-resources
Committee: Amigos Bravos, the Gila Resources
Information Project (GRIP), and the New Mexico
Environment Department GWQB. The stakeholder members include subject matter experts from New
Mexico: Tribes and Pueblos, Academic and Research partners, public stakeholders, and members of
the regulated community. Together, the Stakeholder Group and the Steering Committee form the full
NM-TPWG.
During the August 3, 2022 full NM-TPWG meeting there was additional discussion regarding the future
of the work group. The full NM-TPWG determined that ongoing meetings are desirable for development
of future proactive actions. While the focus of the full NM-TPWG has mainly been on the most prominent
and obvious contaminants to propose for rule making, the full NM-TPWG also discussed the potential
to add more flexible regulatory mechanisms for regulating different groups of contaminants and the
potential development of new decision-making methodologies for regulating contaminants.
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BUILDING
A WATERS
MOVEMENT
“Amigos Bravos has given the kids at
Anansi Charter School hands-on, direct
experiences with stream water quality
monitoring, helping them to learn
about concerns with our local rivers
and what can be done to help. The
knowledge and skills they've learned
from Amigos Bravos have given them
a stronger connection with their
environment and an awareness that
they too can be citizen scientists!“
Thank you! — Elsbeth Atencio
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Building a Waters Movement
NURTURING FUTURE WATER
STEWARDS THROUGH INTERNSHIPS
AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
Amigos Bravos offers education- and experiencebased
internships. We partner with academia and
individuals to make these internships available.
In the summer of 2022, Amigos Bravos had two
interns: Kayl Rainer and Jaimie Ritchie
Kayl Rainer joined us as a Field/Educational
Outreach & Water Sampling Intern in partnership
with the University of New Mexico Taos Campus
Northern New Mexico Climate Change Corps
(CCC), and Leadership in Forestry Training (LIFT)
combined-internship opportunity program.
Kayl learned about research best management
practices in developing skills in watershed
experiential field-work, watershed ecology,
function, chemistry, sampling, and data
gathering. Kayl also learned the fundamentals of
Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRW/
Outstanding Waters) by researching data on
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) which is
“the calculation of the maximum amount of a
pollutant allowed to enter a waterbody so that the
waterbody will meet and continue to meet water
quality standards for that particular pollutant.”
(EPA: www.epa.gov/tmdl/overview-totalmaximum-daily-loads-tmdls)
Jaimie Ritchie joined us as a Rivers and Lands
Cleanup and Educational Outreach intern.
Jaimie’s internship was an independent project
that she tied to her work with summer camp youth
in Taos County. During her internship, Jaimie
performed educational outreach on watersheds
and how litter and trash affect watershed health.
Jaimie also produced an introductory video
on Amigos Bravos in conjunction with her
course work!
Right Page Photos: Kayl Rainer (left) and Jamie Ritchie (right).
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Building a Waters Movement
BRAVO!
EARTH DAY a
To celebrate Earth Day, 20 6th graders
from Anansi Charter School learned how to
sample water quality and what their findings
meant for the Rio Hondo as it flows out of
Taos Ski Valley.
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
Youth field trips and in-classroom presentations
are provided at request each year. Contact
Shannon Romeling (sromeling@amigosbravos.
org) if you'd like to arrange a youth field trip
or in-classroom presentation about watershed
health for your school or organization.
Z Highlights of the 2022
Water Sentinels Rios De Taos
water quality monitoring season
included: several new volunteers,
working with an intern who completed
the analysis and summary of 14 year’s
worth of Water Sentinels Data (available
on our website and in print at our office),
expansion of sampling sites to the Rio
Embudo, and collaboration with Trout
Unlimited to foster new water sampling
teams in the Jemez watershed.
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Building a Waters Movement
RALLY FOR THE RIO 2022: RECONNECTING WITH THE LIFEBLOOD OF
NEW MEXICO AND EACH OTHER
Numerous studies have shown that people who have satisfying relationships with family, friends and
their community are happier, have fewer health problems, and live longer. Of course, most of us don’t
need research-based evidence to recognize that connecting with others on a physical and emotional
level can improve our health and overall well-being.
Given that social contact and contact with soothing, flowing water has been scientifically proven to be
good for us, Amigos Bravos was thrilled to return to a full-on, in-person Rally for the Rio event in 2022.
Rally for the Rio is our annual Member Appreciation event. It’s a day to thank our members for
supporting our work by offering float trips (Cisco Guevara, Amigos Bravos Board President,
generously donates equipment and staff time every year to provide free floats for our members
through his company Los Rios River Runners), food, and entertainment along the banks of the Rio
Grande at County Line River Access Area, south of Taos.
Music entertainers included Benito Concha and Maztl Galin, High Desert Acoustic Duo featuring Justin
Dean and Mark Dudrow, and Garry Blackchild. Farm-fresh food was provided by Virsylvia Farms. We
also provided a free fly-fishing lesson courtesy of Taos Fly Shop’s guide, Tiger Stafford, fun hands-on
activities for kids from FitTaos and face painting by the talented costume designer and makeup artist,
Tatyana de Pavloff.
Life depends on rivers and their clean flowing waters — the fabric that connects our lives. Rally for the
Rio is one way for us to nurture that life-giving connection. Creating opportunities to interact with
and learn about the Rio Grande builds a clean water movement by increasing awareness of the Rio
Grande’s ecosystem, the people and wildlife who rely on it, and the work being done by Amigos
Bravos to protect and enhance it for future generations to come.
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Building a Waters Movement
AMIGOS BRAVOS BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION TO CATALYZE SOLUTIONS
The greatest opportunity to accelerate
progress toward a healthy
planet lies in purposeful connection,
shared priorities, and scaled,
collective action.
We participate in formal and informal
networks with the following
public, private and nonprofit organizations
to exchange information,
share learning, and align to create
greater impact and results.
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≈ Communities for Clean Water
≈ New Mexico Water Policy
Campaign Coalition
≈ New Mexico Mining Act Network
≈ Stop Tererro Mine Coalition
≈ Clean Water 4 All
≈ NM Toxic Pollutant Working Group
≈ Outstanding Waters Coalition
≈ Middle Rio Grande Water
Advocates
≈ Wild and Scenic Coalition
≈ Interstate Technology and
Regulatory Council (ITRC)
≈ NM Department of Tourism Clean
and Beautiful Advisory Committee
≈ Miranda Canyon Commission
≈ NM Citizens Dairy Coalition
≈ New Mexico Integrative Science
≈ Program Incorporating Research
in Environmental Sciences (NM-IN-
SPIRES) Community Engagement Core
(CEC)
≈ Rio Fernando de Taos Revitalization
Collaborative
≈ Healthy Headwaters Coalition
≈ E-Flows Working Group
≈ Rio Grande Basin Study- NGO-
Group
≈ New Mexico Conservation
Coalition
≈ 30/30 Coalition
≈ Gila Centennial Celebration
Collaborative Planning
≈ Produced Water Management
Coalition
≈ Mt. Taylor Mine Coalition
≈ Rio Grande Basin Study –
”All Partners“
≈ Environmental Alliance of
New Mexico
≈ Taos Valley Watershed Coalition
≈ National ONRW Resource Group

Financial Report
FISCAL YEAR 2022 (OCTOBER 1, 2021
TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2022)
Amigos Bravos is protecting its long-term financial viability
by building its capital reserve fund, implementing a planned
giving campaign, and growing endowment funds for Amigos
Bravos housed at the New Mexico Foundation
and Taos Community Foundation.
REVENUE:
Foundations..........................................430,656
Government Contracts........................ 29,073
Membership / Contribution...............133,914
Program Services..................................... 8,066
Events................................................................ 0
Other....................................................... 62,448
Total: 664,157
FISCAL YEAR 2021 (OCTOBER 1, 2021
TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2022)
Amigos Bravos ended its fiscal year with a modest
increase in net assets.
EXPENSES:
Programs...............................................452,024
General & Administrative.....................84,297
Membership Outreach & Ed................38,748
Events and Sales..............................................0
Development.........................................52,628
Total: 627,697
Net Excess or 36,724
Left Photo: Pecos ONRW Coalition group.
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Appreciation & Thank you
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Francisco “Cisco” Guevara, President
Peggy Nelson, Vice President
Nicola Ulibarri, Treasurer
Liliana Castillo, Secretary
Gordon “Jock” Jacober
Eleanor Bravo
Jeremy Vesbach
STAFF
Joseph Zupan, Executive Director
Rachel Conn, Deputy Director
Shannon Romeling, Projects and
Foundation Coordinator
Nina Anthony, Donor and
Communications Coordinator
Elena Fernandez, Projects Specialist and
Internship Coordinator
Steven Fry, Policy and Project Specialist
Special Shoutout!
Steven Fry has hit the ground running since joining Amigos Bravos as
our Project and Policy Specialist in June of 2022. Steven is responsible
for leading policy and project development that improves watershed
health, water source protection, and wetland restoration. He also
provides research and technical assistance to internal/external requests
and works to expand Amigos Bravos’ partnerships with organizations
and communities throughout New Mexico. Prior to joining the team,
Steven worked on the management of storm water flows using green
infrastructure and the protection of near-shore ecosystems in the Seattle
area. He has a Bachelor’s in Economics from Santa Clara University
and a Master’s in Applied International Relations from the
University of Washington where he focused on the intersection
of wetland protection and economic development.
Chyna Dixon has been another welcome addition (albeit temporary) to
the Amigos Bravos team. Chyna joined the Amigos Bravos staff on a parttime
basis in September of 2022. Originally from Taos, she is now a PhD
Candidate at the University of East Anglia in the School of International
Development in Norwich, England. Her research is rooted in feminist
political ecology and explores community water governance in relation
to climate and political-economic change. This research emphasizes
processes of water sharing among acequias in Taos and the ways in which
these processes of sharing inform individual and collective adaptation
and response. At Amigos Bravos Chyna‘s work primarily supported grant
writing/reporting and water quality monitoring initiatives. She was always
ready to lend a hand wherever needed — from volunteering at events to
helping with office administrative tasks. She will be missed!
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Membership Levels: WE COULDN’T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
FRIENDS
OF NM
WATERS
$1 TO $99
Charles Anderson
Jerry Sue Bassalleck
Joe Becker
Alana Benjamin
Karen Blackmore
Tara Bloyd
Gary Bommelaere
Dwarka Bonner
Kimberly Brandt
Mark Bundy
Anna Bunker
Martha Burk and
Ralph Estes
Andrea Frost and
Joseph Caldwell
Mary Jo Carey
Mary Josephine Carey
Patrick and Barbara Carr
Lawrence Carreon
Mary Clancy
Kathy A. Claunch
Karen Cohen and
Robert Templeton
Robert Cooley
Sonya Luz Costanza
Neil Cozzens
Jennie and Michael
Crews
John Clary Davies
Debbie and Dennis
Devine
Kat Duff and Kathleen
Brennan
Ellen Durant
Nina Elmshaeuser
Naomi Engelman
Elena Fernandez
Kristina G. Fisher
Albuquerque Monthly
Meeting of the
Religious Society of
Friends
Robin J. Gaupp
Steve Glass
Arifa B. Goodman
Andrew Hay
Barbara Hill
Memphis Holland
Elizabeth Hoobler
Doug Jeffords
Emily Lynn Joyce
Kaufman Construction,
Inc.
Lou Malchie and Kay
Weiner
Diane Kelly
Brian Kitts
Marlene and Jon
Klingel
Jennifer C. Kruger
Alston C. Lundgren
Linda Malm
Eileen Mandel
Mary Ann Matheson
Valerie McCaffrey
Ellen and Roger Miller
Mahlon Murphy
Jean Muste
Network for Good
Deborah Newberg
Sarah Noss
Rebecca Okun
Megan, Andy, Bernice,
and Olin O'Reilly
Michael Pacheco
Kathleen McGinty and
Michael Pascarella
Jeannie Pearle
Perry Penick
Marlene Perrotte and
Joan Brown
Yvonne Pesquera
Teresa Pisaño
Carol and Ray Pittman
Katherine Winslow-
Pond
Jason Railsback
Dr. Hildegard Reiser
Vicente J. Romero
JoAnn Sartorius
Mary E. Schruben
Nicole Scotto
June Stakun
Jeffrey W. Sussmann
Iris Thornton
Jeff Toomey
Julio J. Trejo
Ellen and James
Tuomey
Dave Wheelrock
Orbry Wright
Mara Christine
Yarbrough
Caryle and William
Zorumski
WATER
ADVOCATES
$100 TO $249
Kathy Aaron
Judy Anderson
Anonymous Donors
Dara B Arons
Kenny Ausubel
Jan Bachman
Sally N. Bachofer
Robert Barnaby
Sharon and Robert
Barton
Jean L. Bergeron
Susan Drobeck and
Dr. Samuel Berne
Per Bjorkman
Sara D. Blair
Patricia Heinen and
Catherine Boyle
Hamilton Brown and
Martha Worthington
Bruce Grossman
Sally Corning and
Edison Buchanan
William T. Burgin
A. Janine Burke
Janet Caldwell
Lisa and David Caldwell
Madeleine Casad
Liliana Reem Castillo
Frankie Chamberlain
Rose and Robert
Chappell
Sally Mayer
Jefferson Cowie
Mya Coursey and
Walter Cox
Melissa Haye-Cserhat
and Alex Cserhat
Jane and Roy Dunlap
Karl Eschenbach
Brent Alan Faulkner
Michael T. Flood
Kay Foster
Melissa Frank
Sheila Gershen
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Membership Levels: WE COULDN’T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
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Eliza Gilkyson and
Robert Jensen
Keith A. Grover
Linday Faulkner Hagen
D. Eric Hannum
Mark Scott Henderson
Dr. David S. Henkel
Margery Herrington
Larky Hodges
John C. Horning
Randy Hutchins
Chrys and Susan
Jaschke
Nancy Johnson and
Kim Buehre
Dr. Laurance Johnston
Lydia Johnston
Pamela Timmerman
and David Juarez
Mark and Susan Kalin
Dylan Kenin
Randall LaGro
Marcy L. Leavitt
Andrew Leonard and
Becky Roh
Leroy and Shelby
Leonard
Lori Remedio-Loges
and John G. Loges
Cliff Loucks
Thomas Luebben
Linda and Arthur Lynch
Susan E. McIntosh
Carrie and Stephen
Miller
Anne Sigler and
George Muedeking
Brian and Sharon
Mulrey
Angelisa Murray
Heritage Inspirations
Bette Myerson
Betsy S. Nichols
Audrey K. and David A.
Northrop
Katherine Nydes
Susan and James
Oberlander
Rev. Robert A. Patterson
Patricia A. Phelps
Barbara and Carl Popp
Harriet Price
Rebecca Kay Quintana
Melanie and Edward
Ranney
Jack and Linda
Ranweiler
Robert Reinke
Richard and Jane
Padberg
Barbara A. Riedl
Ann and Mark
Robertson
Diana Rushing and
Lewis M. Rosenthal
Laura Sanchez and
Del Alex
Margie Sanford
John and Ryanne
Scalzo
Merry Schroeder
William J. Scott
Mark H. Sidman
Susan Sladek
Samuel Sloan
Dolores Spontak
Joan and Donald Stehr,
MD
Steve Hazlett and
Jessica Hinton-Hazlett
Robert Strell
Janet and Kenneth Taht
Molly Magnuson and
Curtis Thomson
Julianne and James
Turner
Unitarian Congregation
of Taos
Dona J. Upson
Laura Watchempino
Mary Whitcomb
Terrell A. White
Marcus and Edith
Whitson
Richard and Marty
Wilder
Neil Williams
Marcia J. Wood
Romany Wood and Carl
Rosenberg
Teresa C. Workman
Emelie Olson and
Glenn Yocum
William D. Zeedyk
WATER
STEWARDS $250
TO $499
Janice J. Arrott
Hoodie and Louise
Beitz and Sarezky
Anne and Thomas Blog
David Brown
Alexandru Bumbac
Polly Raye and William
Christmas
Jan Cross and Jai Saul
Cross
Lori and Robert Crouch
Peter James Dennedy-
Frank
Christoph Engle
Stephen Fabrey
Robert Fitch
Isabel and Samuel
Jewell
Don and Pat Jochem
Alford Bunting Johnson
Yale Jones
Bonnie Korman and
Bob Bishop
Johnnye Lewis
Elizabeth and Harry
Linneman
John Bard Manulis and
Liz Heller
Pauline Marx
Don McPheron
James P. Morgan
Virginia Mudd and
Clifford Burke
Donald Romig
Mary Anne and Al
Sanborn
Richard Sayre
Clare Castiglia and
Lawrence Shore
Janet Brook and Ron
Thomas
Daniel L. Veirs
Marna Widom
World Cup, Inc.
Helen Zagona
WATER
GUARDIANS $500
TO $999
Lizbeth J. and Craig B.
Anderson
Ezra and Liana Bayles
Bolene Charitable Trust

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Sandy Buffett
Cid's Food Market
Meredith Mason Garcia
and Richard Harlan
Dave Grusin
Donald Hurst
Steve and Becky Kush
Joan O'Connell and
Stephen Lecuyer
Susan B. Lime
Ronald Loehman
James Ludden
Caitlin McHugh
The Mumford Family
Foundation
River Network
Corinne Rosethorn
Barbara McAneny M.D.
and Steven Kanig, M.D.
Doug and Stacey
Swinehart
Polly O'Brien and
Barrett Toan
Michael and Julie
Zimber
Terry and Steve Zupan
WATER
ANGELS $1,000
TO $2,499
Jan Birchfield
Laurie Mitchell Dunn
Reed Family Foundation
Jana D. Gunnell
Harbor Oaks
Foundation
Mi-Lai and Kerry
Heubeck
Susan N. Lanier
Peggy Nelson
Nora and Eric Patterson
Martha Quintana
R. Ruth Foundation
Barbara Zaring and
Stephen Rose
Scudder Family
Foundation, Inc
Sulica Foundation
Kristin and Ross Ulibarrí
WATER
BENEFACTORS
$2,500 TO $4,999
Alasdair Lindsay
Lenita and Henk Van
Der Werff
William and Connie
Green
Taos Ski Valley
Foundation
WATER
SPIRITS $5,000
TO $9,999
Sage Fund
Northern Rio Grande
National Heritage Area
Inc.
Fidelity Charitable
Nancy Levit – Manzanita
Fund
Sam (Hugh) Rychener
Vapour Beauty
Veritas Fund
Sierra Club
WATER
KEEPERS $10,000
TO $49,000
Pew Charitable Trusts
The Nature
Conservancy
Jonathan & Kathleen
Altman Foundation
Richard B. Siegel
Foundation
McCune Charitable
Foundation
New Mexico
Foundation
Santa Fe Community
Foundation
Taos Community
Foundation, Inc.
USDA
Lineberry Foundation
Just Woke fund
WATER
VISONAIRES
$50,000+
Carroll Petrie
Foundation
Water Foundation
Walton Family
Foundation
”Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”
— W. H. Auden
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Together, we can protect the sacred waters
on which all life depends.
Amigos Bravos relies on charitable gifts from
individuals, families, and foundations to
continue our work on water-related issues
that affect communities across New Mexico.
With your support, together, we can
accomplish our goals. To learn more about
work and to become a part of it, please visit
our website, www.amigosbravos.org.
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Donations can be made online at
www.amigosbravos.org/donate
or mailed to:
Amigos Bravos, Inc.
P.O. Box 238
Taos, NM 87564
Please feel free to stop by our offices if you
have questions about our work and/or would
like to learn about ways you can help support it.
We’re located at 114 Des Georges Place
in the historic district of Taos, New Mexico.