Amigos Bravos 2022 Annual Report

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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. 12 |
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. | 13
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