Thank You, Conference Participants!
Conference presentation slides and video will be available soon
The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute is pleased to host the 2022 Animas and San Juan Watersheds Conference: Less Water: Planning, Adapting, and Resiliency, which will be held June 21-22, 2023.
The conference planning committee is eager to bring together those in the four states, three Tribal Nations, and three EPA regions that encompass the watersheds to share and learn from their recent and ongoing research, monitoring, restoration, and public outreach projects in order to understand and address the pressing water resource needs of the Animas and San Juan Rivers.
This year’s conference will take place in a simultaneous hybrid format June 21-22, 2023, at the San Juan College Henderson Fine Arts Center in Farmington, NM, and online. Like previous years, the program will include both oral and poster presentations, as well as field trip presentations to be announced.
The conference continues to support the activities outlined in the Gold King Mine Water Spill Long Term Monitoring Plan, prepared by the New Mexico's Long Term Impact Team (April 4, 2016).
Henderson Fine Arts Center
Conference Planning Committee
Stephen Austin, Navajo Nation EPA
Melissa Benfer, US EPA, Region 6
Johanna Blake, US Geological Survey
Carol Cloer, Lee Hammond Water Users Association
Anthony Edwards, Bonita Peak Mining District CAG
Sam Fernald, NM WRRI Director
Sara Gerlitz, NM Office of the Natural Resources Trustee
James C. Kenney, NM Environment Department
Shelly Lemon, NM Environment Department
Kevin Lombard, NMSU
Yessenia Lugo Homs, US EPA, Region 6
Carolina Mijares, NM WRRI Program Manager
Talon Newton, NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
Shera Reems, US EPA, Region 6
Alyssa Richmond, Animas Environmental Services
Mark Sheely, NM WRRI Program Specialist
Jenna Wethington, San Juan Soil and Water Conservation District