UPPER RIO GRANDE / RIO HONDO / LAKE FORK / SAN ANTONIO CREEK / EAST FORK JEMEZ / REDONDO CREEK ONRW NOMINATION – LETTERS AND RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT
Petitioner:
New Mexico Economic Development Department – Outdoor Recreation Division
Represented by:
Western Environmental Law Center
Support from Local Government:
Village of Taos Ski Valley
Taos County
Town of Taos
Village of Questa
Village of Jemez Springs
Town of Red River
Support from Pueblos:
All Pueblo Council of Governors
Taos Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo
Joseph Brophy – Jemez Pueblo Cultural Leader
Federal Legislator Support:
Senator Martin Heinrich
Senator Ben Ray Luján
State Legislator Support:
Representative Kristina Ortez
Support from Acequias:
New Mexico Acequia Commission
Taos Valley Acequia Association
Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito
Embudo Valley Regional Acequia Association
Acequia de la Plaza
Atalaya Acequia
Rebalse Ditch
Acequia de San Antonio
Acequia Madre del Rio Lucero
Des Montes Ditch Association
Land Grant Support:
Arroyo Hondo Arriba Land Grant Community Association
Neighborhood Association Support:
Stagecoach Neighborhood Association
Lower Des Montes Neighborhood Association
Support from Businesses:
Taos Chamber of Commerce
Taos Ski Valley Inc.
Los Rios River Runners
New Mexico River Outfitters Association
Shed Rio
Taos Village Farm
Pilar Yacht Club
Laguna Elk Ranch
MuddnFlood Mountain Shop
Federal Support:
Valles Caldera National Preserve
NGO Support:
Los Amigos de Valles Caldera
Taos Initiative for Life Together (TILT)
Roots and Wings Community School
Rivers and Birds
Caldera Action
Greater Eastern Jemez Wildland Urban Interface Corporation
NM Wild
American Rivers
Amigos Bravos
CAVU
New Mexico Trout
Trout Unlimited
New Mexico Wildlife Federation
General Public:
1,600+ other letters/emails/petition signatures in support
SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATIONG THE UPPER PECOS AS OUTSTANDING WATERS (ONRW):
Petitioners:
San Miguel County
Village of Pecos
New Mexico Acequia Association
Upper Pecos Watershed Association
Molino de la Isla Organics
Represented by:
Western Environmental Law Center
Resolutions in support:
The New Mexico Acequia Association
San Miguel County
Village of Pecos
Support from Pueblos:
Jemez Pueblo
Federal Legislator Support:
Senator Martin Heinrich
Senator Ben Ray Luján
Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez
State Legislator Support:
State Senator Liz Stefanics
State Representative Brian Egolf
State Senator Peter Wirth
Former State Representative Tomas Salazar
Former State Representative Joseph Sanchez
Support from Acequias:
NM Acequia Commission
New Mexico Acequia Association
Local Parciantes
Support from Businesses:
Pecos Business Association
NGO Support:
Friends of the Pecos National Historic Park
Friends of the Santa Fe National Forest
Pecos River Open Spaces
Truchas Chapter Trout Unlimited
Trout Unlimited
Santa Fe Conservation Trust
Santa Fe Watershed Association
CAVU
Defenders of Wildlife
NM Wild
Amigos Bravos
American Rivers
General Public
2,200++ other letters/emails/petition signatures in support – many from Pecos landowners, businesses, and individuals.