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Rising from Ashes: A Tribe’s Nature-based Approach to Watershed Restoration is a professional training opportunity focused on the innovative and iconic case study in public and private collaboration on tribal land following catastrophic wildfires in northern New Mexico.
By collaborating with federal agencies and other partners to incorporate Indigenous Knowledge into the recovery planning process, the Santa Clara Pueblo is working to achieve long-term, sustainable resiliency of the watershed.
Over seven weeks, beginning Friday, February 21, 2025, NAA will release a series of presentations recorded during an NAA Stewardship in Action Field Workshop conducted on Santa Clara Pueblo land. These sessions explore public and private collaboration on tribal land, process-based restoration and watershed resilience, forestry and fire management, sediment stabilization, native plant restoration, Indigenous Knowledge, nature-based solutions, and preparing for future climate impacts by working together.
Did you know? NAA releases new content every Friday at 11 a.m. ET. View the complete content release schedule.
Friday, February 21, 2025: Forestry & Fire Management at Santa Clara (3:47) | Daniel Denipah, Santa Clara Pueblo Forestry Director The Objectives of the Field Workshop (22:12) | Garrett Altmann, Western Restoration Program Manager, Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) |
Friday, February 28, 2025: Fire Ecology in a Changing Climate (15:11) | Cody Stropki, Fire Ecologist/Director Climate Services, SWCA Environmental Consultants |
Friday, March 7, 2025: Low-tech Ecological Process-based Restoration in Headwater Streams of Northern New Mexico (25:24) Reid Whittlesey, Restoration Program Director, Rio Grande Return |
Friday, March 14, 2025: Engineering With Nature (26:58) | Chris Haring, Ph.D., Research Physical Scientist, River Engineering Branch, Coastal and Hydraulics Lab, Engineer Research and Development Center |
Friday, March 21, 2025: Geomorphologic Changes Following Wildfire: Santa Clara Creek, NM (15:11) | Walt Kuhn, Hydraulic Engineer, Tetra Tech |
Friday, March 28, 2025: Post-Wildfire Watershed Sediment Analysis and Design Planning Using WARSSS (32:42) | Allen Haden, Senior Ecologist, Natural Channel Design Engineering, Inc. |
Friday, April 4, 2025: Burned Area Watershed Restoration at Santa Clara Pueblo (30:50) | Bruce Bauer, Owner and Manager, Sustainable Ecosystems, LLC |
Learn more about the Santa Clara Pueblo as they sought to restore their land and culture following three wildfires and catastrophic flooding. This video, filmed during NAA's 2023 Stewardship in Action Field Workshop in Espanola, New Mexico, was produced by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium.
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