Annual Report - Amigos Bravos

Amigos Bravos: Because Water Matters
Annual Report 2011
Photo by Susanne V. Schroeder
Protecting Rivers,
Sustaining Communities
Since 1988
Letter from the President and Executive Director
Dear Friends of New Mexico’s Wild Rivers,
Amigos Bravos exists because water matters. At birth, the human body is primarily water – nearly 80%.
70% of the earth is covered with water. Amigos Bravos is dedicated to protecting the first by protecting and
restoring the second. We restore watershed health, we hold polluters accountable, and we provide assistance
and training to groups who are addressing those issues. We also love wild creatures. Over the past several
years Amigos Bravos has managed, with our partners, to reintroduce thirty-three river otters into the Rio
Grande and its tributaries. We are delighted to report that those otter and their progeny have been sited as
far north as Ute Mountain and as far south as Cochiti Lake.
The future of all of our communities, including the wildlife community, depends on clean, abundant, and
accessible water. Ensuring that our future includes those waters involves complex issues. Water is overappropriated in New Mexico. This means that there is more demand than there is supply. The state has been
unwilling to make a strong commitment to water conservation planning, and implementation of conservation planning lags even further behind. Current law and practice views water as a commodity that can be
bought by the highest bidder. This foretells a future of inequitable distribution of water resources and the
drying up our rural wildlife and human communities. Water is also used as a way to transport and discharge
contaminated waste, in our toilets as well as in the tailing pipes at mine sites.
Amigos Bravos works with a diverse range of partners to address legacy pollution from uranium, copper,
and molybdenum mining throughout the state. In addition, Amigos Bravos continues to work with stakeholders to stop the biggest threat to New Mexico’s water – nuclear waste from the Los Alamos National Lab.
In our monthly E-Currents, a bulletin delivered to you by email, we offer practical advise about personal
water conservation practices, while we train our organizational eyes on predicted future impacts from
climate change. We are working to envision the best possible pathways for resilience in the face of those
impacts.
You can read about our many accomplishments over the past two decades by going to www.amigosbravos.
org. Our accomplishments signify Amigos Bravos’ commitment, resourcefulness, and staying power in dealing with the critical issues facing us all. Thanks to the support we receive from our members and foundations
– along with the talent, integrity, sense of humor, and dedication of our staff and board of directors – we get
the job done (and have fun while we are at it!).
This organization is your organization. Amigos Bravos and the work we are able to accomplish could not
be done without you. As we face new challenges, we invite you to continue to increase your participation.
We welcome your volunteer involvement and we need your financial investment to protect and restore New
Mexico’s waters. As a dedicated member of Amigos Bravos, you are truly making a difference.
For the Río –
Peggy Nelson, President and
Brian Shields, Executive Director
THE RIVER TELLS A STORY — THE YEAR IN REVIEW
October 2010 - September 2011
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
Historic Citizen Lawsuit Against Los Alamos National Lab Mandates Cleanup
In one of the most significant victories in our 23-years, Amigos Bravos settled a Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen lawsuit
against Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) that requires LANL to stop toxic stormwater runoff from reaching the Rio
Grande. The settlement mandates cleanup of over 400
legacy waste dumps within five years, and provides resources for us and our partners to monitor LANL’s implementation of new safeguards and their compliance
with the court-ordered CWA settlement. Legal counsel
for Amigos Bravos and our partners was provided by
the Western Environmental Law Center.
New Mexico Supreme Court Recognizes
Amigos Bravos’ Right to Defend
the State’s Waters
In January 2011, the New Mexico Supreme Court gave
Amigos Bravos an important victory in our efforts to
hold Governor Martinez’s administration accountable to the rule of law. Within hours of taking office,
the Martinez administration illegally blocked new safeguards that protect the air we breath and the water we drink. In quick and dynamic response, Amigos Bravos and a coalition
of groups represented by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene. In the
Amigos Bravos vs. Martinez decision, the Court determined that the Martinez Administration had abused basic separation
of powers principals and mandated that the new greenhouse gas and dairy rules be published in the state register immediately so that they could start to take effect.
In two additional precedent-setting cases, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that Amigos Bravos has a right to defend
public interests in clean water, thus guaranteeing that right to all citizens and citizen organizations. In response to industry
attacks on the environment, the Supreme Court decision gave us the right to intervene in court proceedings to defend attacks on new rules approved at the end of 2010. One of those rules sets greenhouse gas emission limits (which the Martinez
Administration hopes to overturn), and the other rule designates rivers, streams, and wetlands as “Outstanding National
Resource Waters” (ONRWs). Legal counsel for these two cases was provided by the Western Environmental Law Center
and EarthJustice.
Additional Achievements
The Amigos Bravos Strategic Plan consists of three goals:
Restore Watershed Health, Hold Polluters Accountable, and Build a River Protection Movement.
RESTORING WATERSHED HEALTH
•
Dairy Regulations – Amigos Bravos and our partners successfully ensured that NM’s first dairy industry-specific
rules aimed at protecting groundwater include the two most important protections: monitoring wells and synthetic liners for
manure waste lagoons. The new rules were developed through intense negotiations between the dairy industry, the Martinez
Administration, and a coalition of citizen groups
•
Albuquerque Stormwater – Amigos Bravos was appointed to Albuquerque’s Citizen’s Blue Ribbon Committee – as
the environmental representative on the Committee – to help develop recommendations for controlling stormwater runoff.
The City’s stormwater program is hopelessly underfunded and understaffed (it has 1.5 full-time staff while comparable
cities have 8-15 full-time staff) and polluted runoff from the city is currently being illegally dumped into the Rio Grande
•
Pharmaceuticals in the Middle Río Grande – We recommended changes to NM’s Solid Waste rule to make it easier
for local jurisdictions to administer “take-back” and pharmaceutical disposal programs; we continue to inform the public and
public officials about the environmental and public health impacts of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds
•
Water Quality Monitoring in the Taos Area – Together with Water Sentinels of Taos, Amigos Bravos continues to
gather water quality data in three Taos rivers – the Rio Fernando, Rio Pueblo, and the Rio Hondo – all of which are showing evidence of E-coli contamination. The New Mexico Environment Department approved our data and will be devoting
resources to cleaning up the impaired waters
•
Rio Pueblo de Taos Watershed Restoration Plan – With a grant from the New Mexico Environment Department,
Amigos Bravos is working with numerous volunteer community members and experts to develop a plan aimed at reducing
water temperature and controlling sediment runoff on the Rio Pueblo de Taos
•
New Mexico Water Policy – Amigos Bravos provided comments, proposed changes, and presented testimony on
numerous state water regulatory and planning documents, including the new state Hydrology Protocol, the Statewide Water
Quality Management Plan, and regulations governing section 401 state certification of Clean Water Act permits. Many of
our proposed policy changes were incorporated into the
final documents
HOLDING POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE
•
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
– Since settling our citizen lawsuit, Amigos Bravos and
its partners continue to watchdog LANL operations and
have hired experts to ensure LANL’s compliance with
its new discharge permit. In addition, we gathered information on impacts to the Rio Grande after the “Las
Conchas” fire
•
Molycorp/Chevron Mining – In December
2010, EPA released a Superfund-mandated cleanup
plan that will cost an estimated $400-800 million, far
more than the financial assurance bond the mine originally posted. We continue to watchdog activities at the mine and fight
to stop unauthorized discharges and seepage from the tailings facility that is polluting the Red River
•
Mt Taylor Mine – Working with MASE and the NM Environmental Law Center, Amigos Bravos successfully
petitioned for a public hearing on a Standby Permit request for the Mt Taylor uranium mine, but the state’s hearing officer
blocked all of our expert testimony at the request of the mine operator’s lawyers; we are appealing the resulting decision,
which seriously undercuts citizen participation
•
Public Lands – Every year Amigos Bravos reviews and comments on plans and projects proposed for public lands
administered by BLM and the Forest Service. In 2011, we advocated for protecting water resources from off-road vehicles
and logging in the upper Red River watershed, provided recommendations for BLM’s Resource Management Plan and appealed two Carson National Forest Travel Management Plans (ie. ATV routes)
BUILDING A RIVERS MOVEMENT FOR THE FUTURE
•
Youth Water Quality Monitoring – In 2009 and 2010, Amigos Bravos coordinated a water quality monitoring project with two high schools in the South Valley of Albuquerque. Rio Grande HS incorporated the project into its curriculum
across multiple subject areas and in Fall 2011 we provided water quality workshops to 500 students
•
Southwest Rural Policy Network (SWRPN) – Amigos Bravos has worked with the SWRPN for four years to develop
water-related policies that sustain rural communities.
In addition, Amigos Bravos is organizing Clean Water
Act and water quality monitoring training in rural community organizations in New Mexico and Arizona
•
Environmental Alliance of New Mexico (EANM)
– Working with the EANM, Amigos Bravos helped
block all efforts at environmental and public health
rollback in the 2011 Legislature. We also worked with
allies and the media to expose efforts to eliminate protections for the public’s health and the health of New
Mexico’s watersheds
•
Clean Water Circuit Rider – Amigos Bravos’
long-running program continues to provide valuable
technical and organizational assistance to individuals
and communities
FINANCIAL REPORT FY 2011
Fiscal Year 2011 (October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011) – Amigos Bravos ended its fiscal year September 30,
2011 with a slight increase in net assets, even though revenues were slightly down. Amigos Bravos is protecting
its long-term financial viability through rebuilding its Capital Reserve Fund and the Amigos Bravos Friends of
the Wild Rivers Endowment Fund and planned giving campaign, which is housed at the New Mexico Community
Foundation and the Taos Community Foundation.
Support & Revenue
Foundations
Government Contracts
Contributions
Memberships
Appeals
Sales/Events
Fiscal Agent Fees
Interest & Other Income
TOTAL REVENUE
179,973
30,418
67,313
17,098
29,135
30,715
1,950
1,311
357,913
Expenses
Programs
General & Administrative
Fundraising
TOTAL EXPENSES
268,053
8,880
74,570
351,503
Assets
Net Assets, end of year
114,588
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
6,410
YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT
We at Amigos Bravos deeply appreciate everyone who has contributed to support our efforts and sustain our organization,
whether it was through a new or renewed membership, a family fund or foundation grant, a special contribution, or an
in-kind donation. We accept these contributions as a sign that you share our vision and mission and believe that we represent a
conscientious and effective effort to connect the environmental, social, cultural, and spiritual values that our rivers and waters sustain.
WAYS TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT AMIGOS BRAVOS
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Annual Memberships and General Donations. Amigos Bravos is a membership-supported organization. We depend
on membership dues and donations to carry out our mission. Unrestricted membership donations provide us with the flexibility to
take action on emerging issues.
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Project-Specific Donations. Many individuals and foundations prefer to donate to specific causes and campaigns. Amigos Bravos welcomes project-specific donations.
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Bequests and Planned Giving. Individuals can support future protection of New Mexico’s rivers by providing a gift
through their will or living trust.
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Capital Reserve Fund. The Capital Reserve Fund is money set aside to ensure that Amigos Bravos can survive cash flow
shortages in the annual operating budget. It can be accessed only following strict guidelines on when and how funds can be used,
such as for payroll or emergency capital outlays.
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Amigos Bravos Friends of the Wild Rivers Fund. Amigos Bravos established endowment funds at the New Mexico
Community Foundation and the Taos Community Foundation, both of which administer the endowment. Once funded at an appropriate level, interest from both endowments will provide supplementary, flexible funding across Amigos Bravos’ programs and
activities.
For information on making a special contribution to Amigos Bravos,
please contact our office at (575) 758-3874 or at PO Box 238 • Taos NM 87571
MEMBERSHIP
We at Amigos Bravos deeply appreciate everyone who has contributed to support our efforts and sustain our
organization, whether it was through a new or renewed membership, a family fund or foundation grant, a special
contribution, or volunteer effort. (Categories are determined by donation amounts within a given fiscal year.)
Board of0Directors, FY2011
Staff, FY2011
Volunteers & Interns
Peggy Nelson, President
Brian Shields, Executive Director
Michael Coca, Vice President
Sawnie Morris, Assistant to the Director
Jon Klingel, Treasurer
Rachel Conn, Projects Director
Tom Griego, Secretary
Linda Gomez, Office & Database Manager
Don Bustos
Carol Hardison, Bookkeeper
Rupert Chambers
Michael Jensen, Communications Director
Mary Humphrey
Julia Pyatt, Raffle for the Rio Outreach Coordinator
Sally Wisely
Betsy Wolf, Administration and Publications
$50,000+
Ms. Candace M. Boulay
$500-$999
Gods & Goddesses
Jay Bush and Peggy Rudberg
Water Guardians
Cid’s Food Market
New Mexico Community Foundation William and Mary Bacchus
Melissa Epple
Ms. Sally N. Bachofer
Turner Foundation, Inc.
Lise Goett
Ruth Belikove
$10,000-$50,000
Ms. Arifa B. Goodman
Frederick and Daryl Black
Water Legacy
Elizabeth L. Greenlee
Bolene Charitable Trust
John and Margaret Hamilton
Sanford and Jane Brickner
The DJenne Initiative
Merrill G. and
Advised Fund
Avalon Trust
Emita E. Hastings Foundation
James Brown and Astrid Kordic-Brown
McCune Charitable Foundation
Ms.
Sara Hiner
Mr.
William
T.
Burgin
New Land Foundation
John Kosanovich
Robert Chappell
Rural Supporting Organization
Virginia Maclovia
Camille Coates
Santa Fe Community Foundation Ms. Vivian A. Compton
Sally Mayer and Art Clark
Susan Moller
Dr.
Sarah
Conn
$5000-$9999
Virginia Mudd and Clifford Burke
Gus
Foster
Studio
Water Matrons
Patricia Munoz
Ms. Alyce K. Frank
A Charitable Trust
Dennis and Gertrude O’Toole
Kathleen X. Gallagher
American Rivers
William and Kit Owen
Mr. Walter Gerstle
Mr. Fred Fair
Wes Patterson and Stacy Quinn
Robert Gontram
New Cycle Foundation
John Pittenger and Karen Yori
Ann Griffith Ash
Victoria L. Seale
Ms. Martha Quintana
Jana D. Gunnell
Ms. Carol Raymond
Sheila and Michael Hannah
$2500-$4999
Robert E. Reinke
Merril G. and
Water Benefactors
Mr. Mark and Jocelma Rendleman
Emita E. Hastings Foundation
Earthshine Foundation
Mr. Richmond and
Ms. Sara Hiner
Dave Grusin and Nan Newton
Nancy Mayo-Smith
Linda Hodapp
Norcross Wildlife Foundation
Mark Rudd and Maria Painter
Dee Homans
Santa Fe Garden Club
Douglas Jones
Sulica Fund
Jai Saul and Jan Cross
La Montanita Co-op Food Market
Herbert O. Wolfe Foundation
Wilson and Jenna Scanlan
Los
Rios
River
Runners,
Inc.
John M. Wood, III
Laurie M. Sherwood
Emmett and Pauline Marx
Eric Unzicker
Ms. Annette McClure
$1000-$2499
Punya Upadhyaya
Caitlin McHugh
Water Angels
Jerry and Jeanie Wigdortz
Patricia Munoz
Josh and Cristy Carswell
Bruce Norman
L. Rupert Chambers and
$100-$249
Grace Parr
Suzanne Covington
Water Advocates
Charles G. Paulsen
Ms. Linda Kemper Fair
Marilyn J. Altenbach and
Bonnie Payne and Roger Tobin
Leo Harris
Barry C. Lauesen
V.B. and Rini Price
Kerry and Mi-Lai Heubeck
Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya
Red River Restoration Group
Melinda Moffitt and Ann Dunlap
Lizbeth J. and Craig B. Anderson
Karina Armijo
Jean Richards
Ms. Peggy Nelson
Cid and Betty Backer
Thomas Roberts and Leah Albers
Lewis M. Rosenthal and
Amanda Bailey
Hugh S. Rychener
Diana Rushing
Michael Barbon
Al and Mary Anne Sanborn
Patricia L. Sheehan
Edward and Susan Barengo
Jay S. and Patty Barkas Gregory
Pat and Larry Sargent
Delores Spontak and Betsy Pfeil
Tamara Bates
Jai
Saul
and
Jan
Cross
Stone Forest, Inc.
Mr. Paul Bauer
Eric Unzicker
Tides Foundation
Ursula and Barney Berkowitz
Black Mesa Winery, LLC
Ross and Kristin Ulibarrí
$250-$499
Bob and Sara Blair
Nita and Henk Van der Werff
Water Stewards
Thomas and Anne Blog
Dorothy Wells and Gary Grief
William and Mary Bacchus
Tara Bloyd
Barbara Zaring and Stephen Rose
Mr. Michael Bleakley
Bob and Judy Blundell
Nancy and James Bourg
Juliana Brenner
Catherine Crockett Brown
William M. and Lisa Brown, III
Susan Bucklin
Martha Burk and Ralph Estes
Janet P. Burstein
Art Burton and Barbara L. Turner
Sally Butler
Kate Casselman
Tyler Casselman
Clare Castiglia and Lawrence Shore
Frankie Chamberlain
ClaireWorks Gallery
Frederick and Elizabeth Clem
Cathy Cockrell and Joanne Connelly
A.T. and Cinda Cole
Bonnie Cooper
Dennis Cooper and Adelaide M. Collins
Cottam’s Rio Grande River Trips
Walter B. Cox
Robert and Lori Crouch
Robert C. and Carol D. Cudd
DWH Architects, Inc.
Les and Eudice Daly
Charles and Helen Davis
Edwin and Sue-Ellen Debeers
Mr. Jerome de Bontin
Stephanie Decker
Roy and Joan Dehart-Blaz
Holly Difani
Bob and Isabella Draper
Dr. James and Julie Drennan
Mr. Fred C. Durham
Lauren Earles
George Edwards
Martha Egan
Embudo Dental Care
Dr. Del A. Endres
Ken Eskebach and Molly Nieman
Dick and Susan Evans
Dr. Janice E. Evans
Jorge Johnson Farias
David and Carol Farmer
Jane Farmer
Linda Federico-DeGeest
Ms. Cidney L. Fee
Donald R. Fennema
Kate and Chris Ferlic/Stanic
Doris Finney
Richard and Naomi Fiske
Martha Flanders
Mike Flood
Christina Floyd
Ross Frank and Carina Chiang
Kathryn Fraser and Andrew Heitt
Aanya Adler Friess
Ms. Vickie Gabin
Mr. James Gale
Michael Gallagher and
Elizabeth Stevens
Ken Gallard Photographics
Stephen Gates and Perihan Sheard
Robin J. Gaupp
Dixie M. Gillette
Peter William Gilroy
Nancy and John Glasgow
Michael Gold and Margaret Lieberman
Joel Goldblatt
William and Connie Green
Peter and Melissa Greenberg
Group3 Development, LLC
Ms. Leigh Gusterson
John Hall
Dr. Charles and Lois Hammer
Jack W. and Marta Handey
Mr. D. Eric Hannum
Ms. Joan Harvey
Mr. David Hedrick
Merritt R. Helfferich
Dr. David S. Henkel
Henry Architects
Lois Herrmann
James and Carol Higman
Amos Hockmeyer
Dave Holland
Anita Holtz
John C. Horning
Joyce Hospodar
Todd Hotchkiss and Kathy Araki
Madeleine Hurd
JP Professional Services, Inc.
Doug Jeffords
Sarah and Scott Jenkins
Kristen Johnson and James Jablonski
Mariel Margery Johnson
Kurt Jorgensen
Thomas and Suzy Kane
Kaufman Construction, Inc.
Ann P. Kaufman
Stephen and Alice Keil
Diana Kelleher
Fridolf and Linda Kellerup
Donald and Diane Kelly
Steven and Jean Kenin
Rory and Karen Kenward
Charles and Catherine Kinney
Robert D. Kitzman
Jon and Marlene Klingel
Louise Klok and Dean Gullixson
Storma Knight
Peter and Alisa Kolshorn
Beth and Tom Krieger-Fritsch
Patrick Larkin
Robin Laughlin
Stephen Lecuyer and Joan O’Connell
Robert and Margaret G. Leeson, Jr.
Ben and Melinda Levin
Ellen J. Levy and Bill Claybaugh
Virginia Levy
Brian and Yvonne Lewis
Wendy Lewis and James Gould
Carlie Lines
Harry and Elizabeth Linneman
Ms. Judith Lockwood
John G. Loges and Lori Remedio-Loges
Michael and Joan Logghe
Robert L. Lucero
Alston C. Lundgren
Mr. Crawford MacCallum
Vishu and Nancy Laupheimer Magee
Molly Magnuson and Curtis Thomson
Steve and Jackie Mahan
Terrie Mangat
Kenneth Margolis and Rosalie Brandon
Dan Marians
Ms. Elizabeth Martinez
Robyn McCulloch
Ms. Susan McGreevy
Doug Meiklejohn
Metric Motors
Stephen and Carrie Miller
Lucy Moore
Ms. Cathy L. Morin
Ms. Judy K. Mosher
John Moulton and
Kiva Duckworth-Moulton
Allison J. Muller
Jean and Christopher Muste
Robert and Shirley Myers
Gunther and Kandace Nachtrab
Ginto and Deborah Naujokas
James and Susan Neidhart
Maudie Nielsen
David and Judy Nydes
Susan and Jim Oberlander
Ms. Adrian Oktenberg
Lawrence O. Osen
John and Suzanne Otter
Richard and Jane Padberg
Paradise Power Company
Dr. Stuart and Janice Paster
Richard L. Patnaude, MA
Tim W. Perez
Roger and Marie Peterson
Linda Piefer
Marcy Piersol
Teresa Pisaño
Coral Pitkin
Mr. John T. Pitlak
Tom Podleski
Ronald Polichnowski
Carl and Barbara Popp
Positive Energy, Inc.
Albert Ramon and Robin Perez
Rancho Arriba Bed & Breakfast
Polly Raye and
William Christmas
Red Tail Surveying, Inc.
Barbara A. Riedl
B. C. Rimbeaux
Rudolfo J. Rioss, II
Dave and Teena Robinson
John and
Rebecca Romero Rainey
Winter Ross
Dr. Richard and Annette Rubin
Steven and Sandra Rudy
Winifred M. Rusk
David M. Salman
Maria Samora
Jenny Sanborn
Margie Sanford
Christine Sargent
Lawrence H. Schreiber, M.D.
and Catherine S. Strisik
Jessica Schwarzenbach
Mr. Albert Simms
Sarah Sisk and Alan Hamilton
Dewece Smith and James Ables
Nick and Margaret Smith
Nancy Rae Stapp
Strell Design
Mr. Robert Tangora
Taos Net
Ten Thousand Waves
Kenneth and Janet That
Ms. Vivian L. Thompson
Norman E. Todd
Teresa and Greg Tomashot
Pete and Hortencia Torres
James and Julianne Turner
Dona J. Upson
Karlis Viceps
Video Casa
Linda M. Vigil Lopez
Dori Vinella
Katie and Logan Wannamaker
James Ward
Mike and Sandra Wasko-Flood
Andy and Sally Wasowski
Carol E. Weaver
Florence M. Weinberg
Mary Whitcomb Living Trust
Sarah and Steve Wilder
Sally Wisely
Romany Wood and
Carl Rosenberg
Douglas and Ann Wolf
Keith Woloshun
Zeke’s Auto Supply and
Machine Shop
Zia Vineyards
R. Zibart
Henry and Patricia Ziegele
$1-$99
Friends of New
Mexico Waters
April M. Abbott
Ms. Marie Absalon
Mr. William B. Acheff
William Adkison
Dr. Mercedes Agogino
Eric and Kathryn Albrecht
Wiz and Kika Allred
Eric Ames
Chilton and Judy Anderson
Ms. Elizabeth S. Anderson
Anonymous Donors
J. Amber Archer
Su Anne Armstrong and Ted Hopkins
Madelline Aron
Sidney and Shirley R. Ash
Lani Asher
Sarah Backus
Clifton Bain
Avelina Bardwell, MD
Jan Bartelstone
Jerry Sue Bassalleck
Daniel and Rose Bauhs
Louise A. Baum
Mr. Joe Becker
Carolyn Clark Beedle
Ms. Lisa Bemis
Susan Benton
Barbara Berger
Susan B. Berman
Dr. Samuel A. Berne and
Susan E. Drobeck
S. Elizabeth Birnbaum and Dave Kohls
Kevin Bixby
Black Diamond Expresso
Karen Blackmore
Mickey and Ann Blake
Chris and Kelly Blaz
Evan and Jackie Blish
Diane and Stuart Bloom
Therese Bocklage
Gary Bommelaere
Mike and Hillary Bonner
Claudia Borchert
Diana Boyd
Jay Braun
Eleanor Bravo
Don Brokmeyer
Dennis Brooks
Barbara Brown
Geraldine Brown DBA Crystal Clean
Cleaning Service
Elizabeth Brownell
Mr. Boris Bruton
Victoria Buckingham
Hope and James Buechler
Steve Buending
Chris and Diane Buethe
Ms. Kathleen Burg
William C. Burlingame
Ms. Virginia B. Burris
Business Transitions
Peter Callan
Christopher and Carol Calvert
Doug Camp
Chris Campbell
Carl Cannedy
Mary Jo Carey
Ms. Shirley Carney
Patrick and Barbara Carr
Lawrence Carreon
Debra Carroll
Andrea Castellanos
Charles and Elladean Chambers
George and Susan Chambers
Peter and Elizabeth Chestnut
Elizabeth Chiment
Leslie Clark
Jonathan and Suzanne Clarke
Ms. Julia Ruth Claus
Ahad Frank Cobb & Maryrose
Ghammachi-Bennet
Mr. Michael Coca
Tom and Amy Coen
Ms. Diane Coker
Mr. Kenneth Alan Collins
Mr. Patrick Colvin
Leah Conn
David and Sonya Luz Constanza
Mr. Douglas Conwell
Gary Cook
Mr. Bob Cooley
Mr. Paul and Charlotte Cooperstein
Mark Cowan and Raquel Moncada
Steve and Nancy Crochet
Charles C. Crooks
Don B Crowell and Tom Sandlin
Scott Crowl
Cruz Alta Plaza, Ltd
Robin Cunningham Myers, LMT, CH
David and Susan Daney
Ms. Margaret E. Davidson
Ms. Dana Davis
Robert and Clarice Day
Susanna de Falla
James and Susan Dean
Ms. Karen Denison
Robert and Beth Detwiler
Ms. Katherine “Wells” Dienes
Nancy Sue Dimit
Dimond Mortgage
Patrick and Thea Dolan
Ms. Patricia R. Donovan
John and Linda Dressman
Mr. Paul and Christine Drumright
Brian Drypolcher
Kat Duff and Kathleen Brennan
Jeannie Dunham
Mr. Fred C. Durham
Thaddeus S. and Jenni Dyman
Kathleen Eagleton
Alvin Elliott
Merlin Emrys and Diana Lightmoon
Ernest G. Endes
David English
James C. Faris
Stephen and Judy Farkash
Maria Fellin
Marjorie Felser
Norman B. Ferguson
Fine Tuning Music
Kristina G. Fisher
Cassandre and Eric Fitzgerald
Michael and Kathleen Fitzgerald
Mary I. Flaherty
Paul and Dawn Fleischer
Glenda Fletcher
Mary Theresa Floersheim
Floramania
James and Elizabeth Flores
Mr. Gregory S. Forbes
Rob and Jennifer Forbes
Sharron Foster
Anita and Alan Frank
Martha Frede
Evan Freirich
Diane Friedman
Justin and Linda Friedman
Candace Frostenson
Clark Funk
Marianne and Ronald Furedi
Janet Gabriel
Susan Q. Gallaher
Bennie and Mary Garcia
Charles and Claudette Garcia
Ralph W. Garcia
Meredith Mason Garcia and
Richard Harlan
Percyne Gardner and Kim Kirkpatrick
Ilse and David Gay
Robert and Linda Gaza
Ms. Sheila Gershen
Jerome Ginsburg
Kathy Glaser-Block and Jon Block
Diane Gledhill
Ms. Peggy Cook Godfrey
Barbara Goede
Veronica Golos
Allison K. Gomez
Anne B. Gonzales
Dina Gonzales
Steven and Lois Goodman
Thomas and Sylvia Gorman
William G. Grantham
Alicia Graves and Daniel Swayne
John L. Gray
Krystine Grazian
Ms. Phaedra Greenwood
George and Dorothy Grossman
Patricia Grossman and Vicki Mitchell
Mr. Ronald Guidotti
Terence M. Gurley, Esq.
Janay A. Haas
Peter Hagen and Lindsay Faulkner
Dr. Charles and Lois Hammer
James E. Hammerberg
Steven Hamp and Sharon Starkey
Tyler and Patty Hannigan
Anna Hansen
William and Linda Hardy
Jean and Robert Harrison
Ms. Stephanie Harrison
Martha E. Heard
Nancy M. Herrick
Dirk and Lucy Herrman
Madeleine M. Herrmann
Stephen and Regina Hess
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A Hilko
Barbara Hill
Jeffrey and Phyllis Hills
Vera Hilsenrath
Joanne A. Hilton
Hirschi Investments
Claudia Hochberg
Mary C. Hockett
Sonia C. Hodson
Linda and John Holland
Jerry and Lisa Holubec
Elizabeth Hoobler
Jeff Hood
William and Marilyn Hopping
Ms. Elaine Anne Hounsell
Shawn Howard
Ms. Maureen E. Howles
Mr. Donald W. Hurst
Eric H. Hurst
William Hutchinson and Meg Huchmann
Dr. Milton S. Jacobs
Mark S. Jaffe
Rosemary James
Sandra James
Chrys and Susan Jaschke
Lynda M. Jasper-Vogel
Anne Jeffery
Inger Jirby
Eldon and Rosina Johnson
Dr. Laurance Johnston
Ms. Mary L.R. Johnson
Jolie Jones
Llewellyn and Jean Jones
Richard and Ella Jones
Emily Lynn Joyce
W. Denis and Marjorie Junge
Wendy M. Kaggerud
Mark Kalin
Bernard and Judith Kaplan
Ms. Anna Katherine
Ms. Mary P. Katz
Leonard S. Katz
David Kaufman
Ms. Nikki Kayser
Ms. Susan Kazmierski
Roberta King
William and Lynn Knight
Ms. Mary R. Knudsen
Eduardo S. Krasilovsky
Krispinsky Dental
Erich Kuerschner
Mr. Randall LaGro
Enrique and Carlota Lamadrid
Lyle and Jaclyn Lane
Clifford K. Larsen
Michael J. Laughlin
Mr. Robert A. Lawrence
Robert and Fran E. Lawson
Leaping Lizards, Ltd.
Bill Legrand and Kenya Paley
Karen Leroy and Robert Abromavage
Ben and Melinda Levin
Katharine and Asher Levin
Susan B. Lime
Thomas Lincoln
Paul O. Lindberg
Todd Lindblom
Ms. Lucy R. Lippard
Bethal M. Little
Michelle Locher
Ross Lockridge and Ann Murray
Ronald and Ellen Loehman
J. G. Loehr
John Roger Logan
Andrew Leo Lopez
Floyd W. Lopez, P.A.
Rose Marie Lopez
Juliana and Ted Lowe
Helen V. Lowry
Thomas Luebben
Judy Macfarlane and Allen Kaplan
Andra and Ben Maddox
Lilis and Bintoro Maeder
Dr. Linda Malm
Robert and Joan Malone
Marian Mandell
John Mangimeli
Mario P. Manzo
Gregg and Molly Martin
Mary Ann Matheson and Cornelius Dunn
Valerie Martinez and Paul Resnick
Sabrina Maxwell
Mr. Dominique Mazeaud
Mr. and Mrs. James W. McBee
Pat McCabe
Ms. Susann McCarthy
R.C. McCarty
Dr. Strider McCash
Alice McClelland and John Irwin
Charles and Shannon McCoy-Hayes
Grady and Joan McCullough
Sue McDowell
Mr. James A. McGrath
Daniel McGuire and Pat Medvick
William and Alice McIntyre
Robert and Deanna McMain
Bonnie McMannus
Gray Mercer
Leonora P. Midgley
Gaia Mika
Ms. Betsy Millard
Bryan M. and Marie Miller
Charlotte B. Minter
Larry D. and Rosalita Mitchell
Moby Dickens Bookshop
Caroline Monaco
Ms. Carey C. Moore
Thomas N. and Mary K. Moore-Fleming
Mr. Robert B. Morris
Ms. Betsy J. Morrison
Ms. Linda Moscarella
Reggie Mosser
Tom and Heidi Mottl
Patty Mourant
Susan Moyer
Wallace and Alma Mulligan
Thomas and Margo Murdock
Kathryn Mutz
John and Eileen Mraule
Richard B. Neuman
Andree C. Neumeister Family Trust
Deborah Newberg
Betsy S. Nichols
Jean Nichols
Whitney Nieman
Francis and Karol Nimick
David A. and Audrey K. Northrop
Mr. Andrew Nowak
Ms. Virginia Nydes
Marta Nystrom and Dave Caputo
Wendy O’Brien-Marsh and
Stanley Marsh
Michael O’Connell
Paul O’Connor
Moira R. O’Hanlon
Brian O’Keefe and Susan Tarman
Bernice O’Reilly
Jeff Ogburn
Dr. Sherry Olson
PBJ Trees, LLC
Francis Leroy Pacheco and
Sonya K. Chavez
Richard and Jane Padberg
Maria A. Padilla and Jose Floyd Lucero
Doug and Betty Palmer
Diane L. Paolazzi
Victoria Parrill
L. Donald Partridge and
Susan B. Patrick
Michael Pascarella and
Kathleen McGinty
Francois Marie Patorni
Rev. Robert A. Patterson
David and Therese Patton
Ms. Catherine Davis Peck
Ms. Judith Pedro
Dave and Jeannice Perry
Beverly V. Peterson
Anne Petrokubi
Anolyne and Maria Phillips
Gail Phillips
Judith Phillips
Stephen and Rodene Phillips
Mr. John Picaro
Carol and Ray Pittman
Brenda Polacca
Christine Ponko
Dale E. Pontius
Dr. Deborah and Jeffrey Potter
Mr. Robert Press
Martin Price
Phyllis Lane Price
Donald and Beverly Purinton
Ms. Joan Quinn
Amy Quintana
Raven Rouge Inc.
Ms. Becky Reardon
John M. Reed
Casandra Reid and John Torres-Nez
Mark Reininga, M.D.
Dr. Hildegard Reiser
Ms. Susan Rebecca Ressler
Jonathan and Christina Reusser
Betty and James Richter
Ellen M. Rink
Carol Roark and Lon Burnam
Stephen and Elizabeth Robertson
Ms. Joan E. Robins
Dr. Amy Robinson, MD
Craig Roepke
Alan Rogers
Ms. Nicole Romanov
Vicente J. Romero
Roz and Ken Rosen
Stanley Rosebud Rosen
Mr. Jeffrey Ross
Shirley Russman and Rich Besser
Emily Sadow
A. Eugene and Julienne Sanchez
Laura Sanchez and Del Alex
Lucy M. and Leroy Sanchez
Dr. Roger and Barri Sanders
Stormy Sandquist
Sarah Sanford
Dr. Melissa Savage
Sev Savinch
Anthony Scalice
Samuel Schabacker
Robert A. Schiller
Stephen Schmidt
Barbara Mae Schoichet
Carol & Richard E. Schrader
MacLaren Scott and Randy Roch
Timothy J. Seaman or Gleanna Dean
Linda Seebantz
Darrell Seever
Peter Segal
Eddie Segears
Susan Selbin
Mr. Mark Servilla
Sandra Seth and Valerie Graves
Dr. Laurence and Joan Shandler
Daniel Shaw
Dennis Sheahan and Marie Garcia
Mr. Stephan Shearer
Pam Shepherd
Brian Shields and Sawnie Morris
Graham and Susan Shivas
Robert Silver, PhD
Nancy P. and Roy C. Skeens
Dudley Maurita Slade
Samuel Sloan
Craig and Lynda Smith
John and Janet Smith
Magdalene Smith
Larry Smolka
Vera E. Snyder
Mr. Walter Sondheim
Nancy D. Soto
Andy Spal
Vicky Sparks
Mr. Douglas R. Spence
Mirabai Starr and Jeff Little
Ms. Sylvia Staub
Juliet Staveley
David and Rebecca Steele
Alexandra M. and Charlie R. Steen
Dr. Donald and Joan Stehr
Marc Steinberg
Jean Stevens
Jean Stoenner
Stream Dynamics
Streit Flyfishing
Mr. Max Stroback
Margaret and Wayne Suggs
Mr. John Taperek
Mrs. Mary Tara
Daisan E. Taylor-Glass and
Mark A. Glass
Gretchen Taylor
James and Judith Taylor
Virginia W. Taylor
Diana Thatcher
Charles Thompson
David C. Thompson
Michael and Judith Thompson
Mike Tilley
Daniel Tittman
Ms. Anne M. Tomasi
Edward and Lisa Tomingas
Bunny Toohey
Bob Torres
Kim Ann Treiber
James and Ann Ellen Tuomey
Michael and Sarah Turner
John and Nancy Ullmann
Deb Ungar
Ingrid and Robert J. Upton
Kathleen Urquhart
Don Van Soelen
Robert J. and Barbara Vayda
Annalee Veach
Dan Vigil
Greg and Stephanie Vogel
Peter Von Klargaard
Katherine L. Walker
Theresa and David Wallis
Bruce and Jane Warren
Laura Watchempino
Water, Singing-on-the-Rocks
Kay O. Watkins
Mr. Mark Watson
Deborah H. Weissman
Dr. Christine L. Wells
E. Jameson Wells
Merida and Joseph Wexler
Elizabeth Wheeler and Herb Folsom
David Wheelock and Jo Bitsui
Ain Whistler
Mary Josephine Whiteman
Ellen Wiggins
Wild Earth Guardians
Mr. Neal Wilgus
Joan Williams
Sherry Williams
Jeanne Wilson and Robert Meyer
Mark Winne
Katherine Winslow and
Ashley D. Pond, M.D.
Cyncie Winter and Chuck Aid
David Witt and Bonnie Schermerhorn
Terry and Susie Wizig
Wollens Quality Homes, LLC
Guy and Marcia Wood
Joe Wood
Jon Wood and Frank Oatman
Marion Bierwirth Woolam
Maureen Wright
Donald R. Wrigley
Paula E. Wynnyckyj
Linda Yardley and Richard Monteau
Jerry Yeargin
Marjorie E. Young
Special thanks to
Louise Sarezky & Hoodie Beitz
of Custom Graphics, Inc.
for the design of this report.
Photo by Kenneth Seal
VISION
We have a vision of New Mexico’s rivers and streams running so clear and clean that you can bend a knee
to the water, cup your hands and drink without fear. Realizing this vision – which was a reality in northern
New Mexico only one lifetime ago – requires the wisdom, knowledge and participation of all New Mexicans in the effort to address social and political pressures poisoning our waters.
MISSION
It is Amigos Bravos’ mission to return New Mexico’s rivers and the Río Grande watershed to drinkable
quality wherever possible and to contact quality everywhere else; to see that natural flows are maintained
and where those flows have been disrupted by human intervention to see that they are regulated to protect
and to reclaim the river ecosystem by approximating natural flows; to preserve and restore the native riparian and riverine biodiversity; to support the environmentally sound and sustainable traditional ways of life
of indigenous cultures; and to ensure that environmental justice and social justice go hand-in-hand.
Amigos Bravos: Because Water Matters
PO Box 238 • Taos NM 87571
Tel: (575) 758-3874 • Fax (575) 758-7345 • bravos@amigosbravos.org
To learn more about Amigos Bravos and its work, please visit our website – www.amigosbravos.org