Santa Fe Watershed Association

City of santa fe river and watershed section, (public works): sfwa works with the city of santa fe to organize volunteer teams to clean urban santa fe river and tributary arroyos for ecological health, safety, and water quality purposes through the "adopt your watershed" program. The program currently works with over two hundred volunteers to pick up thousands of pounds of trash annually. In addition to cleanups, sfwa hosts stewardship workshops and restoration activities such as invasive vegetation management, erosion control, native riparian plantings, and rain garden maintenance. We also partner with the city to host larger community days to clean up, gather, learn, and celebrate our local watershed. Additional support comes from donations and smaller grants.

Lineberry foundation, bell family foundation, others: sfwa receives funding from private foundations and other donors to supplement the programs listed above as well as other programming such as: building rain gardens and advocating for green stormwater infrastructure through education and planning efforts; serving as the new mexico representative for projectwet; participating in the santa fe outdoor education collaborative; serving as the 2024 chair of the greater santa fe fireshed coalition; serving as the co-chair of the santa fe river traditional communities collaborative; serving on the city of santa fe land development code citizens' advisory working group; and other collaborative community activities.