Restoration of juniper savanna on the pueblo of Santa Ana, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Abstract

(Please note, this is an extended abstract only) The Pueblo of Santa Ana (Pueblo) is located in north central New Mexico within southeastern Sandoval County, about 15 miles north of Albuquerque and 45 miles south of Santa Fe. The Pueblo encompasses approximately 79,000 acres of trust lands. Between 1999 and 2001, the Pueblo of Santa Ana Department of Natural Resources, through a United States Environmental Protection Agency grant, collected quantitative and qualitative baseline ecological data from 145 long-term monitoring plots established across the Pueblo. These data were used to develop a plant association and watershed assessment that facilitated the Pueblo's ability to identify priority natural resource concerns and implement ecosystem-based management and restoration practices.

Parent Publication

• Ecology, management, and restoration of pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops

Citation

Harper, Glenn. 2008. Restoration of juniper savanna on the pueblo of Santa Ana, Sandoval County, New Mexico. In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Shaw, John D.; Ford, Paulette L., compilers. 2008. Ecology, management, and restoration of pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops. Proceedings RMRS-P-51. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 144-145.