Join us Amplifying Youth Voices in Watershed and Forest Restoration!
Please join us to learn from students from West Las Vegas, Robertson and New Mexico Highlands University along with young and seasoned watershed and forest restoration professionals! See the agenda and flyer. Draft Agenda Después del Fuego: Wildfire Preparedness, Restoration, and Recovery A Youth-Focused Community Conference Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 1-5pm Location: the Wildfire […]
Invest in Community-based Water Monitoring & Decision-making Tools for Collaborating and Scaling our Work
Negative stressors on watersheds, forests, and our communities needing secure water are profoundly impacting the Southwest US, the very place where so much water originates in the mountains and forests. The coupling of climate change with megadrought is wreaking havoc across urban and rural communities in New Mexico and communities are struggling with the impacts […]
What the Watershed Academy Internship has meant to me by Tian Sandoval
Hello, my name is Tian Sandoval. I am from San Felipe Pueblo and the Zuni tribe, I have been working as a seasonal intern for River Source since I graduated high school in 2022. I was introduced to environmental sciences in my junior and senior years of high school. In those classes, we got the […]
Seeking the Leading Edge of Community Watershed Health and Training Water Protectors
Summer 2023 passed with three of us running five crews of 35 people in five communities in northern New Mexico and we didn’t have any major incidents. Whew!!! What a relief and time to reflect on some of the amazing experiences we had seeking the leading edge of engaging the next generation of water protectors […]
Abelino Fernandez Leger on finding homes for beavers and leveraging their hard work
In fall of 2020, I worked with Trout Unlimited and Defenders of Wildlife, and River Source – a small company specializing in watershed restoration, education, and research in New Mexico – on a beaver habitat assessment survey in Northern New Mexico. The project goal was to find rivers where beavers could be relocated to and […]
Getting Youth Hands Engaged in Soil Health ~ NEW resources for teachers!
The Acequia Agua Fria and River Source partnered with Reunity Resources and the Santa Fe Community Farm to create pathways for Engaging Youth in Soil Health in 2020, pivoting successfully to adapt to the “no new normal” experience of teaching and learning during the COVID pandemic. Some of the most significant changes to curriculum development […]
The No Title Story: My 2019 Summer Internship
Hey y’all! I’m Natasha Sanchez from Santo Domingo Pueblo. I am a recent graduate from the Santa Fe Indian School, now headed to New Mexico State University this fall to study Environmental Science or something related in the S.T.E.M field. November of 2018 is when I became acquainted with River Source. My high school hosted […]
How to Measure Streamflow!
See how River Source uses a Stream Flow calculator as a practical and precise way to discover how much water is flowing in your stream. Measuring streamflow is important for fish, farmers and people who enjoy rivers! Check out our Documents page for more resources to do this type of work yourself! Thanks to the […]
Sheep, Rocks, Fences, and Drones!: A Summer Recap from Intern Anthony Herrera
Hello, my name is Anthony Herrera and I am 22 years old from Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. I’m an enrolled college student at CNM majoring in Biology. I have hopes of a future career working in the outdoors with the environment and wildlife. The summer internship of 2018 with River Source has been hands down […]
Rivers in Virtual Reality???
You could include a description of what you did and learned, photos, snippets from your audio recording, plus any reflections you have about the experience. You could also upload the audio track to the Virtual Reality glasses and I’m pretty sure people could listen to it by clicking on the link
