Join host Jeff Berckes to explore challenges and successes of the Clean Water Act 303(d) program in the United States. Berckes will speak with local, state, and federal staff about their work to keep our waterbodies clean.
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Join host Jeff Berckes to explore challenges and successes of the Clean Water Act 303(d) program in the United States. Berckes will speak with local, state, and federal staff about their work to keep our waterbodies clean.
In northern New Mexico, the Rio Hondo is an important ecological, recreational and cultural waterway that winds through Taos Ski Valley. In this episode, host Jeff Berckes speaks with a state agency representative as well as the deputy director of a nonprofit organization focused on water quality. They discuss how the Rio Hondo was successfully delisted from the impaired waters list and a protective TMDL was established, as well as its designation as an Outstanding Natural Resource Waters (ONRW), and the role of local communities and citizen scientists in the process.
About our guests:
Shelly Lemon is the bureau chief of the Surface Water Quality Bureau in the New Mexico Environment Department.
Rachel Conn serves as the deputy director of Amigos Bravos, a nonprofit water conservation organization in New Mexico.
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The Clean Water Pod
Join host Jeff Berckes to explore challenges and successes of the Clean Water Act 303(d) program in the United States. Berckes will speak with local, state, and federal staff about their work to keep our waterbodies clean.
