Annual Report (continued)

Advocacy (continued)

• Developed and distributed City of Albuquerque Water Plan issues paper

• Drafted and circulated "Letter of Concern" that was sent to City of Albuquerque

administrators, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the press

• Organized public forum, held at Rio Grande Nature Center

• Convened City Water Plan group, including NMPIRG, Sierra Club, Amigos Bravos, and

concerned individuals

Media

• Met with ABQ Journal and Tribune editorial board

• Interviews: ABQ Tribune; KUNM; High Country News radio

• Participated in "Green Chat" with representatives of the media

• Author of op-ed pieces ABQ Journal

• Participant in Media Workshop, Cd. Juarez

• "Hell or High Water" =Channel 13

Other

• Upper Rio Grande Water Ops Review/EIS-Steering Committee member

• Attended Legislative Interim Committee meetings

• Presented to Closed Basin Project Operating Committee

Re-Creation (Vision & Action)

• Facilitated Bosque Consortium River Flow Work Group in developing a river

management plan for mimicking the natural hydro-graph and prepared group's Annual

Progress Report

• Convened "Rio Caucus"-organized a joint meetings of the Bosque Hydrology Group,

River Flow Work Groups, and San Acacia & South and Upper Reach Forums for the

purpose of developing a design and implementation plan for river restoration from Cochiti

to Elephant Butte

Special thanks to

Bureau of Reclamation

General Service Foundation

The William C. Kenney Foundation,

Messengers of the Healing Winds Foundation

New Mexico Community Foundation

US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Vinaya Foundation

And many

Individual Contributors

for their support of our work

Due to terrible business conditions in 2002 our regular outfitters were unable to participate in the Dollar-Pass-Through program. We hope conditions improve to allow them to rejoin us in 2003:

New Wave Rafting

Far Flung Adventures

Los Rios River Runners

Known World Guide Service

Kokopelli Rafting Adventures