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The Pueblo of Santa Clara (Kha P'o Owinge) resilience project : maintaining identity while preparing for an uncertain future

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Title The Pueblo of Santa Clara (Kha P'o Owinge) resilience project : maintaining identity while preparing for an uncertain future
Creator Piccarello, Matthew J.
Subject Santa Clara Pueblo Santa Clara Creek watershed resilience watershed restoration Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico--Environmental conditions. Watershed restoration--Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico. Watershed restoration--Political aspects--New Mexico
Description A Professional Project Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Dual Degree of Master of Water Resources, Water Resources Program, and Master of Community & Regional Planning, University of New Mexico. Abstract Since 1998, the people of Santa Clara Pueblo (SCP) have seen 80% of their forested lands burned by wildfires. Wildfire is a natural part of the disturbance regime regulating Southwestern ecosystems, and yet these fires, the Las Conchas wildfire in 2011 in particular, have proven to be a major disaster for SCP. Las Conchas drastically altered the hydrology of the Santa Clara Creek watershed, causing severe flooding that has damaged cultural sites, infrastructure, threatened lives and...
Date 2014-01-15T19:24:08Z 2015-11-06T11:00:11Z 2014-01-15
Type Presentation Technical Report Thesis Other
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1928/23509
Language en_US

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