Episode 27 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias! – produced by Miguel Santistevan of the NMAA in collaboration with Cultural Energy (www.culturalenergy.org). Made possible with a grant from the Panta Rhea Foundation.
This show features interviews of Sembrando Semillas members, mentors, and chaperones from a La Jicarita backpacking trip held July 16 & 17, 2007. In this program we talk about hiking to La Jicarita peak, the source of our water and the watershed, and being silent in nature. Participants include:
Celestino Chavez, Taos
RJ Chavez, Taos
Toribio Garcia, Chamisal
Joshua Rivera, Mora
Angel Martinez, Taos
Andrew Mascareñas, Urraca
Augustine Gonzales, Chamisal
Done Gonzales, Chamisal
James Duran, Chacon
Dominic Chavez, Taos
Mentor and chaperone Victor Mascareñas
Chaperone Reynaldo Santistevan
and
Mentor and chaperone Margarita Garcia.
A special thanks to The Center for Whole Communities in Vermont for helping to fund this backpacking trip. Additional thanks to Rocky Mountain Youth Corp in Taos for lending us backpacking equipment for this trip.
Theme music by Cipriano Vigil and this month’s musical selection, “Esperanza,” by the B-Side Players.
State Archives Building, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe
For hundreds of years, acequias have reallocated unused water rights within the same acequia for use by the other parciantes.However, under state law, unused water rights were subject to loss for non-use.In 2003, the legislature authorized acequias to operate “water banks” to provide acequias with the tools to protect water rights from loss for non-use.It acts as a “paper trail” documenting that water not used by a parciante is still in use by the remainder of the parciantes.In this workshop, we will discuss the NMAA Water Banking Template, which is a method for doing water banking including draft guidelines for operation and forms for documentation of banked water rights.
State Archives Building, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe
All acequias have a historic easement along the course of the ditch that should be wide enough for reasonable use, maintenance, and improvements.Acequias also have easement rights through historic and traditional a points of access.In this workshop, we will discuss ways to document and protect acequia easements in addition to tips for acequia cleaning day.
Co-sponsored by NMAA and the El Rito Acequia Association
Topics:Powers and Duties of Commissioners and Mayordomos, Protecting Water Rights, Having Effective Acequia Meetings, Open Meetings Act, Funding for Acequias, Risk Management Coverage for Acequias.
