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NM_ABQ_APACHE_005 - A
Our client proposes to remove an existing 23-foot 11-inch light pole and replace it with a 23-foot 2-inch public lighting structure (24 feet overall) with telecommunications antennas installed at a top height of 21-feet 2-inches. A proposed fiber conduit will extend 8-feet northeast to a new underground fiber vault. Additionally, an electric conduit will extend south and southeast, away from the pole for approximately 95-feet, to a new meter pedestal. The site is located in a public right-of-way off Chelwood Park Boulevard, in a residentially developed area.
Possible proposal to a pipeline extension from an existing pipeline. Trenching and construction equipment would be needed to install the pipeline, once installed remediation of the area would be completed. If any clearing is required advanced surveys for protected species and migratory birds would be completed prior to activities beginning. Pedestrian surveys for wetlands and protected areas would also be completed. Dust control, wildlife safety, minimal ground disturbance and all other precautions would be taken.
The Shush'Kin Fen is a perennial spring-fed wetland found in the headwaters of Bluewater Creek. It is severely degraded from years of overgrazing. There is widespread pedestalling (root crowns exposed by erosion) and hummocked soils with eroding plant communities (forbs and grasses). Several non-native invasive species occur at the site. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), an exotic grass to the area, is one of the dominant species found with greater concentrations on the
fen edges where ungulates forage the most. The wetland is underlaid by peat but due to historic overgrazing, several channels are forming and the peat is eroding, leading to accelerated soil loss and drying of the wetland. The surface water largely flows at the base of vegetation pedestals 14-24 inches lower than the soil surface of the plant pedestals. Survey and mapping of vegetation indicate that the historical width of the fen was more extensive in comparison to the current condition.
Approximately 80% of the fen shows damage from overgrazing as evidenced by livestock/game trails, bare soil, head cuts and incision, and exposed muddy soils from extensive hoof action. Research shows that a healthy high elevation fen should not have more than 5% of the total area with this kind of disturbance (Milford 2023). Recent livestock fencing around the fen is expected to improve vegetation cover but additional restoration interventions will accelerate the ecological recovery
of the wetland. Furthermore, native ungulates have not been excluded from the fen and therefore, some grazing pressure and surface disturbance is still present in the fen. The goal of the restoration design is to capture sediment to arrest and reverse erosion and subsequently increase water retention in the fen and downstream. The proposal aims to accomplish this by repairing the hummocks/pedestalling. This plan involves constructing various types of dams and instream structures to raise and stabilize the soil elevation between hummocks so they can revegetate with native wetland species that were previously abundant at this site.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has prepared an Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) plan for District 3. The NMDOT's IVM mission is to develop and implement site-appropriate integrative management actions that result in resilient, self-sustaining native roadside vegetation that decrease the need for mowing and herbicide use.
5MW solar facility comprised of I-beams supporting the array, and access road, fencing, vegetative screening, and various equipment pads. No Trees will be removed and wetlands will not be disturbed. I general habitat/T&E reconnaissance survey was conducted in May of 2026. No NM Protected species were identified. Project construction is scheduled for 2027.
AML T-20 Abandoned Uranium Mine Project, Biological Assessment/Biological Evaluation
The draft BA/BE documenting the T-20 AUM project area is enclosed for your review. The Agencies request that you review the draft BA/BE and provide any comments and recommendations at your earliest convenience, but no later than June 30, 2026.
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