NEXT MEETING:Thursday, June 12, 2025
7:30 p.m. 
Topic:
Bosque Management in a Time of Transition Ecosystems are always in transition on some level, but the changes coming to the bosque ecosystem in the Middle Rio Grande Valley in the coming years will be significant. This talk will give an overview of human changes forced upon the Rio Grande, how we came to have the extensive cottonwood forest we are fortunate to have here in Albuquerque and the rest of the Middle Rio Grande Valley, and the changes that forest is starting to undergo as the cottonwoods rather uniformly reach senescence compounded by the effects of climate change. AWF’s founder, Aldo Leopold, convinced the city to preserve the bosque instead of turning it into a cement ditch as so many cities have!Speaker Bio: Michael “Scial” Scialdone Michael Scialdone, who goes by Scial, came to New Mexico over 25 years ago to work on public lands conservation. For the last 14 years, he has worked in the Environment Department at the Pueblo of Sandia as their Bosque Program Manager. When he’s not spending weekends running rivers, he’s helping run volunteer projects for the Albuquerque Wildlife Federation, a 110-year-old organization founded by environmental visionary Aldo Leopold. Directions to the Meeting: The Albuquerque Friends Meeting House is located at the corner of 5th and Bellamah. From I-40, take the 6th street exit, then South to Bellamah. Support AWF's work!
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