Wetland Restoration in NM Desert Grasslands

Karla Sartor will discuss the birds and plants of desert grasslands in southern New Mexico.  This important habitat is threatened by historic overgrazing and climate change.  Learn techniques to restore wetland and grassland habitats, and how these practices can be applied locally on the Pajarito Plateau. 

Karla Sartor is an Ecologist who worked as a Restoration and Conservation Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico from 2011-2014. She managed a collaborative conservation project to restore sloped wetlands in the Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands, engaging support from surrounding ranchers and agencies. Originally from Alaska, Karla has lived in Oregon, Montana, where she received a master’s degree in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences from Montana State University, and Cambridge, Massachusetts where she worked with the Harvard Center for the Environment studying biofuels and the effects of climate change on human health. Now she works with the LANL Resources Management Team, protecting the cultural and biological resources of the Pajarito Plateau.