Video Premiere: Nuestra Agua, Nuestro Futuro

In 2020, HECHO, in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) launched a riparian corridor networks initiative in the Southwest United States, starting with a focus on the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico and Colorado. Through a comprehensive assessment of the ecological, policy, institutional, and social priorities and opportunities in this ecologically important watershed, NWF and HECHO will craft and begin implementing an action plan for achieving a well-connected and functional riparian corridor network. This approach to planning for the protection of riparian corridor networks will serve as a model for application across the Southwest and beyond. As a part of the social lens of the project, HECHO conducted a series of interviews with Hispanic and Indigenous people who have lived and worked in the watershed for many generations. Many of these interviews included stories and knowledge of the watershed and are highlighted in the short video documentary titled “Nuestra Agua, Nuestro Futuro.”