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<br />BorderLink 2000 included research and related activities in a number of different <br />sites in the border region. The program began with a two-day workshop at San Diego <br />State University's Field Station at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve in northern <br />San Diego County and southern Riverside County. There, the BorderLink student <br />researchers learned about issues related to the biodiversity and watershed management <br />associated with the reserve. The program at the field station included presentations by <br />experts on water law, herpetology, geomorphology, hydrology, land use planning, and <br />plant ecology. <br /> <br />For two weeks, students conducted field research in the Alamar River and Tecate <br />River corridors, focusing on three aspects of urban watershed management: water <br />resources, riparian plant ecology, and land use planning. Besides field research, students <br />toured the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve to better understand the <br />problem of river sedimentation in the region. The Campo Environmental Protection <br />Agency demonstrated its river restoration and groundwater recharge techniques. Students <br />toured facilities associated with water reclamation (Santee Lakes, Santee, CA), river park <br />planning (Mast Park and River Run, City of Santee), river ecosystem restoration (Mission <br />Trails Regional Park), and river ecosystem education/visitors center (Mission Trails <br />Regional Park Visitor's Center). Three BorderLink students attended a workshop on <br />aquatic toxicity training sponsored by the Information Center for the Environment, <br />University of California at Davis. BorderLink students also attended a presentation on <br />water quality conditions in the Tijuana River watershed at UABC, Tijuana. <br /> <br />BorderLink 2000 students were exposed to different research methodologies and <br />techniques, and were able to work at field stations, laboratories, facilities, and research <br />sites on both sides of the border. The students worked with scientists and social scientists, <br />and with practitioners that included agency personnel and urban planners. The theme of <br />the project, suggested by Tijuana's planning agency, developed important information <br />and analysis that supported sound public policy decisions. <br /> <br />BorderLink 2000 students presented initial results of the study to the Municipal <br />Planning Institute of Tijuana (IMP Ian) on July 14, 2000, for review and comments. The <br />study was also the main topic of discussion at a public colloquium presented at IMPlan <br />by the BorderLink faculty leader, Suzanne Michel, on August 21,2000. The study and its <br />results were designed to support efforts at Arizona State University to develop river <br />restoration landscape design and the work of IMPlan to create a master plan for the <br />Alamar River. <br /> <br />Vi <br />