Leadership About Vision How We Operate What We Create How We Collaborate Looking Ahead Data Index Collective action to reach water positive in 2030 Wildcat Marsh Jicarilla Apache Nation Colorado River Indian Tribes Drip Irrigation Wetlands like Wildcat Marsh The Jicarilla Apache Nation Through Bonneville Project southeast of Dallas are home (the Nation), located in north- Environmental Foundation, to a variety of wildlife and central New Mexico, has more Meta contributed funding Scarce water and increasing provide many benefits such as than 45,000 acre-feet of settled toward an historic Water Sharing federal cutbacks fuel the need erosion control, flood control water rights in the San Juan Agreement that allows the to optimize water efficiency in and improved water quality. For River basin that are used for New Mexico Interstate Stream Arizona, where agriculture is this project, Meta is supporting cultural practices, domestic Commission to lease up to critical to the economy of the Ducks Unlimited and the Texas supply, environmental uses, and 20,000-acre feet of water per Colorado River Indian Tribes Parks and Wildlife Department to economic development. For year (for 10 years) from the (CRIT). We are partnering with create a new wetland spanning the last several decades, the Nation to benefit threatened and CRIT and N-Drip Technology to 63 acres within the Richland Nation leased water to coal fired endangered fish and increase replace flood irrigation with drip Creek Wildlife Management Area. power plants that are now facing water security for New Mexico. irrigation that reduces water Collective action This will improve fish and wildlife closure. This transition presented usage, evaporation and runoff habitat as well as improve the a new opportunity for the Nation, by providing water directly to In 2022, Meta joined the UN CEO the Water Resilience Coalition↗, quality of water being released the New Mexico Interstate the soil slowly. A pilot project Water Mandate↗, a UN Global a cross-sector initiative to raise back to the Trinity River. The Stream Commission, and The resulted in water savings from Compact initiative that mobilizes the ambition of corporate water Wildcat Marsh project is expected Nature Conservancy to work 30% to 52% and is predicted to business leaders on water, stewardship and foster collective to restore 12.9 million gallons of together. restore 96.5 million gallons of sanitation, and UN SDG 6, Clean impact in priority basins. water per year. water per year. Water & Sanitation, as well as 2023 Meta Sustainability Report 39