Santa Fe-Pojoaque Soil and Water Conservation District
Welcome!
The Santa Fe - Pojoaque Soil and Water Conservation District (SF-PSWCD) is a governmental subdivision (since 1941) of the State of New Mexico, serving portions of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Los Alamos Counties.
Santa Fe - Pojoaque SWCD assists farmers, ranchers, other landowners, federal, state, and local government agencies, and local organizations in implementing conservation projects. These projects help to:
protect watersheds
prevent erosion
prevent wildfires and floods
provide habitat for wildlife
control invasive weeds
preserve the health of our land, soil and water
Applying for a NMDA Healthy Soils Program Grant?
Individuals or organizations must secure sponsorship by their local soil and water conservation district, tribe, pueblo or nation, in the form of a letter of support.
If you would like SF-PSWCD to support your Healthy Soils grant proposal, you will need to:
Review the info provided on the NMDA HSP website, including watching the January 16, 2024 pre-application webinar recording in its entirety.
Email the following to sfpswcd@gmail.com by 5 p.m. MDT Monday, April 22, 2024:
a completed project budget and timeline template
a completed NRCS-generated conservation planning template
a completed letter of support template
After reviewing your documents, a District Supervisor will contact you if there are errors or omissions and notify all supported applicants in time for each to submit their application to NMDA by the April 26 NOON deadline.
The Board will consider any late requests for support on a case-by-case basis.
Please feel free to contact us at sfpswcd@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
Santa Fe - Pojoaque SWCD Board of Supervisors**
Alfredo Roybal - Chairman
José Varela López - Vice Chair
Champe Green - Treasurer
Mark Nelson, Ph.D.
Ned Flanigan
Shann Stringer
Contract Admin Assistant - Shelley Winship (former Supervisor)
The Board of Supervisors of SFPSWCD meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9 a.m. in the conference room of the USDA NRCS field office at the address below. The public is welcome. Meeting agendas are available on the Meeting Agendas and Documents tab of this website.
Our address, telephone number, and email are as follows:
Santa Fe-Pojoaque SWCD
4001 Office Court Drive, Suite 1001
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Phone 505-365-4047
Email sfpswcd@gmail.com