Links
The below are links to agencies and entities that partner and collaborate on programs and projects with Santa Fe - Pojoaque SWCD.
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
NMDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Program (AWD) offers incentives to the state’s agricultural businesses to hire interns. The AWD Program is intended to provide hands-on educational opportunities for students aspiring to careers in agriculture, as well as young or beginning farmers and ranchers.
COVID-19 Recovery Assistance Resource for Agriculture Industry
May 19, 2020 | New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Other Affected Services. Please visit http://www.nmda.nmsu.edu/assistance-programs/ for the latest updates. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Federal Assistance Programs Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new USDA program will take several actions to assist farmers,...
NEW!! NMDA’s Healthy Soil Program offers the the following information to help SWCDs and others prepare for the FY25 grant-application period opening in February 23, 2024 and extending through noon on April 26, 2024. !!NEW!!
• Individual Applicants seeking project sponsorship from the Santa Fe-Pojoaque SWCD should reach out to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to complete conservation planning well before the Healthy Soil Program application period opens. Conservation planning is the absolute foundation for Individual Applicant projects, given that soil health-related resource concerns determine which soil health principles land managers should focus on, which agricultural/conservation activities they should implement, and which supplies they might buy in order to implement those activities.
Stay up to date on Healthy Soil Program happenings by subscribing to the program’s e-newsletter at Healthy Soil Program (nmsu.edu).
New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department
New Mexico State Forestry Division
New Mexico Coalition of Conservation Districts
USDA New Mexico Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA Expands Assistance to Cover Feed Transportation Costs for Drought Impacted Ranchers
In response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing. USDA is updating the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to immediately cover feed transportation costs for drought impacted ranchers. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will provide more details and tools to help ranchers get ready to apply at their local USDA Service Center later this month at fsa.usda.gov/elap. For more information, please visit: USDA Expands Assistance to Cover Feed Transportation Costs for Drought-Impacted Ranchers
New Mexico Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program: Info on the rehabilitation of Santa Cruz Dam Site 1.
!!NEW!! Santa Fe County GIS: Flood Inundation Mapping for Santa Cruz Dam Sites 1, 2G, 3, 3A, 4, 5, and 6 !!NEW!!
Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition
Santa Fe County Cooperative Extension Service