State - NM Dept. of Ag.; NM Soil and Water Conservation Commission

New Mexico Department of Agriculture

SWCD District Act link

NMDA SWCD References and Resources

Julie Maitland, NMDA Division Director, Ag. Programs & Resources, 575-646-2642, P. O. Box 30005 APR, Las Cruces, NM 88003, Fax: 575-646-1540

Patricia Depner, Program Coordinator, pdepner@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-2642

JoAnne Contaldo, Program Coordinator, jcontaldo@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-1091

NMDA S&W Conservation Specialists:

Dean Bruce, dbruce@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-760-4626

Kathryn "Katie" Kruthaupt, kkruthaupt@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-2006

Katie Mechenbier, kmechenbier@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-642-4545

Jim Wanstall, and Noxious Weed Specialist, JWanstall@nmda.nmsu.edu, 505-565-4224

NMDA Natural Resource Policy and Planning Analysts:

Lacy Levine, llevine@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-8024

Ryan Ward, rward@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-2670

Marshal Wilson, mwilson@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-4941

New Mexico Soil and Water Conservation Commission

The New Mexico Soil and Water Conservation Commission serves as the state entity providing guidance and policy direction to the local Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Newly appointed commission members include:

Region Represented Name Home District

Region 1 J. Steven Glass, Vice Chair Ciudad SWCD

Region 2 Ross Garcia, Jr. East Rio Arriba SWCD

Region 3 Jennie Bierner Sierra SWCD

Region 4 Boe Lopez Colfax SWCD

Region 5 Clint Harden Central Curry SWCD

Region 6 Edward Vigil, Chair Otero SWCD

At-Large Cyle Sharp cycle.sharp@gmail.com, 505-705-4702

Ex-Officio (non-voting ) Members

Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham, W: 505-476-2200, gov@gov.state.nm.us, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Rm 400, Santa Fe, NM 87503

Designee, NMSU Jeff Witte, W: 575-646-5063, nmagsec@nmda.nmsu.edu, P.O. Box 30005, MSC 3189, Las Cruces, NM 88003

NMACD President Willard Hall, c: 575-740-0757, willardhallauctions@msn.com, PO Box 155, Williamsburg, NM 87942

State Conservationist, NRCS Xavier Montoya, W: 505-761-4400, Xavier.Montoya@nm.usda.gov, 100 Sun Ave. NE, Suite 602, Albuquerque, NM 87109

Associate Dean & Director Jon Boren, W:575-646-3015, jboren@nmsu.edu, P. O. Box 30003, MSC3AE, Las Cruces, NM 88003

Cooperative Extension Service

Associate Dean & Director David Thompson, W:575-646-3125, dathomps@nmsu.edu, P.O. Box 30003, MSC3AE, Las Cruces, NM 88003

Agricultural Experiment Station