!!NEW!! There is one active solicitation for bids at this time, OHV Trail reclamation on Santa Cruz Dam Sites 2G, 3A, and 4, Chimayo, NM. See above. Request maps, design drawings and general and restoration notes by emailing sfpswcd@gmail.com  !!NEW!!

!!NEW!! Vote YES  - Mill Levy Ballot Question November 4, 2025. See flyer above. !!NEW!!

!!NEW!! Click Here for the Santa Fe County GIS: Flood Inundation Mapping for SF-P SWCD-owned Santa Cruz Dam Sites 1, 2G, 3, 3A, 4, 5, and 6.

 If you are a resident of the Rio Santa Cruz Corridor in Santa Fe or Rio Arriba Counties, please sign up for emergency alert notifications to assist with your safety in the event of a dam breach.

 Alert Santa Fe Emergency Alerts;

 Rio Arriba County Emergency Services Alert System !!NEW!!

May 2021 Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in New Mexico and the Santa Fe-Pojoaque Soil and Water Conservation District (SFPSWCD) have developed the Santa Cruz River Watershed Dam Site #1 – Final Supplemental Watershed Plan No. 4-Environmental Assessment.  The purpose of the action is to provide continued flood protection (flood damage reduction) preventing runoff, erosion, and sediment damages in the currently protected area downstream of the dam up to the 100-year event, and to meet current State of New Mexico and NRCS engineering safety standards. There is a need for continued protection to land (farms, ranches and non-ag land), homes, businesses, roads and other community infrastructure, from flooding related damages. The FONSI document is uploaded below.

New Mexico NRCS Watershed Rehabilitation Program: Info on the rehabilitation of Santa Cruz Dam Site 1.

Also below are FAQs about forming a watershed district.

News articles links from the Santa Fe Reporter and the Santa Fe New Mexican on the Leonora Curtin Wetlands Restoration Project.