Our district plans to rebuild the preserve with climate-adapted plant selections in a manner that reduces the likelihood of another catastrophic fire, while being resilient in the face of our changing climate.
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We doubly value those who still work the land as a time-honored tradition, especially as there are many reasons younger generations are choosing not to farm.
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Oh, 2022 where hath thee gone? As I get older (I’m in the middle of my 57th trip around the sun),...
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With Joseph’s recent passing, I reflect on how he represented an old-world fellow, polite and respectful, who walked the difficult line between being a man of his times (one of the first to laser-level his farm fields) and one who honored the cultural traditions of the Rio Grande Valley that the Moya family long ago made their home.
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About mid-July we noted leaves on a few of the recovering trees going from the typical dark shades of green to lighter colors, even yellowing a bit. Gradually, these yellowed leaves turned brown and then dropped to the ground.
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Soil & Water Conservation As we all rejoice in the scattered rains of the last week, today I...
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On April 11, 2022, the Big Hole Fire burned 904 acres of land along the floodplain of the Middle...
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Cause of blaze still under investigation; county-wide burn ban enacted
Nearly two decades of restoration and protection of a local wildlife conservation area has gone up in smoke as a bosque fire tore through Valencia County last week.
As we have now sprung our clocks forward (mayhap for the last time?), my thoughts turn to this...
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The nearly day-long event started at the community garden at El Cerro Community Center, where the group knocked out a sheet mulching project that will smother unwanted weeds and improve the soil as the components break down.
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In the natural environment, plants form relationships with soil microbes to obtain nutrients, water and protection against pathogens. In return, plants provide the microbes — and us — with food. This is the wonder of healthy soils.
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The Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District is dedicated to working with all communities in...
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Community DataBank: Local Government Meetings
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