Andrew Hautzinger Archives - Valencia County News-Bulletin

An exit interview with Allison Martin

by Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Jun 23, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0

Soil & Water Conservation As we all rejoice in the scattered rains of the last week, today I...

Whitfield just burned; does RACA have to be next?

by Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | May 19, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0

On April 11, 2022, the Big Hole Fire burned 904 acres of land along the floodplain of the Middle...

Big Hole Fire devastates conservation area

by Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | Apr 21, 2022 | News, Top Stories | 0

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.

Spring, Earth Day and You

by Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Mar 24, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0

As we have now sprung our clocks forward (mayhap for the last time?), my thoughts turn to this...

The magic of mulching

by Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | Mar 3, 2022 | News | 0

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.

The dirt on keeping our soil healthy

by Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Feb 24, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0

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.