As one year closes, another opens with promise
Oh, 2022 where hath thee gone? As I get older (I’m in the middle of my 57th trip around the sun),...
Read Moreby Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Dec 29, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0
Oh, 2022 where hath thee gone? As I get older (I’m in the middle of my 57th trip around the sun),...
Read Moreby Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Oct 27, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0
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.
Read Moreby Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Sep 22, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0
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.
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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.
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...
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Jan 27, 2022 | Columns, Opinion | 0
The Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District is dedicated to working with all communities in...
Read Moreby Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Dec 30, 2021 | Columns, Opinion | 0
With the end of the year upon us, many of us find ourselves reflecting on the year gone by....
Read Moreby Andrew Hautzinger, guest columnist | Oct 28, 2021 | Columns, Opinion | 0
As we all witness the seasonal shift to fall, seeing our valley alight with autumnal reds and...
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