Whitfield: Past to Present
soil & water conservation Hello! My name is Johnny Chavez, and I am the conservation manager...
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Tag: Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District
Community DataBank: Local Government Meetings
(Editor’s Note: The following agendas should be considered draft agendas until 72 hours prior to...
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Community DataBank: Local Government Meetings (Jan. 12)
(Editor’s Note: The following agendas should be considered draft agendas until 72 hours prior...
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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),...
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Our legacies built on traditions
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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Moya remembered for his passion
A father figure to many in the community, Joseph Moya spent decades teaching agriculture at Belen middle and high schools. His death on Monday, Oct. 3, was felt by many.
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Soil and water conservation: Autumn colors arrive early at Whitfield
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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DataBank: Local Government Meetings (Sept. 22)
(Editor’s Note: The following agendas should be considered draft agendas until 72 hours prior to...
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Greeting from Valencia Soil & Water Conservation’s new environmental educator
Soil & Water Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved to roam along the creek behind her...
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An exit interview with Allison Martin
Soil & Water Conservation As we all rejoice in the scattered rains of the last week, today I...
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Big Hole Fire devastates conservation area
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.
Soil and water conservation: Whitfield will rise again
(Editor’s note: The district’s public listening session to envision the transition of...
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