State - NM Dept. of Ag.; NM Soil and Water Conservation Commission

New Mexico Department of Agriculture     SWCD District Act link NMDA SWCD References and Resources Jeff Witte, Secretary of Agriculture/NMDA Director, 575-646-3007 Julie Maitland, NMDA Division Director, Ag. Programs & Resources, 575-646-2642     P. O. Box 30005 APR, Las Cruces, NM 88003, Fax:  575-646-1540 Tiffany Rivera, Government & Legislative Reglations, trivera@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-5854 Patricia Depner, Program Coordinator,  pdepner@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-2642 JoAnne Contaldo, Program Coordinator, jcontaldo@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-1091 NMDA S&W Conservation Specialists:     Dean Bruce, dbruce@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-760-4626     Kathryn "Katie" Kruthaupt, kkruthaupt@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-2006     Katie Mechenbier, kmechenbier@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-642-4545     Jim Wanstall, and Noxious Weed Specialist, JWanstall@nmda.nmsu.edu, 505-565-4224      NMDA Natural Resource Policy and Planning Analysts:     Lacy Levine, llevine@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-8024     Ryan Ward, rward@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-2670     Marshal Wilson, mwilson@nmda.nmsu.edu, 575-646-4941   New Mexico Soil and Water Conservation Commission                   The New Mexico Soil and Water Conservation Commission serves as the state entity providing guidance and policy direction to the local Soil and Water Conservation Districts.  Commission members include:   Region Represented                                Name                                 Home District Region 1                                                       J. Steven Glass                   Ciudad SWCD Region 2                                                      Jose Varela-Lopez*            Santa Fe-Pojoaque SWCD Region 3 and Chair                                   Dusty Hunt                          Grant SWCD Region 4                                                      Gabe Estrada*                     Tierra y Montes SWCD Region 5                                                      Tom Sidwell                         Southwest Quay SWCD Region 6 and Vice Chair                          John Norris                          Lea SWCD At-Large                                                      Cyle Sharp*                          Central Curry SWCD *Missing in above picture of Commission members during an October 2018 meeting.   Ex-Officio (non-voting ) Members Governor of New Mexico                             Susana Martinez      W: 505-827-3000        State Capitol 4th Floor                                                                                                                gov@gov.state.nm.us    Santa Fe, NM  87503   Designee, NMSU                                           Jeff Witte                  W: 575-646-5063          P.O. Box 30005, MSC DIR                                                                                                      nmagsec@nmda.nmsu.edu   Las Cruces, NM 88003   NMACD President                                        Jim Berlier                 H:505-384-2543           P. O. Box 194                                                                                                                    C:505-705-3333             Estancia, NM 87016                                                                                                                    berlierranch@gmail.com   State Conservationist, NRCS                     Xavier Montoya      W: 505-761-4401            6200 Jefferson NE                                                                                                   Xavier.Montoya@nm.usda.gov  Albuquerque, NM 87109   Associate Dean & Director,                        Jon Boren                   W:575-646-3015             P.O. Box 30003, MSC3AE Cooperative Extension Service                                                        jboren@nmsu.edu          Las Cruces, NM 88003   Associate Dean & Director,                        David Thompson       W:575-646-3125            P.O. Box 30003, MSC3AE Agricultural Experiment Station                                                      dathomps@nmsu.edu Las Cruces, NM 88003