"Action Messages" is the place to find those national and state items that need to be brought to the attention of Districts and their Partners for possible ACTION. There are Action Messages presented below:
ACTION MESSAGES
ACTION MESSAGE 1:
Leopold Conservation Award
New Mexico 2024 Call for Applications
Deadline: May 15, 2024
ACTION MESSAGE 2:
NM Forestry Division
Accepting Year-Round Applications for
Invasive Plant Program Grant Proposals
NMACD Recent News
Agua es Crítica: A SYMPOSIA PANEL SERIES
ON WATER POLICY IN NEW MEXICO
** Events scheduled through September 2024 **
Pilot Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund
Grants for SWCDs and Watershed Districts
Deadline: Noon (12:00) MST, Friday, May 3, 2024
DISTRICT & REGIONS
Region Meeting Reports, Annual Reports and District Newsletters
If you have any District or Region News items or Events you would like to have highlighted, please contact Linda Hood (Linda.Hood@q.com) or (505) 681-9675.
NMACD RECOGNITION
CONGRATULATIONS
NMACD's 2023 Outstanding SWCD
Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District
Outstanding Land Stewardship Award
Nominated by DeBaca Soil and Water Conservation District for their many examples of progressive efforts to improve their land and illustrate to others the things that can be done to better conserve the land and serve the public.
CONGRATULATIONS, David & Mary Lucero!
Toby & Kinberly Bostwick
Nominated by Christi Windham and the Central Curry Soil and Water Conservation District
FIRST EVER
PATHBREAKING CONSERVATION AWARD
Outstanding Friend of Conservation Award
Their commitment to a better way of making farming both profitable, sustainable, and fulfilling for generations to come is worthy of this award.
Congratulations to Toby & Kimberly Bostwick!
Tierra y Montes and Western Mora SWCDs
for their pioneering efforts toward the restoration and recovery following the Hermit Peak/Calf Canyon Fires
CONGRATULATIONS
The 77th NMACD Annual Conference hosted by Region 2 was held in Albuquerque
November 6-8th, 2023. The following awards were given during the meeting. CONGRATULATIONS to all deserving recipients!! We are very proud of you.
NMACD 2023 OUTSTANDING LAND STEWARDSHIP:
DAVID & MARY DURAN, DE BACA SWCD
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NMACD 2023 OUTSTANDING FRIEND
OF CONSERVATION:
TOBY & KIMBERLY BOSTWICK, CENTRAL CURRY SWCD
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NMACD 2023 PATHBREAKING CONSERVATION AWARD:
Tierra y Montes and Western Mora SWCDs
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NMACD 2023 OUTSTANDING DISTRICT:
VALENCIA SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Supervisors: Abel Camarena, Chairman
Teresa Smith de Cherif, Vice Chair
Duana Draszkiewicz, Treasurer
Gail Goodman, Supervisor
Priscilla Abeita
Richard Bonine
Pam Cordova, Interim
District Manager: Andrew Hautzinger
Conservation Program Mgr.: Johnny Chavez
Business Manager: Megan McCready
Education Program Mgr.: Laura McCann
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NACD NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
NACD CELEBRATES 77 YEARS! Feb. 2023
The National Association of Conservation Districts is the non-profit organization that represents the nation's 3,000 plus conservation districts, their state associations and the 17,000 men and women who serve on their governing boards. For more than 70 years, local conservation districts have worked with cooperating landowners and managers of private working lands to help them plan and apply effective conservation practices. For more information about NACD, visit: www.nacdnet.org.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS - Click on NACD
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What amazing resources we have at our fingertips through NACD. They are only a click away. For example, click on any of the links below.
Perhaps you are interested in the NACD District Guides? Take a look.
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There are four publications linked below. Just look below for a quick synopsis of each of the four. If you click on the NACD Publications link above, you can also subscribe to any of these.
eResource is an electronic collection of weekly news briefs sent to our members and partners every Tuesday.
NACD’s quarterly print and electronic publication – The Resource – provides in-depth coverage of the association’s recent activities and features columns.
Forestry Notes is an electronic, monthly publication funded through a cooperative agreement between NACD and the U.S. Forest Service.
Conservation Clips are a weekly round-up of the latest conservation news affecting our members and partners.