2018 SWCS International Annual Conference July 29-August 1, 2018 Albuquerque Convention Center

2. East Rio Arriba Soil and Water Conservation
District is adapting to a changing climate using a
3-pronged approach.
1. Preservation of our acequia infrastructure for efficient water use.
2. Providing our farmers and ranchers the tools necessary to sustain
agriculture in our SWCD.
3. Rio Chama Watershed improvement projects.

3. Preservation of our acequia infrastructure for
efficient water use.
I. Acequia Cost Share Program-East Rio Arriba SWCD
II. YCC Mapping Project-East Rio Arriba SWCD
III. Acequia RCPP (Resource Conservation Partnership Program) in
conjunction with NRCS, NM Association of Conservation Districts,
NM Interstate Stream Commission and NM Acequia Association

5. Since the Acequia Cost Share
Program began in 2010 the
program has assisted over 257
landowners with
reimbursements totaling
$572,205.31

9. Topographic maps
are included in all
Acequia reports and
how the surrounding
formation of the
land.
Location Maps
are used to show
the area of the
Acequia and
other locations
such as the
easement road.
Inventory maps depict
points taken along the
Acequia and their
corresponding
descriptions.

10. Since the East Rio
Arriba SWCD YCC
Acequia Mapping
Project began in
2014, the YCC Crew
has inventoried and
mapped 44 acequias
within the district.

11. Acequia RCPP
(Resource Conservation Partnership Program)
THE NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
BECAME THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF A NATIONAL RCPP PILOT PROGRAM TO
EXPERIMENT WITH AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING AGREEMENT.
PILOT PROJECT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT HAS BEEN
INCORPORATED INTO THE UPCOMING FARM BILL. ACEQUIAS WILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR EQIP FUNDS.
East Rio Arriba SWCD assists local acequias participating in the Acequia RCPP with
financial needs.

12. Providing our farmers and ranchers tools
necessary to sustain agriculture in our SWCD.
I. Noxious Weed Program
II. Farm Equipment Rentals
III. Soil Health Workshop
IV. Soil Testing

13. Noxious Weed Program
Program funding supplemented by a $20,000.00
State Forestry Noxious Weed Grant
2017:
Assisted 30 landowners with a combined total of
400 acres.
Northern New Mexico Cooperative Weed
Management Area

14. FARM EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL:
BORDER DISKS NO-TILL DRILL MANURE/FERTILIZER SPREADER
POWER TILLER CULTIVATOR SEED & FERTILIZER SPREADER
BOX LEVELER ROCK RAKE GRASS DRILL
BRUSH MOWER

15. Soil Health Workshops
Past Workshops:
• Soil Quality Workshop (2013)
• Soil, Water, and Plant Workshop (2010)
ERASWCD is planning another
Soil Health Workshop in the Fall of
2018.

17. Rio Chama Watershed Improvement Projects
I. San Juan/Rio Chama Resiliency RCPP- $3.2 million
I. Forest stand improvement
II. Brush management
III. Stream & fish habitat improvement
IV. Stream & shoreline improvement
V. Cropland, grassland, rangeland, pastureland
II. NM Water Trust Board Watershed Grant- $1 million
III. Greater Rio Grande Watershed District Funds- $40K

18. SAN JUAN/RIO CHAMA RCPP
Through a partner effort, the Rural
Conservation Partners Program (RCPP) grant
"Building Resiliency in the San Juan - Rio
Chama Region" was recently approved for
$3.25 million in funding. The New Mexico
Water Trust Board provided an additional $1
million.
This grant is a collaborative
project to implement on-the-ground
conservation practices on forest,
range, and irrigated lands across a
large region of northern New Mexico
and southern Colorado, including the
Alliance region.

19. Greater Rio Grande
Watershed District
Funds

20. PARTNERING BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS
THE KEY TO SUCCESS!
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