NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Small Farmer/Rancher Initiatives New Mexico Small Farmer/Rancher Initiatives New Mexico

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO New Mexico Diversity Native New Mexican Original Spaniards Mexican Descendants 18 Pueblos and 4 Tribes Intermingled Land-ownerships Approximately 30% Federal Land New Mexico Diversity Native New Mexican Original Spaniards Mexican Descendants 18 Pueblos and 4 Tribes Intermingled Land-ownerships Approximately 30% Federal Land

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO NRCS – Program Management State Technical Committee 36 Local Work Groups 47 Conservation Districts NRCS – Program Management State Technical Committee 36 Local Work Groups 47 Conservation Districts

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Fund Allocation to Local Work Groups Based on Resource Needs Fund Allocation to Local Work Groups Based on Resource Needs

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Local Work Groups Identify and Make Recommendations on Issues to be Funded, Cost Share Percentages

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO State Set Aside Funds Tribal Issue (22 Tribes & Pueblos in New Mexico CNMP’s Private/Federal Grazing Lands Cooperative Initiative State Set Aside Funds Tribal Issue (22 Tribes & Pueblos in New Mexico CNMP’s Private/Federal Grazing Lands Cooperative Initiative

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Plus Watershed/Landscape Scale Projects

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Small Farmers Initiative 2006/2007 Income Limitation < $50,000 Contract Size (Acreage) Limitation Contract Amount – Normally $10,000 Small Farmers Initiative 2006/2007 Income Limitation < $50,000 Contract Size (Acreage) Limitation Contract Amount – Normally $10,000

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Technical Initatives – Sponsored by NMACD/NRCS/Extension Riparian Restoration Workshops – 2008 Irrigation Water Management – 2009 Technical Initatives – Sponsored by NMACD/NRCS/Extension Riparian Restoration Workshops – 2008 Irrigation Water Management – 2009

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO SWCD – Small Acreage Initiatives Cost Share Up to $499 for Urban Drip Irrigation Systems Low Flow Water Device Installation Soil Testing SWCD – Small Acreage Initiatives Cost Share Up to $499 for Urban Drip Irrigation Systems Low Flow Water Device Installation Soil Testing

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO SWCD Local Cost Share Programs Cost share up to $3,500 Drip Irrigation systems Windbreaks Small Diversions Water Harvesting Systems Noxious Weeds Brush Control SWCD Local Cost Share Programs Cost share up to $3,500 Drip Irrigation systems Windbreaks Small Diversions Water Harvesting Systems Noxious Weeds Brush Control

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Technical Service Provider Program $500,000 State Funding Matched with NRCS Funds NRCS Provides Office Space and Training Farm Bill Specialists Provide Support for Farm Bill Programs $500,000 State Funding Matched with NRCS Funds NRCS Provides Office Space and Training Farm Bill Specialists Provide Support for Farm Bill Programs NMACD Administers Program Currently 35 Full-Time Employees “As-Needed” Technical Contractors Employees are Hired Locally with SWCD Chair as Supervisor NMACD Administers Program Currently 35 Full-Time Employees “As-Needed” Technical Contractors Employees are Hired Locally with SWCD Chair as Supervisor

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO ACEQUIA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Acequias Somewhat Like Community Ditch Associations Political Subdivisions Very Small Acreage Farmers Cultural Values Sense of Community Acequias Somewhat Like Community Ditch Associations Political Subdivisions Very Small Acreage Farmers Cultural Values Sense of Community Corp of Engineer Funds NM Interstate Streams Funds State Appropriations Improvement of Irrigation Systems Improvement of Farming Practices Corp of Engineer Funds NM Interstate Streams Funds State Appropriations Improvement of Irrigation Systems Improvement of Farming Practices

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Private/Federal Grazing Lands Cooperative Initiative “Restore New Mexico” Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Approximately 1 Million Per Year to Match EQIP Over 850,000 Acres Benefited – 3 Years NMACD Technical Assistance - Contractors NMACD Administers Cost-share Program SWCDs Assist with Local Contracting “Restore New Mexico” Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Approximately 1 Million Per Year to Match EQIP Over 850,000 Acres Benefited – 3 Years NMACD Technical Assistance - Contractors NMACD Administers Cost-share Program SWCDs Assist with Local Contracting

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO Technical Support Partnership Farm Bill Specialists Soil Con Technicians Range Conservationists Irrigation Specialist Civil Engineering Technicians Soil Conservationists Farm Bill Specialists Soil Con Technicians Range Conservationists Irrigation Specialist Civil Engineering Technicians Soil Conservationists “ON DEMAND” Contractors 12 Retired NRCS Employees 8 Retired BLM Employees On Demand Archaeologists “ON DEMAND” Contractors 12 Retired NRCS Employees 8 Retired BLM Employees On Demand Archaeologists

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO IT IS ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS! If you do not care who gets the credit You can all be successful together! If you do not care who gets the credit You can all be successful together!

NMACD-NRCSNEWMEXICO The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.