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Farm Farmington! Community Agriculture

The Farm Farmington! initiative was started in 2017 as part of a National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Urban Agriculture Conservation Grant. The purpose of the project was for San Juan SWCD to provide conservation technical assistance and program support to the current upwelling of community agriculture initiatives in our District, and facilitate the support of urban agriculture in the region.

Produce growing at New Beginnings Community Garden
Produce growing at New Beginnings Community Garden
NBCG Chicken Coop
San Juan College Carpentry Program students and instructors deliver and set up the chicken coop they built for New Beginnings Community Garden as a class project.
Low Cost Home Gardening display
Low Cost Home Gardening Display at Tres Rios Habitat for Humanity Store
Free seed packets at Habitat for Humanity
Low Cost Home Gardening Display at Tres Rios Habitat for Humanity Store
Local Foods Local Places food system mapping
Community members from across the county map our local food system at the Local Foods, Local Places workshop.
Touring raised bed garden at FBC Bloomfield
Touring the raised beds at First Baptist Church Bloomfield's community garden during April 2018 composting workshop
Master Composters Workshops
Attendees at the successful composting workshop we hosted at First Baptist Church-Bloomfield. A Master Composter came up from Bernalillo County (Albuquerque) to give presentations on composting in the desert and improving desert soils.
Building a Compost Bioreactor
Valencia SWCD employee demonstrates how to build a compost bioreactor at First Baptist Church Bloomfield's community garden
Tomatoes and produce from the pocket garden
Produce grown in the pocket garden in downtown Farmington

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Invasive Weed Management

Most people devote a lot of energy to managing weeds, but how do you know if a plant is a weed or not? Most simply, a weed is “a plant in the wrong place” or any plant that doesn’t meet the management goals of the place where it is growing. An invasive weed is one that is non-native and able to establish on many sites, grow quickly, and spread to the point of disrupting plant communities or ecosystems, and a noxious weed is a plant that can directly or indirectly cause damage to crops, livestock, irrigation, navigation, public health, or the environment (USDA-APHIS).

 

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Russian Olive & Salt Cedar Control

Russian olive and tamarisk (salt cedar) are aggressive, invasive trees that infest river banks, use excessive water, compete with native species, and form dense stands prone to wildfire. Removal and management of these trees is essential to maintaining the health of the rivers and land in our district.

San Juan SWCD projects have cleared over 6,000 acres of Russian olive and salt cedar in the past ten years, and have chemically treated over ##00 acres of resprouts. Through funding from NM State Forestry, US Forest Service, the State of New Mexico, and San Juan County, our projects have removed hazardous fuels for 110 private landowners, and have cleared firebreaks and improved river access for Farmington, Aztec, Bloomfield, San Juan County, Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area, Navajo Lake State Park, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Navajo Nation.

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Slideshow based on old site – https://web.archive.org/web/20180403044222/http://www.sanjuanswcd.com/programs/russian-olive-salt-cedar-removal/