News - Events & Weather

 

Upcoming Meetings, Hearings, Conferences,
Workshops, etc.

Hearings: Navajo Inter se hearing – December 14, 9:00 am – Eleventh Judicial Court in Aztec.

News:

Events:

• The Hammond Conservancy District Board of Directors meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the District office – 790 CR 4990, Bloomfield, NM. All landowners and interested persons are welcome. If you have a specific issue, please call prior to the meeting so you can be added to the agenda.

Upcoming Events (NM and CO)

January 8, 2012. Northern New Mexico Stockmen’s Association – Taos, NM. Call 505-247-0584 for more info.

January 23-24, 2012. New Mexico Crop Production Association Annual Conference – Ruidoso, NM. Contact local Coop. Ext. Office (Aztec) for more info. 505-334-9496.

January 24, 2012. Navajo Reservoir Operation Meeting. Farmington Civic Center, 200 West Arrington St. at 1:00 p.m.
For more info. Including minutes from last meeting, go to: http://www.usbr.gov/uc/wcao/water/rsvrs/mtgs/nmcurrnt.html


January 25-27, 2012.
New Mexico Hay Growers Association Conference – Ruidoso, NM. Contact (575) 626-5677 for more info.

February 2-3, 2012. Think Trees Conference – Albuquerque, NM. Register on-line at: http://thinktreesnm.org/register/ or call 505-243-1386.

February 6-7, 2012. New Mexico Chile Conference – Las Cruces, NM. Register on-line at: http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/conferences.php or call 575-646-3028.

February 16, 2012. Pesticide Applicator Training Workshop – Farmington, NM. Contact local Coop. Ext. Office (Aztec) for more info. 505-334-9496.

February 17 – 18, 2012: New Mexico Organic Farming Conference – Marriot Albuquerque. Call Le at 505-473-1004 ext. 10; or Joanie at 505-889-9921 for more info.

February 23-26. 17th Water Conservation Conference (2/23 – 24) & Xeriscape Expo (2/25 – 26) – Albuquerque, NM. See http://www.xeriscapenm.com/ for more information and registration.

March 1 – 3, 2012. Vine and Wine Conference – Albuquerque. See http://vineandwine.org/NewSite/currentconferenceinfo.htm for more info. Phone 866-494-6366 (NM Wine Growers Assoc.).

June 7 – 8, 2012. New Mexico Master Gardener Conference – Las Cruces, NM. Call 575-382-7478 for more info.


Upcoming Farm and Water Related Events in or near San Juan County, NM

Navajo Dam Operations: Next meeting: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 1:00 at the Farmington Civic Center (200 West Arrington Street)

To view proceedings from last meeting (August 30, 2011), click on: http://www.usbr.gov/uc/wcao/water/rsvrs/mtgs/nmcurrnt.html

February 16, 2012. Pesticide Applicator Training Workshop – Farmington, NM. Contact local Coop. Ext. Office (Aztec) for more info. 505-334-9496.

For agriculture-related events in San Juan County contact the Cooperative Extension Office in Aztec at 334-9496.

 

For other CEU workshops throughout the US see the NMDA listing at:

http://nmdaweb.nmsu.edu/pesticides/CEU%20Workshops.html

For farm related events outside of the Four Corners area, click on: http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/index.php
and... http://www.sare.org/events/show_events.asp

  • See also the Water Information Program web page: http://www.waterinfo.org/index.htm for more events and interesting press releases related to San Juan and Colorado River issues.


Weather:

  • To see how much rain has fallen at a site near West Hammond Road (CR 5500) southwest of Bloomfield go to: CoCoRaHS - Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network. Then click on ‘View Data’ at top of page. To view overnight rainfall from several cities within New Mexico, click on ‘Daily Precipitation Reports’. There are presently 4 sites in San Juan County that regularly measure and record rainfall. You’ll have to go to Page 2 to see these sites. The one located on the HCD is labeled ‘NM-SJ-3’. To view only data from this site, click on ‘Station Precipitation Summary Report’ and then enter ‘NM-SJ-3’ in the first open box at top of page and click on ‘Get Summary’. You can enter any range of dates in the boxes at top of the page.

 

 














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