News, events and weather for the Hammond Conservancy District

News - Events & Weather

Hammond Conservancy District

Upcoming Meetings, Hearings, Conferences,
Workshops, etc.

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

Navajo Unit Operation Coordination Meeting

Farmington, NM at Civic Center, 200 West Arrington

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Contact: Pat Page, 970-385-6560; ppage@usbr.gov

Pesticide Applicators Workshop

Farmington, NM (probably at McGee Park)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Contact: Lonnie Mathews, 575-646-1822; lomathew@nmsu.edu

NM Organic Farming Conference

Friday & Saturday, February 19 – 20 (7:30 am to 5:00 pm both days)

Albuquerque, NM – Marriot Pyramid North, 5151 San Francisco Road, NE

Contact: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=798533

Or phone: 505-473-1004

Farmers Market Workshop

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Farmington, NM

For more information contact:

Michael Patrick, NMSU – CES: jmpat@nmsu.edu

Anil Rupasingha, NMSU – CES anilr@nmsu.edu

Rosanne Lehman, NMSU: phone: (575) 646-3215

For other 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:

For local current Bloomfield weather and forecast see: Bloomfield, New Mexico (87413) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground.
For a 2007 precipitation summary at the site referred to above click here: 2007 Precipitation (PDF)

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.