Thursday January 14 6:00 – 7:30 pm Online via Zoom or phone CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND RECEIVE CALL-IN DETAILS: https://forms.gle/CATcQwrvRJ1kqyU88 Join the New Mexico Acequia Association and New Mexico State University for a workshop connecting communities with acequia research to … Continued
Thank you to everyone who submitted fantastic art, photography, videos and poetry to the 2020 Acequia Art and Photo Contest! Special thanks go to the students from Peñasco Elementary, Middle and High School who joined the contest as part of … Continued
The NMAA is pleased to announce our Acequia Farmer and Rancher Outreach project which is a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide support to farmers and ranchers with their operations; provide training workshops to new … Continued
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 7, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT Paula Garcia, Executive Director, lamorena@lasacequias.org, 505-231-7752 Emily Arasim, Communications Coordinator, emily@lasacequias.org Acequias Gather in Response to Climate Change and Pandemic, Senator-Elect Ben Ray Lujan to Speak (Santa Fe, NM) – The first ever … Continued
NMAA is pleased to announce that we will be starting the fifth year of our Farmer-to-Farmer training program, Los Sembradores in 2021! The program uses a hands-on approach and a 18-point curriculum created by our partners at ASFC, based on … Continued
Many acequias are holding their annual meetings this Fall and have time-sensitive issues – including elections – that need to be addressed. NMAA is providing some basic guidance to acequias for how to address the need for annual meetings and … Continued
2020 ACEQUIA ART AND PHOTO CONTEST – SUBMISSIONS DUE NOVEMBER 30th! Submit your photos and art to the 2020 NMAA Acequia Art & Photo Contest and show us what acequia culture means to YOU! Prizes for ADULTS (19 years and … Continued
You are invited to join us for ‘Vamos a Guardar la Cosecha: Food Preservation with the Acequia Harvest‘ – the fifth gathering in our series of seasonal garden pláticas! ** Thursday September 3rd from 6:00-7:30 pm ** CLICK HERE TO … Continued
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Contacts Rachel Conn, Projects Director, Amigos Bravos, 575.770.8327 Charles de Saillan, Staff Attorney, NMELC, 505.819.9058 Paula Garcia, Executive Director, New Mexico Acequia Association, 505.231.7752 Allyson Siwik, Executive Director, Gila Resources Information Project, 575.590.7619 New … Continued
Just as acequias were preparing in March for the annual ritual of sacando la acequia, or the acequia spring cleaning, in addition to annual membership meetings, the spread of Covid-19 caused the state to issue a public health order. The … Continued