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 Image4.jpg (339574 bytes) Image5.jpg (23568 bytes) Thematic_3.jpg (251000 bytes)  Welcome to the 

Regional Precision Farming Pilot Project Web Page!

Southern New Mexico growers are interested in applying the latest technologies and time-proven agricultural principles to our agricultural lands.

Mission Statement

The pilot project will apply existing technologies, and beneficial new methods, to advance the implementation of water conservation, water quality enhancement, soil conservation and soil quality enhancement. Natural resource conservation and enhancement are the emphasis and technology is a tool to achieve these goals (not technology for technology’s sake). A multi-lingual Educational Outreach Program that educates people through multi-media seminars, workshops, conferences, and individual or group training sessions on educational/technical materials will also be developed to "get water conservation, water quality enhancement, soil conservation and soil quality enhancement on the ground."

Vision Statement

The project will dramatically enhance water conservation, water quality, soil conservation, and soil quality in the southern region of New Mexico.

Come in and take a look around!

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N Cycle.jpg (193324 bytes) Get into the Holistic Irrigation Technology (HIT) fact sheets and teaching tools created by Rudy Garcia, a Natural Resources Conservation Service Water Quality Specialist, working on a special project funded by the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer.  The fact sheets and teaching tools are used in the educational outreach of the RPFPP, by conservationists, resource managers, growers, university professors and extension agents throughout the United States!
SSTSite.jpg (10894 bytes) Visit our News page to find out about the addition of the Site Specific Technology Development Group (SST) to the project and how they will enhance our ability to serve SWCD's throughout Southern New Mexico!
macfk3ir00614.jpg (157833 bytes) Take a look at the technologies used in our project. Learn a little about how a Geographic Information System (GIS), the Global Positioning System (GPS), in-field data and remote sensing data collection are combined in the project's "scientific visualization program.

Aerial Infrared Image taken by: Dr. Robert Sanderson, New Mexico State University Entomology Dept.
macfk3ndvi00614.jpg (239803 bytes) Color-enhanced Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) image created from the infrared image the next day.

GIS/RS analysis by: Christina Kulas at the La Union SWCD Information Lab in the USDA Service Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Contact Information

Telephone
505-522-8775
FAX
505-521-3905
Postal address
La Union Soil & Water Conservation District
2507 N. Telshor, Ste#1, Las Cruces, NM 88011
Electronic mail
General Information: LaUnion@zianet.com
Webmaster: LaUnion@zianet.com

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Note: Technical Questions may possibly be quickly answered by contacting USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Conservationists:

Holistic Irrigation Technology (HIT) Rudy Garcia, Soil Conservationist (Water Quality),  rgarcia@nm.nrcs.usda.gov or call: (505) 522-8775, ext. 116

Remote Sensing & GIS Technology Dave Christenson, Soil Conservationist (Remote Sensing), dchriste@nm.nrcs.usda.gov or call: (505) 522-8775, ext. 115

Send mail to LaUnion@zianet.com with questions or comments about this web site.
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Last modified: August 31, 2000