Soil health related events in New Mexico and online. Contact us if you’d like your event listed!

Why Agroforestry in a Warming World
Join Katherine for an insightful session on the climate challenges facing the Southwest and the role of agroforestry in building resilient agricultural landscapes. In this session, we will learn about innovative agroforestry applications in the Southwest that not only help mitigate climate change, but that also help farms and ranches adapt to the effects of climate change.
Wednesday January 8, 2025
10 am MT
Online
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Range Monitoring for Small Ranchers
Hosted by the Southwest Drought Learning Network. Meet Our Speakers:
• Jim Armendariz -NM State Rangeland Management
Specialist for the Natural
Resources Conservation Service. Will present on range monitoring techniques as they pertain to small ranchers.
• Tom Sidwell -Longtime rancher & one half of JX Ranch. Will discuss the range monitoring
techniques he implements on his ranch, and how the information helps to inform his management.
• Casey Spackman -Extension Range Management
Specialist at New Mexico State University. Will present on Rangeland Data Analysis & Records (RaDAR), a program that empowers land stewards to make data-driven management decisions.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
4 pm MT
Online
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Restoration can further equality: integrating environmental justice, the human hierarchy of needs, and the breath of life into restoration.
Learn how integrating environmental justice with ecocultural restoration can lead to more sustainable, equitable, and enduring restoration outcomes.
Wednesday January 15, 2025
9 am MT
Online
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Applying for a Healthy Soil Program grant as an ELIGIBLE ENTITY
This webinar is exclusively for ELIGIBLE ENTITIES applying for NMDA’s Healthy Soil Program grants. Eligible Entities include New Mexico’s pueblos, tribes, and nations; acequias; land grants; soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs); NMSU—Cooperative Extension Service; and other “local governmental entit[ies] with proven land management capacity to support healthy soil”. Learn more about NMDA’s Healthy Soil Program
Thursday January 23, 2025
10:00 AM
Online
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Applying for a Healthy Soil Program grant as an INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT
This webinar is exclusively for INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS applying for NMDA’s Healthy Soil Program grants. Individual Applicants are individuals, businesses, and nonprofits directly engaged in farming, ranching, and/or other forms of land management in New Mexico. Learn more about NMDA’s Healthy Soil Program
Thursday January 23, 2025
3:00 PM
Online
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Native Lands Stewardship Webinar Series
Produced by the First Nations Development Institute, this series is intended for natural resource professionals, particularly those working on Tribal lands, and others interested in learning innovative approaches to ecological stewardship.
Ongoing
→ Check the website for upcoming webinars!
Monthly NM Tribal Weather Outlook
NM State Climatologist Dave DuBois provides information on current and upcoming weather and climate conditions on tribal lands in New Mexico. General weather updates for the entire state will also be shared.
Ongoing
→ Register for the monthly webinar here
Understanding Ag Webinars
Understanding Ag is partnering with Soil Health Academy to bring you a series of mostly free webinars, featuring regenerative pioneers such as Gabe Brown, Shane New, Allen Williams and Ray Archuleta and guest speakers. You can also watch recordings of past webinars.
Ongoing
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Rodale Institute Webinars
Rodale Institute offers an ongoing webinar series, many of them for free. View and register for upcoming broadcasts or check out the extensive archive of previous webinars to watch at your convenience.
Ongoing
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Land and Leadership Initiative Webinars
All of the Land and Leadership Initiative’s past webinars are now available for FREE (though if you can afford to pay, please do.) You will have to register in order to watch these webinars.
Ongoing
→ View past and upcoming courses
Webinars from Green Cover Seed
Recordings of past webinars and updated information on live webinars presented by Green Cover Seed. Topics range from “Start with the Soil”, “Learn from Experts”, “Learn from Others”, to “Livestock Feed Soils” and “Reduce your Inputs”.
Ongoing
→ View upcoming and past webinars