Southwest Region

Executive Board Member: Josh Smith, Las Cruces, NM
Region Chair: Frank Krentz, Douglas AZ
NACD Staff, Southwest Region Representative: Desiree Van Dyke

National Conservation District Employees Association (NCDEA) Southwest Region Representative: Tanya Fell, Wray, CO
National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA) Region Director: Miles Mitchell, NM

Technical Assistance Grants:

• To be featured as TA Grant success story, submit information to Desiree Van Dyke, desiree-vandyke[at]nacdnet.org.
• For a map of all TA grantees across the region and country, visit the Technical Assistance Grants page.

Southwest Region Outreach Training Series:

• Session 1: Turning Technical Assistance and Best Management Practices into Meaningful Stories
• Session 2: Communicating Your Unique Value
• Session 3: Effective Communication with Policy and Decision-Makers
• Session 4: Capturing Video on Your Phone
• Session 5: Leveraging Social Media

Past Southwest Region Newsletters: 

• • April ’21
  • May ’21
  • July ’21
  • August ’21
  • September ’21
  • October ’21
  • December ’21
  • March ’22
  • June ’22
  • September ’22
  • December ’22
  • October ’23
  • March ’24
  • February ’25

Southwest Region Conservation District Sharing Sessions: 

• • August ’22 – Roosevelt SWCD Cloud Seeding Project 
  • December ’22 –Sublette County CD Landscape Scale Management Projects
  • March ’24 – Clear Creek CD Russian Olive Removal Project and Watershed Model Development
  • November ’24 – Sharing Session with NACD Leadership

Please send any resources, job posts, events, blogs, news to share, questions, comments, etc. to Desiree Van Dyke, desiree-vandyke[at]nacdnet.org.

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