Mosca-Hooper Conservation District will be meeting on December 9th at 6:00 pm both in person at the NRCS office (101 S. Craft Alamosa 81101) and on Zoom to discuss regular business topics and to review and adopt the 2025 Budget.
Citizens are encouraged to attend and offer feedback. For the Zoom link, please send an
email to moscahoopercd1@gmail.com
We can manage ag stress better together. Join us for our Managing Ag Stress Together Workshop on Monday, November 4th from 5:30-7:30 pm at the Ski Hi Complex (2335 Sherman Ave, Monte Vista).
RSVPs are appreciated. Call Jennifer or Larry at the SLV Area Extension Office, 719-852-7381.
SLV Farmer-to-Farmer Field Day on Saturday, August 24th from 8:30am-3:00pm. Visit local farmer and learn more about their sustainable farming/ranching practices. Mosca-Hooper is also partnering up with Center Conservation District and Rio Grande Conservation District for a Soil and Water Connection Workshop with Annie Overlin on Friday, August 23rd from 6:00-8:00pm. Be sure to RSVP for the Friday workshop, Saturday Field Day, or attend both.
Mosca-Hooper Conservation District is Seeking District Supervisors
Want to learn more about composting? Check out these YouTube videos about Soil Conservation and Composting!
Mike Mitchell Farms was selected as Conservationist of the Year by the Rio Grande Watershed Association of Conservation Districts which includes Rio Grande, Center, Conejos County, Costilla and Mosca-Hooper Conservation Districts.
The Colorado State Conservation Board announced the award of a $20,000 matching grant to Mosca- Hooper Conservation District to support the Aquifer Recovery/Future of Ag in the San Luis Valley Field and Soil Observations: Fungal Rich Compost in 2020. We were able to leverage matching funds recently received from the New Belgium Family Foundation, Community Foundation for San Benito County, Calhoun/Christiano Fund as part of the match for this particular grant. The focus of of this next phase grant in 2020, will be to collect and correlate data where fungal rich compost has been
As part of its mission, Mosca-Hooper Conservation District is highlighting on its website and newsletter, farms within its territory currently utilizing soil and water conservation practices and technologies.The following is the result of an interview conducted by District Supervisor Bob Rice with Brian Brownell and Anna Osterhout.
Zapata Seed Company
The Mosca-Hooper Conservation District has been awarded grant funding to assist with its multi-faceted ,project ,to support Aquifer Recovery and the Future of Agriculture in the San Luis Valley.
The Mosca-Hooper Conservation District has been awarded a $43,000 grant from the Rio Grande Basin Account of the Colorado Water Conservation Board to expand upon the San Luis Valley Recharge Optimization Pilot Project, a hydrogeology study to inform site-specific groundwater recharge potential in the San Luis Valley.
Grant funds from MillerCoors in the amount of $10,000 and from the Colorado State Conservation Board in the amount of $20,265 have been previously awarded to allow this project to begin in spring 2019.