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I earned an MS in Environmental Biology from NM State University in 1976.  After spending ten years in university research, I held environmental compliance positions with local government agencies in the middle Rio Grande Valley for 23 years until my retirement in 2011. I was first elected to the Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors in 2003, and have served as Chairman for twenty of my twenty-three years on the Board. In recognition of my life-long commitment to natural resources conservation, I have also been appointed to the NM Water Quality Control Commission (2003-2013), the Water Protection Advisory Board (2012-2024), the Mid-Region Council of Governments Water Resources Board (2012-present) and the NM Soil and Water Conservation Commission (2014-present). My experience serving on nonprofit Boards includes the Open Space Alliance (2011-present), Environmental Education of New Mexico (2018-2024), Cancer Services of New Mexico (2020-present) and the Bosque Ecological Monitoring Program (2021-present). I also joined the part-time faculty at Central New Mexico Community College in 2010 and I continue teaching classes in biology and environmental science. I'm the proud father of three children and grandfather of seven grandchildren, and I own a small property in northeast Albuquerque where I reside. 

Where do Ciudad SWCD programs help our constituents?

South Valley

• Healthy Soils Program grants sponsorship

• Grow the Grower Program in collaboration with Bernalillo County Open Space

• Support for the Friends of Valle de Oro Backyard Refuge Program

North Valley

• Healthy Soils Program grants sponsorship

• Candelaria Nature Preserve management in collaboration with Albuquerque Open Space

East Mountains

• Bi-annual Green Waste Days in collaboration with Bernalillo County

• Forest thinning cost-share program for public and private landowners

• Free reflective house numbers program in collaboration with Bernalillo County

• Wildfire preparedness and defensible space education

Westside

• Arroyo Classroom 3rd grade in-class arroyo safety program

• Watershed Stewards senior education and engagement program

Bosque

• Invasive plants removal and native plants restoration

• Participation in Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program

District-wide

• RiverXchange 5th grade in-class/field trip education program

• Rolling Rivers watershed education demonstration trailer

• Residential rainwater harvesting education in collaboration with Bernalillo County

• Apprentice Technical Assistants Program for soil health assessments

• Participation in the Middle Rio Grande Stormwater Quality Team

• Participation in the the MRCOG Water Resources Board

• Participation in the Arid Low-Impact Development Coalition