SAN juan swcd will implement watershed-scale monitoring and restoration activities to improve watershed and rangeland health in the SAN juan basin

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Region awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to San Juan Soil & Water Conservation District on October 1, 2025, under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to implement watershed-scale monitoring and restoration activities in the San Juan Basin.

San Juan Soil & Water Conservation District will conduct vegetation treatments to reduce hazardous fuels load, combat brush encroachment, and restore grasslands. The recipient will install erosion control structures to trap sediment, protect infrastructure and cultural resources, and increase water availability for livestock and wildlife. Monitoring activities will assess the success of vegetation treatments and pilot watershed assessments focused on salinity reductions and ecological site descriptions. The work will benefit grazing, endangered species, recreation, cultural resources, and soil health while supporting local jobs and contractors and strengthening relationships with adjacent tribal nations.

Place of performance is New Mexico. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2028.

Vegetation treatments will reduce hazardous fuels load, combat brush encroachment, and restore grasslands for the benefit of livestock, wildlife, and watershed health. Erosion control structures will be installed to trap sediment, protect infrastructure and cultural resources, and increase water availability for livestock and wildlife. Monitoring activities will focus on success of vegetation treatments, and pilot watershed assessments looking at salinity reductions and ecological site descriptions. Rangelands projects will benefit grazing, endangered species, recreation, cultural resources, and soil health. The agreement will support local jobs and contractors, strengthen relationships with adjacent tribal nations, and provide important conservation work on public lands that have been degraded.