Earth Team Volunteers- New Mexico
Since 1985, Earth Team volunteers have provided a valued source of talent to NRCS. These dedicated volunteers work with conservation professionals on private lands to improve soil quality, conserve water, improve air quality and enhance wildlife habitat.
What is the Earth Team?
The Earth Team is the volunteer workforce of the NRCS, and we are making a difference in every county in the nation.
NRCS partners with conservation groups and others to ensure private lands are conserved, restored, and more resilient to environmental challenges. Working side-by-side with farmers and ranchers, the NRCS identifies natural resource concerns, such as soil erosion and water quality issues, and develops unique conservation plans for restoring and protecting resources.
Earth Team volunteers are an integral part of the conservation partnership, and each member takes pride in the fact that they maintain and improve our natural resources and environment on private lands.
Whether serving your community, gaining professional experience, or contributing your professional knowledge after retirement, there are plenty of great reasons to become a NRCS volunteer.
How can I volunteer?
Volunteers must be 14 years of age or older to join our Earth Team Volunteer Program. Those who are interested in conserving and protecting our precious natural resources can join. As a volunteer, you can work part-time or full-time, evenings or weekends, outdoors or indoors, or you can volunteer as an individual or in a group!
As an Earth Team volunteer, you will work with professionals on conservation activities in your community. Whatever your talents or interests, there is a volunteer opportunity for you.
Interested in becoming an Earth Team Volunteer? Here are some opportunities with NRCS:
On the Land
You can help professional conservationists who are working directly with farmers and ranchers to:
- Conservation Practice Layout
- Planting Trees
- Native Grass Seeding
- Resource Inventories
- Soil Mapping
- Surveying
- Water Sampling
In the community
If you like being out in the community, you can assist elementary and high schools, and college and universities. You will be able to introduce to young people - and adults alike - the importance of conservation. Through cooperative Earth Team conservation efforts, you can help educate and solve many natural resource problems in your area by:
- Conservation Education
- Conservation Planning
- Conservation Youth Groups
- Photography
- Public Speaking
- Outdoor Classroom and Nature Areas
- Special Tours & Fairs
In the office
If you like an office setting, NRCS seeks your talents and clerical assistance in many ways, including:
- Computer Data Entry
- Drafting
- Editing
- Filing
- Map Interpretations
- Reception
- Telephoning
- Typing
- Writing
Please complete the below online forms, and then email to the appropriate coordinator within your area.
New Mexico Earth Team Contacts
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Chrishelle Jackson
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State Volunteer Coordinator
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Kellie Johnson
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North Area Volunteer Coordinator
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Clover Chacon
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South Area Volunteer Coordinator
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