Ecotone Landscape Planning, LLC

05/04/2023

Join us on Saturday, May 13th for a hands-on erosion control workshop in piñon-juniper woodlands near Dixon, NM! We will meet at mile marker 3 along State Road 580 (Road to Ojo Sarco), at 9:00 am. We will spend the day learning how to build erosion-control structures with local rock and wood materials. Please bring work gloves, sun protection, a sack lunch, and enough water to get you through the day. We will have snacks, beverages, and additional water available as well. Be prepared for a short hike to the work area during which we will explain the area's history, geology, ecology, and erosion features. The event will last until approximately 3 pm. To register, visit: https://forms.gle/a2tEPznh8PybC9k28

04/14/2023

Check out Ecotone's first newsletter of 2023!

As we are gradually moving into the spring of 2023 after an unexpectedly long and moist winter, we reach out to you to share an update of what we’re up to this year. First, Erin McElroy, our Ecological Planning Associate will share her thoughts about her time with Ecotone. We’ll also explain our...

02/07/2023

Webinar: Caring for the land in a harsher climate

Hosted by the New Mexico Healthy Soils Working Group (NM Soil Stewards)

When: February 20th, 2023 @ 5:30 pm MT
Where: Online via Zoom, register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcCmfjgzqbAzzm7rUCeGKuTYljQ4ZWdVf8Mn9zGMdnH54wtw/viewform

As the weather gets more extreme, how do we care for our soil, plants and water? What is our connection to this changing landscape? Amidst drought and degeneration, where do we see opportunities and abundance? How do we best practice observation and experimentation? And what (if anything) does the land ask us to do?

Based on 30 years of work experience in New Mexico, Jan-Willem Jansens of Ecotone Landscape Planning will share choices, principles and practices for landscape-scale, comprehensive, ecological planning.

A landscape architect and ecological planner by training, Jan-Willem Jansens specializes in landscape management planning, ecological restoration planning and design, and land stewardship education. He has developed particular expertise in forest and woodland ecology, watershed health, and collaborative stewardship work with communities and landowners.

10/18/2022

You’re Invited!

Dixon Community Wildfire Protection Plan Public Meeting

Dixon Volunteer Fire Department (DVFD) and Ecotone Landscape Planning, LLC invite you to participate in the Dixon Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) development process. The plan is a framework for collaboration and implementation around wildfire preparedness, response, and recovery. The CWPP will help to document and prioritize fuel reduction treatments and wildfire preparedness actions, which become eligible for funding after being described in the plan. For more information, visit the DVFD's website at https://dixonnmvfd.org/.

When: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 from 6:00-7:30 pm
Where: Dixon Volunteer Fire Department Station 1 and Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83080621815?pwd=TGNHVER0aVBMUXYzQTk5UzVBa1FDQT09

* Join us at 5:30 for a 30-minute networking and social period with forestry and fire professionals hosted by the Fire Adapted NM Learning Network. Snacks and refreshments will be provided!

10/12/2022

09/28/2022

Ecotone Landscape Planning, the Embudo Valley Library, and the Dixon Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite the community of Dixon to attend a series of events in the month of October, that we have dubbed the month of Floods, Fire, and Funding! These events cover topics including the causes and potential responses to recent flooding events, a strategic plan to guide the protection and restoration of wetlands in the Lower Embudo Valley, and the development of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. For more information, visit Ecotone’s Lower Embudo Watershed website page. The current schedule of events is as follows:

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 6:00 pm: Embudo Valley Floods: Explanations, Upland Restoration, and Home Protection Solutions: Session 1 (at the Embudo Valley Library)**
Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 9:30 am: Embudo Valley Floods: Explanations and Upland Restoration Solutions: Session 2 (field walk in the Cañadita del Agua)
TBD Embudo Valley Floods: Explanations and Home Protection Solutions: Session 3 (outdoor session with NRCS at local residence)
Monday, October 17, 2022 at 6:00 pm: Wetland Action Plan public meeting to review draft (at the Dixon Volunteer Fire Department– DVFD)**
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 6:00 pm: Community Wildfire Protection Plan public meeting (at the DVFD)**
** Event is available via Zoom.

09/21/2022

For the last two years, Ecotone has been working on soil health and permaculture approaches to restore the Quay Ranch in Tucumcari. Our last workshop in May 2022 included various techniques to improve the land’s health, such as erosion control structures, Hügels, and scattering organic materials across bare areas. We just finished our annual monitoring. Just look at how the land is responding to our treatments! There is more green grass everywhere, grass is growing back in large bare spots after covering them with mesquite slash and directing water to them from in-stream water-spreading structures. Stay tuned for another volunteer opportunity in October to learn these techniques yourself!

09/13/2022

YOU'RE INVITED!
THE CHELENZO FARMS REGENERATION PROJECT
Regenerative Agriculture and Land Restoration Weekend Workshop and Practicum Employing Water Harvesting Earthworks, Cover Crop Seeding, and Bale Grazing
Friday, September 23-Sunday, September 25
Hacienda Dominguez & Chelenzo Farms, Cerrillos, NM

07/26/2022

Interested in learning more about landscape scale planning and what that looks like right here in New Mexico? Check out this recent article written by Ecotone's Jan-Willem Jansens from the NM Healthy Soil Working Group's blog:

https://www.nmhealthysoil.org/2022/05/29/landscape-scale-planning-of-regional-regenerative-economies/?fbclid=IwAR1Qd18pku8j9EDPhmeU4ubbK0DrhaS9yKUZY3SaigobWnAxUxeyMJtOtLc

Landscape Scale Planning of Regional Regenerative Economies by | posted in: Champions, Economics | 1 Connecting the dots between forests management, planned grazing, soil health, water conservation and carbon storage By New Mexico Soil Health Champion Jan-Willem Jansens, Owner of Ecotone Landscape P...