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Education
NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life.
NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life. NatureServe Explorer is an authoritative source for conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada.
NM State Parks Teacher Resources
If you are a teacher looking for new curriculum-based program opportunities, State Parks is your place! With 34 outdoor classrooms across the state and a myriad of cultural and natural resources, State Parks provide a safe, friendly environment for outdoor learning.
New Mexico FFA Association – Growing a Brighter Tomorrow
SC2: Scientifically Connected Communities
Scientifically connected communities is an educational program sponsored by NM Department of Education
New Mexico Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an international, interdisciplinary water science and education program for formal and non-formal educators of k-12 students.
NMSU Extension & Outreach: Youth Development & Education
NMSU Extension Services Youth Development & Education
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Ft. Davis, TX
The mission of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute is to promote public awareness, appreciation, and concern for the natural diversity of the Chihuahuan Desert region through research and education. To achieve this mission, the Institute provides environmental education to the community, encourages biodiversity conservation, and promotes and demonstrates sustainable development in the desert.
Gardening in the SW
Dave’s Garden: Gardening Tips, Seeds, and Design; Flower Gardens, Organic Gardening
The famous Dave’s Garden website. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants.
New Mexico Master Gardeners Home Page
NMSU Extension & Outreach: Yard and Garden
NMSU Southwest Yard & Garden Publications
The Council of Albuquerque Garden Clubs, Inc. is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1950. Its purpose is to provide educational courses and activities on gardening to the general public; provide gardening guidance and assistance for community beautification projects; encourage good gardening in the Albuquerque metropolitan area; and promote the formation of new garden clubs and plant societies.
National Gardening Association
Information and inspiration on gardening with answers to questions about lawns, landscapes, trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs and flowers, organic gardens, compost, urban, soil, design, roses, tomato, how to grow in containers.
How-to
http://www.wildflower.org/howto/
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center offers a variety of articles containing “a wealth for information about the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants and landscapes.” Here you can find such instructional materials on how to plant a buffalo grass lawn, guidance on planting native gardens, butterfly gardens, meadows, wildlife gardens, and much more.
http://www.txsmartscape.com/design_tools/index.asp
The West Texas SmartScape® site has all the tools you need to design your own “Texas SmartScape®”.
http://www.snwa.com/html/land_designplan.html
“Design Your Own Landscape: Designing a landscape takes planning. Use these tools to determine your landscaping needs and to design a water smart landscape that best fits your lifestyle.” Sponsored by the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
National Gardening Association “How-to Projects” covers a wide range subjects from detailed planning guides to maintenance instructions to pest control and more. Whether you are starting a new landscape, redesigning an existing one, or just have a minor project or problem, this is where you will find the tools.
http://www.abcwua.org/content/view/73/63/#xerictemplates
This Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority site features downloadable design templates, plant lists, and rainwater harvest garden instructions.
“Welcome! You’ve just found the web’s mother lode of free irrigation information!”
Kids
The Digital Desert Library is an educational resource for teachers and students to learn more about the Chihuahuan Desert.
4-H is the youth development program of the Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture & Home Economics
Plants of the SW
Plant lists for very low, low, medium, and high irrigation needs (NMSU Ag Science Center at Farmington)
NMSU – Riparian Plants of New Mexico
A list of plants documented in New Mexico by the Cooperative Extension Service
El Paso County Suggested Plant List
Regional list categorized by type of plant and water use.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information
This expansive site has a native plants database by state, supplier lists by zip code, Q&A, and how-to information.
Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS
The home page for the United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database
GRIN NPGS Plant Page
Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
Photos & descriptions of wildflowers, trees, ferns of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah . Wildflower stock photos. Betty’s beading.
Flora of North America @ efloras.org
North American Plant Database
Information on desert plants and wildflowers.
Native Plant Society of New Mexico
The purpose of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico (NPSNM) is to educate New Mexicans on native plant identification, ecology, and uses; encourage preservation of natural habitats; support botanical research; and promote use of native plants for conservation of water, land, and wildlife.
Native plant search :: Flagstaff Native Plant & Seed
Native plants to Arizona and the Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Native Plant Society web site promotes the appreciation and conservation of the native plants and ecosystems of Colorado. The site lists field trips, programs, books, Colorado plant news and information….
Utah Native Plant Society Home Page
Non-profit organization web site for the protection, preservation and appreciation of Utah native plant species
The southwest is being taken over by non-native plants and this is causing damage to our environment, economy & health.
Research
A Differentially-Irrigated, Xeric Plant Demonstration Garden in Northwestern New Mexico
The New Mexico Climate Center home page has a search engine and contains information about climate, crop water use, and insect development using growing degree-days.
Welcome to the Agricultural Research Service-one of the world’s premiere scientific organizations.
Water Conservation
Efficient Irrigation for Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin
New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute funds research conducted by faculty and students from universities across the state to address water problems critical to New Mexico and the Southwest.
NMSU Research: Water Subcluster
NMSU Office of the Vice President for Reserach
Paso del Norte Water Task Force > Home
The Paso del Norte Water Task Force unites water managers, water users, experts and citizens working cooperatively to promote a tri-state, binational perspective on water issues that impact the future prosperity and long-term sustainability of the region.
Water Use and Conservation, NM Office of the State Engineer
Water conservation resources and research of the NM Office of the State Engineer
Southern Regional Water Program
Research, Extension & Education Water Quality Programs through the Land Grant University System
Universities and organizations leading in education, research and public service in water resources
Xeriscape
Educational modules on various topics of xeriscape including landscape plantings and irrigation (NMSU Ag Sciences Center at Farmington). Xeriscape Brochure
Xeriscape Council of New Mexico
The Xeriscape Council’s main goal is to educate New Mexicans and others about water conservation, and to promote native, low-water plants and landscaping/irrigation methods in New Mexico as a means of water conservation.
Xeriscape for Beauty and Conservation
The comprehensive how-to site geared toward homeowners is sponsored by the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority. The site features downloadable design templates, plant lists, and rainwater harvest garden instructions.
SmartScape© utilizes xeriscape principles, but goes beyond the basics by providing design, care and plant search tools that are “smart” for West Texas.
A resource of science-based information related to the design, installation, and maintenance of WaterWise landscapes for the principal plant adaptability regions in Texas.
Xeriscape Arizona Site Contents
The High Country Xeriscape® Council of Arizona is a non-profit educational organization whose sole purpose is to support water conservation methods in the home and business landscape setting in the towns of Payson, Pine, and Strawberry, Arizona and the surrounding areas.
Xeriscape, Colorado State University
CSU Extension has an expansive gardening site and this particular section on xeriscape has a wide variety of information for both CO and other regions of the southwest.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority offers tips and resources to help you keep your landscape lush and water efficient.
Provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for homeowners and for large-scale landscapers that are designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution
Retailers & Nurseries
Trees That Please is known across the Southwest as the grower ofNew Mexico’s high desert trees, the best low water trees for our climateand soil. Trees That Please is also Valencia County’s Full Time YearRound Nursery, located across from the Tome Hill on Highway 47.
Specializing in native and low water use plants. Xeric Demonstration and Cottage Display gardens located at the Santa Fe Greenhouses nursery. Locations in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Bernalillo.
We are dedicated to growing the best plant material appropriate to the desert southwest at a fair and competitive price. Our knowledgeable staff includes three graduate Horticulturalists from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. We are also very interested in recycling and composting. We offer a credit towards plant material for recycling our nursery stock containers. Our cured compost is sold both in bulk and in bags.
Located in Las Cruces NM and specializing in desert flowering plants, perennials and herbs.
Conservation, General
This University of Texas at El Paso site includes all pieces of UTEP’s sustainability program, including its building, landscape, transportation, energy, and recycling efforts. Of particular interest are some of its innovative efforts, like a new “green roof” on the Biology Building.
Ecoversity is a non-profit educational center, which explores and demonstrates sustainable living, ecological design and responsibility for the wise stewardship of the Earth.
Soil Secrets mission is to Restore the Natural Process of the “Soil Food Web” and be the solution to an Ecologically Sound Landscape.
Natural Heritage New Mexico – Home
NHNM is New Mexico’s primary comprehensive biological diversity data center, gathering information and field observations to help develop statewide conservation priorities. NHNM is part of an international network of conservation data centers that use the Natural Heritage Methodology to manage biodiversity information.
