Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Birthday
Valle de Oro’s 5th Birthday Celebration from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Booth set up begins at 9:15 am.
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Valle de Oro’s 5th Birthday Celebration from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Booth set up begins at 9:15 am.
We’ll provide some much-needed maintenance to a 2-mile network of primitive trails that wind through desert, in and out of arroyos, and along narrow canyons with views of the lake.
Join us for our annual maintenance and repair of NMVFO’s Adopt-A-Trail in the Sandia Wilderness
Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to have fun together without the exhausting physical labor of a VFO project. No hard hats or hiking required!
Plant Gooddings Black Willows and Cottonwoods to restore riparian habitat for Southwest Flycatcher and Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Help the Friends of Piedra Lisa with trail maintenance and erosion control and enjoy the stunning views
Join us at 6:00 PM at REI Albuquerque for a classroom introduction to trail construction and maintenance
Hands-on training in trail construction, maintenance, and repair
Help us restore and maintain the largest, undeveloped space in Albuquerque as we continue our efforts to make it a wildlife refuge
Help us help the ABQ Open Space re-route a badly eroded section of trail 401 at the Indian School Trailhead. Project limited to 15 volunteers.