Fall American goldfinch in sunflowers. It is September, and soon they will return. “Are they here yet?” “When do you expect them?” “Will they be there by (fill in a date)?” These are the most commonly asked questions at the visitor...
Article and photos by Shannon Mounyo, Third Grade Teacher at Magdalena Elementary School. Magdalena Elementary School’s third, fourth, and fifth graders are no strangers to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, located eight miles south of San Antonio, New...
Article and photos by Stede Barber, Communications Manager for Friends of Bosque del Apache. The regenerative agriculture events at Bosque del Apache last month drew an enthusiastic crowd of gardeners and farmers. The festivities kicked off on Wednesday, July...
Summer at Bosque del Apache is a season of vibrant color and busy activity, with beautiful birds and flowers, big blue skies and baby mammals seemingly everywhere you look. Summer is also exciting because it is the season when we welcome a new crew of college interns...
You may have heard over the past three years, including as recently as the Friends Annual Meeting in May 2024, that Bosque del Apache would replace its current Visitor Center & Headquarters. The direction has changed significantly to better align costs and scope...
I feel so lucky to have found a career that allowed me to hone my boyhood fascination of wildlife observation and catching creatures, heading into my thirtieth year with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. My career has taken me to Maryland, Virginia, California...
