Drone photo by Amy Erickson/RGALT Article by Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust, originally published in their Summer 2023 newsletter Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust (RGALT) protects agricultural lands, but what many people don’t know is that many of our...
Middle Rio Grande Valley farmer, Ray Garcia, with his granddaughter Article by Cecilia Rosacker, Executive Director of the Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust Originally published in their Fall 2021 newsletter Last summer, I visited Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust...
https://friendsofbosquedelapache.ticketspice.com/2023-festival-of-the-cranes Scope out our course lineup and make a plan before registration, which opens: **Oct. 9 for monthly members of theOASIS (give a monthly gift in any amount that fits your budget. To join:...
Regenerative Farming Project Pilot Friends of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (NWR ) is seeking a part-time project manager currently residing in the Middle Rio Grande Valley area. The project manager (part-time consultant position) will coordinate...
By Cathie Sandell, USFWS Volunteer Who birds the refuge in late summer? Even the White-faced Ibis are gone. This timeframe is actually the beginning of the fall migration as the shorebirds return, first the adults and then the juveniles, who are born with the...
Eagle Scout Deck at Bosque del Apache Eagle Scout Deck Rebuild If you’ve driven along Bosque Road during the cooler season, you may have encountered a school bus, or a large family group, or even a refuge volunteer with a spotting scope on the Eagle Scout Deck....
Past articles, available exclusively to members of theOASIS, Friends’ loyal group of monthly supporters – THANK YOU! September 2023 – Protecting Rio Grande Riperian Wetland Habitat September 2023 – Girl Power and the Land! August 2023 –...
There are many tools which land managers at Bosque del Apache utilize to accomplish the important work of habitat restoration on the refuge. Here, we see how a few of them – prescribed fire, heavy equipment and water infrastructure, used to flood and drain units...
By Trisha Sanchez, Donor Care Manager – Friends of Bosque del Apache Friends of Bosque del Apache Board President, Jonathan Manley, and I recently had the great privilege of attending the first National Friends Workshop to be held since before the pandemic,...
