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  🌷 April News🪻

Friday, April 11

  • Nature Kids Children ages 7-10 and an adult are invited to explore nature with a refuge volunteer! 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Saturday, April 12

  • Saturday at the Refuge  Join us for a ranger-led activity, arts and crafts, and fun for the whole Family! Free refreshments will be provided by the Friends of Valle de Oro. 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Saturday, April 19 

  • Junior Duck Stamp Award Ceremony Students and families are invited to participate in the announcement of 2025 NM Junior Duck Stamp winners! 11:00 am to 12:00 noon

Friday, April 25

  • City Nature Challenge Come learn how you can take part in a global citizen science project happening throughout the weekend! Ranger Dakota will give a talk about the refuge, educators from the Institute for Applied Ecology will go over using the iNaturalist app to participate in the City Nature Challenge, and we’ll practice identifications on a tour of a monarch butterfly recovery habitat at Valle de Oro! Register by sending an email to: dakota_dominguez@fws.gov 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Saturday, April 26

  • Community Earth Day  Join us and our community partners for family-fun activities to celebrate Earth Day.

    Free food will be provided by the Friends of Valle de Oro NWR.

    10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Check for updates to the calendar on our website.

Friends of Valle de Oro Nature Scholarship Program

The scholarship application is now open. Click on the button below to find information and a link to the application:

 

The scholarship program is funded solely by donations. If you wish to support this program and the wonderful work done by these undergraduates, please click below. 

 

Visit the Nature Store at the Refuge

Check out a few of our newer items, and our latest sale, at the Nature Store Page on the Friends website.

Volunteer at the Nature Store!

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Refuge Bird Survey

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Refuge/Friends Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed for a variety of upcoming programs and activities at Valle de Oro.  Mountain View Field Day is scheduled for early May, watch for details.  At that event, volunteers typically work with the students and help with their associated activities.  Other needs are for weeding around the Visitor Center, helping with irrigation, helping with Earth Day on April 26, tumbleweed management, helping with regular refuge programs, for example, Nature Tots, Nature Kids, Saturdays at the Refuge, etc.  If interested in volunteering please contact the Friends' President, Forest Graber, at President@friendsofvalledeoro.org.

Meet the Board

This month's Board Member is Clay Meredith. 

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Clay is an Ecologist with the Southwest Office of the Institute of Applied Ecology, where he coordinates rare plant conservation strategy and assists partners in the development of planning tools for restoration projects. Prior to joining IAE, he led plant conservation projects at the ABQ BioPark on behalf of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and conducted rare plant collections for long term seed storage. Outside the office, he can be found gardening, hiking, and cooking.

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