If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online.
20200420103958_967.png

  🦉 June News ðŸ¦†

Friday, June 13

  • 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, June 14

  • 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

Friday, June 20

  • Solstice Weed Warriors Volunteer Project

    Give back to the Earth this summer solstice and spend a couple of hours on this longest day of the year helping refuge staff remove invasive plants to make more room for native species. 7:30 - 9:30 am

    Send an email to dakota_dominguez@fws.gov to register.

Saturday, July 5

  • Star Party Watch for more details coming soon! 

Check for updates to the calendar on our website.

Refuge/Friends Volunteers Needed

  • The Friends need a social media-savvy volunteer to keep our Facebook page up to date. 
  • We also need a Membership chair who could managie our membership database, contact lapsed members, think of new ways to engage our members, etc.

If you are interested in helping with either of these positions, please contact:

joan@friendsofvalledeoro.org

Backyard Refuge

Support the Backyard Refuge Program!  As of the end of May, the program has certified ~166 acres with 629 individual and business partners! Help the program reach its goal of matching Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge's 570 acres!  Every bit of habitat counts!  Visit the program's website for further information on how to certify your habitat space! 

Electric Shuttle Rides

Shuttle rides are cancelled until further notice, while we await repairs to the vehicle.

Come visit the refuge!  

The swallows are nesting, pollinator plants are blooming!

Friends of Valle de Oro Nature Scholarship Program

Do you know a college student who is studying an environment-related field? Encourage them to apply for the Opening Doors to Nature Scholarship. The deadline to apply is August 1.

Click on the link below for more 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. 

 

Meet the Board

This month's Board Member is Joan Morrison.

Morrison_headshot.jpg

Joan Morrison has been on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Valle de Oro NWR since 2017 and is currently serving as Secretary.  Before retiring to New Mexico in 2016, Joan was a Professor of Biology at Trinity College in Hartford CT, where her research focused on birds, primarily raptors, living in a variety of human-dominated landscapes.  Her passion these days is being an advocate for New Mexico’s public lands and wildlife habitats.  Her property is planted as a native meadow with numerous pollinator plants.

Visit the Nature Store at the Refuge

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

Volunteer at the Nature Store!

Nature%20Store%20Volunteers%20needed%20flyer.png

 
FVO_DonationQR.png

 

Are you interested in donating to the Friends?

 

Click HERE.  

 

Or Scan this QR code!

Contact Us:
Friends of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
7851 2nd St. SW | Albuquerque, NM 87105
505.248.6667 | info@friendsofvalledeoro.org

This email was sent to annsamdeb@gmail.com. Click here to unsubscribe.