Friends Scholarship, Book Reading, Call for Volunteers & Board Members, Summer Calendar
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🌞 July News 🌞
Friends Scholarship, Book Reading, Call for Volunteers & Board Members, Summer Calendar, and much more!
Summer is here!
Interested in getting more involved with Valle de Oro NWR?
Apply to our 2024-2025 Opening Doors to Nature Education Scholarship!
Under the Program this year, the Friends will award scholarships in the amount of $500 each. These scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate college students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate conservation/environmental-focused degree or certificate program. To learn more and apply visit our website at this link.
Join our Education Committee
Our Education Committee focuses on providing free programming for the community including every single student from Mountain View Elementary School! For more information contact:Joan Morrison at joan@friendsofvalledeoro.org
Get involved with Environmental Justice
The Environmental Justice Air Monitoring Network (EJ Air) is a community-led atmospheric monitoring program developing an accessible high-quality picture of pollution impacting those who live, work, play, pray, go to school, and learn throughout the environmental justice communities of the Mountain View Neighborhood, the broader South Valley in Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the Pueblo of Isleta. Do you want to provide input for air pollution monitoring in Mountain View, the South Valley, and Pueblo of Isleta? Fill out the short surveys below!
The Refuge Development Committee works to support Valle de Oro projects including trail development, habitat restoration, the construction of a Nature Play Area, extending the bus line to improve access on the refuge, and so much more! For more information contact: Jaren Peplinski at jaren@ciudadswcd.org
Join our Board of Directors
Looking for a way to be more involved in your community? Would you like to learn more about how nonprofits or wildlife refuges work? You’re in luck! We are recruiting dedicated folks with experience in: Fundraising, Membership Recruitment, Communications, Managing Finances, and Technology.
From 10am to 2pm the Pueblo of Isleta will be hosting their annual Environmental Fair at the Isleta Recreation Center. Enjoy environmental education activities, food, door prizes, exhibits for all ages, and so much more! Looking for more information? Call the Environment Department at 505-869-9814.
Book Reading with Local Authors - August 3rd
This August's Saturday at the Refuge (7851 2nd Street SW) join us for a morning of reading and conversation with local authors Janet Ruth (Feathered Dreams) and Michelle Otero (Bosque Poems). In Feathered Dreams, Janet Ruth--ornithologist, poet, artist, and international birder--shares her love of birds through poem, story, and image. Michelle Otero's Bosque Poems celebrates the importance of water and the bosque to the people of Albuquerque. The event runs from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
We will have signed copies of these books, FREE refreshments, crafts, and a related educational activity.
Interested in getting involved with your community? The refuge needs your help with our Nature Store, managing invasive plants, and planting native species. Help us continue to transform our wonderful urban refuge. Many hands make light work! For more information on how to volunteer contact our Volunteer and Youth Employment Coordinator:
The Nature Store is powered by volunteers. Interested in helping out? Contact Kathleen at naturestore@friendsofvalledeoro.orgor sign up online here. Don't worry- we'll provide all the training you need.
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