Join the Friends for happy hour! We're gathering at Canteen Brewhouse for our next Beer Fundraiser. $12 gets you a pint and take-home glass with our new design. Proceeds go directly to the Friends. Canteen is also donating $1 from every High Plains Pilsner and  Exodus IPA  sold that night. Live music , good company, raffle and tasty brews- sounds like ...

Join local artist, Rhea Sarason, for a VdO landscape paint and sip. Only no-nalchoholic drinks will be served. Seating is limited, please register by emailing brittany_chavarria@fws.gov

There are so many opportunities to give back! Make a donation to the Friends! Become a member! Join a committee! Sign up to volunteer! 

Join New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp for a reading from her new book, Worn Smooth Between Devourings, and a conversation with environmental journalist Laura Paskus.

Bring your furry friends to learn about our pet policies on the Refuge and take the pledge to be a part of our BARK Ranger program. All dogs are required to be on leash.

Join us for free food, arts and crafts, ranger-led activities and fun for the whole family!

Chat with backyard refuge program staff and volunteers about solutions for the challenges of providing summer habitat.

Children ages 3-6 and an adult are invited to explore nature with a refuge Ranger.

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. We will have ...