Join us for a luminaria walk around the Visitor Center and enjoy snacks, hot chocolate, music, and a story time! Afterwards, look at the stars in the night sky with The Albuquerque Astronomical Society from 7PM to 9PM. The Nature Store will be open for the duration of the event for some holiday shopping.
Meet at the Visitor Center amphitheater for an easy one mile guided walk along the refuge's Mural Loop Trail with Park Ranger Dakota. Program will end back at the visitor center by 11 AM
The Visitor Center will also be closed on December 20 & 21 for water line work. At this time, there will be no running water on the Refuge. Bathrooms will be closed. Visitors are still welcome to enjoy the trails.
Come to Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge for this annual tradition- the Christmas Bird Count! The fun starts at 7am. Email valledeoro@fws.org to sign up. And yes, Laurel with be there!
Submit your entries for the Valle de Oro photo contest! Entries are due at midnight. Email valledeoro@fws.org for more details.
Join Refuge Ranger Dakota for an easy 1-mile guided walk along our Mural Loop trail with presentations on the refuge's history and our plans for environmental restoration. It's a great opportunity to ask questions and learn what makes an urban wildlife refuge special. Program meets at 10 AM by the visitor center amphitheater and will return to the visitor center ...
Virtual Event, Will be Recorded Did you know Valle de Oro is the only public land site with a specific plan to address environmental, economic, and social injustice? Tune-in to learn about our 2023 environmental justice priorities, what the work looks like on the group at the Refuge, and how to partner with us. Link coming soon.
The Bosque Education Guide is an interdisciplinary curriculum about the Middle Rio Grande Valley ecosystem. The curriculum provides classroom-based and field activities for students grades K-12. For the central activity, students construct a model of the Middle Rio Grande and then manipulate the paper and cloth pieces to demonstrate human impacts over the last two hundred years. Later, they "restore" the ecosystem. ...
We'll be draining the pond wetland at the visitor center for maintenance! Join us on Thursday January 26 and/or Friday January 27 in the afternoon to help remove excess cattail and algae growth. Bring boots, warm layers, gloves and water. Refuge can provide a limited supply of rubber boots and work gloves. No pre-registration required. Questions? Reach out to Ranger ...
We'll be draining the pond wetland at the visitor center for maintenance! Join us on Thursday January 26 and/or Friday January 27 in the afternoon to help remove excess cattail and algae growth. Bring boots, warm layers, gloves and water. Refuge can provide a limited supply of rubber boots and work gloves. No pre-registration required. Questions? Reach out to Ranger ...
