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 ...

Before the Annual Meeting, members of the Friends are invited to join us on a special bird walk with Laurel Ladwig, Backyard Refuge Program Coordinator! This event is full. Stay tuned for more like it!

Save the date for our Annual Member Meeting! Join us as we review 2022 and look forward to 2023! Expect presentations about how the Refuge will evolve in the next year and how you can get involved. We will also announce the 2022 photo contest winners. Before the Annual Meeting from 8am-10am, members of the Friends are invited to join ...

If you're looking for a job or just interested in the possibility of a career in conversation, come talk to professionals from a variety of local organizations at the Visitor Center.

Join us for an evening of telescopes and stargazing with The Albuquerque Astronomical Society!

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 ...

Join our partners at ALMA for a tile making workshop to go towards this summer's new mosaic sculptures. We are also inviting neighbors and friends of the Refuge to tell their stories about this land to be incorporated into the sculpture designs.

Learn from a local artist how to draw a duck for the annual Junior Duck Stamp Contest. Open to kindergarten through 12th grade. Registration required. Contact brittany_chavarria@fws.gov.