CONSERVATION
In the past 15 years, we have worked with the Village to secure more than $10M in funding for open spaces.
In 2004, we launched our organization to purchase and preserve open space in cooperation with the Village of Los Ranchos. The Village is a jewel in the Middle Rio Grande, just west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Towering cottonwoods and lush open spaces, migrating birds, wildlife and farm life, our cultural richness and archeological heritage give us an easy pace, a connection to nature, and a place in history. Our goal is to support development that is conscious of what makes the Village unique.
What We Do (& What We’ve Done)
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The Agri-Nature Center
We acquired a portion of the Anderson Vineyard on Rio Grande Boulevard, which is now the home of the Larry P Abraham Agri-Nature Center. Here, we sponsor a grant for a seasonal worker and provide a stipend for the the Village’s “Creating Our Agri-Future” initiatives with the Center.
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Preserving Open Space
We were instrumental in the Village’s purchase of the land for Edgewood Park at Osuna and Edgewood Drive, which is the Village’s only open space east of Fourth Street. We also helped purchase the land on Rio Grande Boulevard north of Paseo Del Norte. Friends of Los Ranchos is working on plans to develop foot, bike, and horse trailer to create a historic network that connects to Rio Grande State Park.
