October news from Taos Land Trust: a $40,000 Outdoor Equity Fund grant, the launch of our E.M.B.E.R. youth forest-monitoring curriculum, reflections from our summer interns and apprentices, and a call for a weekend goat-care volunteer.
Our volunteers, apprentices, and interns are the heart of Taos Land Trust. This season, two of them shared their experiences in their own words. Read on to hear from Diego Salazar, our Garden Apprentice, and Andrea Montoya, our Healthy Soils Intern. My Time as a Garden Apprentice at Taos Land... Read More
This July, Taos Land Trust is celebrating the completion of a year of work supported by the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute’s Agricultural Water Resilience Program, or NM WRRI AgWRP. Funding was awarded through the Vigil y Romo Water Resiliency Project, a collaboration with the official grant recipient, the Vigil y Romo... Read More
Taos Land Trust is launching the KINection Garden, a new children’s garden at Rio Fernando Park that will connect young people with land, food, and creative learning. Thank you to the National Endowment for the Arts (with help from Taos Center for the Arts) and the U.S. Bank Foundation for... Read More
At Taos Land Trust, summer begins with the energy and promise of young people stepping into leadership. Our 2026 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), funded by the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps, is officially underway. This year, we are proud to welcome a team of 19 dedicated youth who will begin... Read More
Spring Garden Apprentice Program, funded by the NM Outdoor Recreation Division’s Outdoor Equity Fund, is underway! We’ve welcomed two garden apprentices this spring, Diego and Chiara, who are already busy learning about starting seeds, no-till garden bed preparation, compost production, and goat care. They’ve even splinted a gimpy turkey and helped... Read More