Find all the information you need to participate in our Call to Action From our friends at the Western Landowners Alliance Overview New Mexico House Bill 332, The Rural Heritage Act, keeps land ownership affordable for New Mexico’s families; secures land, water and other natural resources for the future; and contributes... Read More
It is official! The Youth Conservation Corps is returning to the Taos Land Trust for the summer of 2019. We will be seeking a team of 14 New Mexican youth aged 16-25 to take on the next stages of transforming Rio Fernando Park into a public agricultural and nature space... Read More
Rio Fernando Park is blanketed in a thick layer of lovely white snow and we are expecting more before the weekend. For now, river restoration work on our seven-acres section of the Rio Fernando is complete. The machinery work is totally done and we now have to wait until spring wends its... Read More
On a very cold December 18, 2018 our buddies Steve Knox and Robert Templeton lead a group of volunteers through Rio Fernando Park as part of the annual Christmas Bird Count. The crew reported 143 individuals of 10 different species on their brief pass through the area. As you already... Read More
Youth Conservation Corps and the Taos Land Trust in 2018 From June 1st through August 17th, 2018, the Taos Land Trust employed 18 young New Mexicans through the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) to work the land at Rio Fernando Park and out in the greater Taos community. Besides accomplishing specific... Read More
If you’ve been watching our Facebook page or Instagram and Twitter feeds the past two weeks then you know that the riparian and wetland restoration work we have long planned at Rio Fernando Park is well under way. In the first stage we brought in forest restoration expert Mark Schuetz of Taos to remove the dozens... Read More