Earlier this month, we attended the New Mexico Beaver Summit hosted by Wild Earth Guardians. We see the furry aquatic rodents as key allies in our work to build water resiliency in our community. WEG has made the session videos available to the public. We strongly encourage you to take... Read More
by Kan Namba, student, Climate Change Corp/Leadership in Forestry Training, UNM-Taos Over the summer of 2020, Darin Abeyta and myself, interns with the Climate Change Corp/Leadership in Forestry Training (CCC-LIFT) program at UNM Taos, had the opportunity to perform a groundwater study at Rio Fernando Park. We dug monitoring wells... Read More
You are invited to two important, upcoming workshops! FREE Healthy Soils Workshop at Rio Fernando Park Cover crops, no-till seeding, and home garden applications – Online Webinar – Part 2 of 2 Monday, October 26th, 2020 at 5:30 PM For a link to the zoom webinar, email: ben@taoslandtrust.org Hosts: Ben... Read More
By Chyna Dixon, Working Lands Resiliency Coordinator This summer, Taos Land Trust, in collaboration with community partners, built and distributed 80+ planting-ready 4×8 garden boxes – complete with soil, irrigation equipment, hoop house coverings, and seed – to families in our community. Among the many existing structural inequities that COVID-19... Read More
By Chyna Dixon – Working Lands Resiliency Coordinator In April 2019, Taos Land Trust unveiled our Working Lands Resiliency Initiative. A year and a half in, our staff takes a moment to pause and reflect on the progress of this initiative, and the lessons learned along the way. The Working... Read More
The Taos Land Trust and Vista Grande High School (VGHS) have joined forces to provide fresh weekly produce to Taos families, school food delivery programs, and local food pantries while offering paid technical training to Vista Grande students. The project is funded by Vista Grande High School’s Career Technical Education... Read More