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=Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge= 7851 2nd St SW Albuquerque, NM 87105 Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge website Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge map

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Valle de Oro NWR
Coordinates: 34.9789827, -106.6754492 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, the Southwest’s first urban wildlife refuge, serves as an urban oasis for both wildlife and people.

On a former dairy farm just a few miles south of New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area, the refuge works to create a conservation stewardship legacy by working with community partners to establish a 21st-century conservation ethic and reconnect people, especially young people, to the natural world. The new refuge was established due to the partnership efforts of many in the community that recognized the importance of having a wildlife refuge in this urban setting.

Valle de Oro offers a unique environmental education and recreation opportunity in a highly populated area while promoting a wildlife conservation message. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, a national network of lands and waters managed for the benefit of wildlife, habitat and you.

Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge offers spectacular vistas of the Sandia Mountains, Vulcan volcano tubes and the lush Rio Grande Bosque.

Located on the east bank of the Rio Grande, the refuge is seven miles south of downtown Albuquerque. The 570 acres of refuge land is currently an alfalfa field that is being farmed and sold as feed for horses and livestock. The refuge will continue to be a working farm for the next few years as site planning continues, however, the long grasses and irrigation ditches that cross-hatch the site are an attractive spot for wildlife, especially ground-nesting birds, grassland species, geese, cranes (in the winter) and various wading birds in the ditches and fields during irrigation.

The restoration of native habitats will begin within the next few years with an expansion of the Bosque habitat into the refuge, the creation of wetlands and the regrowth of naturally occurring grasses and brushland. These different habitats within a small area will create rich opportunities for diverse wildlife viewing. From Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge website

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