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Gray Ranch Animas Mountain in New Mexico © Harold E. Malde
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The river basin The Colorado River cuts through a canyon near Kremmling, Colorado on July 9, 2024. © Rory Doyle
Hikers in the Sangre de Cristos
Hikers A trek in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. © Laura McCarthy/The Nature Conservancy

Places We Protect

See the Places We Protect in Your Community

The Nature Conservancy is working across New Mexico to protect wildlife, rivers, lakes, and wetlands for people and nature.

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Nature Is Common Ground—and Common Sense

The Nature Conservancy remains committed to creating a world where everyone thrives alongside nature for generations to come, protecting and preserving nature.

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Initiative

Southern High Plains

Across five states and 71 million acres, TNC is conserving the lands and waters of this region to boost climate resilience, preserve biodiversity and support sustainable agricultural communities.

Explore the Plains
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Cattle at JE Canyon Part of a herd of cattle standing in a field. © Lauryn Wachs/TNC

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Field of Dreams

Discover how TNC is working with ranchers and farmers to test crops that have the potential to deliver economic returns, withstand drought, use less water and offer hope for the Colorado River.

Learn from the Experts

Conservation Highlight

Good Fire: Restoring New Mexico’s Forests (4:19) Decades of fire suppression have caused wildfires to become more severe, but prescribed fire turns a fire of “chance” into a fire of “choice.” Through partnership and collaboration, The Nature Conservancy is bringing back fire to protect forests and communities.
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2024 Year in Review

Discover this year's accomplishments, our most groundbreaking projects and work with key partners.

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Latest Stories

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New Audio Tour: Download Your Personal Tour Guide for a Popular Preserve

Explore the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve through the TravelStorys audio tour, available in both English and Spanish on their app or website.

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Plant These Trees to Help Battle Climate Change Across New Mexico

Find and plant the trees that use less water and can better withstand global warming in your neighborhood.

May 16, 2023

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Hundreds of Buffalo Return Home to Indigenous Communities in Movement Toward Healing Lands and Cultural Relationships

More than 800 buffalo, also known as American bison, will return to ancestral grazing lands across the United States this fall as part of a multi-state, Indigenous-led movement.

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Make a Difference in New Mexico

For more than 40 years, people like you have helped The Nature Conservancy protect more than 1.5 million acres of New Mexico’s forests, rivers and grasslands. We’re building on a conservation legacy to help solve today’s biggest conservation challenges from climate change and habitat loss to protecting clean water. Together we’re stronger!

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