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Gray Ranch Animas Mountain in New Mexico © Harold E. Malde

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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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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Santa Fe Canyon Preserve Panorama of Santa Fe Canyon after record monsoon rains. © Alan Eckert Photography

Places We Protect

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

Explore Santa Fe Canyon Preserve—525 acres of open space with a thriving bosque of cottonwood and willow trees, hiking trails, more than 140 species of birds and the original route of the Santa Fe River.

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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.

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Conservation Highlight

Our Gila River Conservation Work

Wild & Free—Saving the Gila River (6:25) New Mexico's Gila River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in the southwest United States, attracting magnificent wildlife to its waters. See why and how groups like The Nature Conservancy are working with partners to keep this river wild and free.
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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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Wetland Jewels: The La Jara Restoration Project

TNC's work to restore the La Jara wetlands in the headwaters of the Rio Fernando de Taos is key to fostering resilient ecological, recreational and community systems in New Mexico.

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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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