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!
Initiative
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.
Conservation Highlight
Our Gila River Conservation Work
Latest Stories
Nature’s Comebacks
We’ve spotted the Chiricahua leopard frog! Sneak a peek at species that have come back from the brink of extinction.
Enabling Sustainable Traditional and Cultural Forestry Practices
Discover historical and emerging opportunities that enable sustainable and cultural forestry practices. Scaling the work is critical.
New Mexico needs a reforestation pipeline
Terry Sullivan speaks on the need to create a reforestation pipeline by expanding tree nurseries, increasing seed collection capabilities & more.
Hold It High: 3 Restoration Projects That Are Improving Life in the Rio Grande Watershed
Local conservation leaders share how restoring streams and wetlands along the Rio Grande are bringing fresh water, economic opportunity and cultural wealth to New Mexico.
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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.
In the News
2022 Marks the 8th Anniversary of the Rio Grande Water Fund, led by The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico.
The acquisition of Bartlett Mesa Ranch builds on cross-border conservation and provides benefits for people and nature.
Prescribed burns like this help to safely reintroduce low intensity, surface fire to ponderosa pine forest while also eliminating slash piles from a recent thinning project and promoting new growth.