Oct 23, 2020 | Events, Press Releases, Trails
Well, it looks like this weekend the growing season will come to a close and maybe, just maybe, we’ll get some precipitation. I have to admit that I have been enjoying this part of climate change, which resulted in a longer, warmer Fall where my garden could...
Oct 2, 2020 | Events, Press Releases, Trails
Six months into the pandemic, and here we are at Fall. I don’t know about you, but I need some down time! Yet everything is up right now. The virus has made its way to the White House, the days are growing shorter. The election is nearing. And I will be...
Sep 18, 2020 | Events, Press Releases
These are such disturbing times, made even worse lately by the news that there is a huge die-off of birds happening throughout New Mexico and portions of Colorado. Scientists aren’t sure at this point what’s causing it, except to say that the birds they...
Aug 31, 2020 | Conserving Land, Press Releases
1921 – 2020 Bud (Daniel T.) Kelly, Jr. was born in 1921 in Santa Fe. His family owned and operated Gross, Kelly and Co., one of the largest railroad general mercantile companies in the southwest. Bud was one of six children. When he was an infant, his...
Aug 26, 2020 | Events, Press Releases
Our virtual Community Conservation Celebration is tomorrow evening, August 27, starting at 7 pm! Get your $5 Access Pass NOW at https://sfct.org/events/ccc-udall/ to participate, and we’ll send you a link to the event. After you get your access pass, please...
Aug 21, 2020 | Events, Press Releases
Our virtual event is just days away – on Thursday, August 27th. At 7 pm we start with some wonderful warm up acts. Then the event itself starts at 7:30 and over in less than an hour – badaboom! All it takes to participate is a $5 access pass, which you...
Jul 24, 2020 | Press Releases
Dear Friend, Here we are in the midst of the coronavirus, and more and more people are talking about how the pandemic is starkly showing us that our health and wellbeing depend on the health and wellbeing of nature. The coronavirus is zoonotic, which means it is an...
Jun 12, 2020 | Conserving Land, Events, Press Releases, Vamonos
New 370-acre conservation easement on Glorieta Mesa (see article below). It has been an eventful two weeks on so many levels nationally, but also here at SFCT. Organizationally, I want to tell you what we’ve been dealing with lately. Like other nonprofits, we...
May 22, 2020 | Conserving Land, Events, Press Releases
We are heading into Memorial Day weekend, which celebrates the men and women who died while serving our country. This weekend, let’s also remember the over 96,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19, which feels like the fight of our lives right now. I have never...
May 15, 2020 | Events, Press Releases
This was a tough week with the cancellations of the Santa Fe Opera, the Chamber Music Festival and the Bandstand—this, after all the major summer markets had already announced closures. It really hit home this week that the City is going to be hammered financially,...