Protecting Land, Trails, and Skies in Northern New Mexico

Saving Land. For Everyone. Forever.

New Mexico’s stunning, untouched landscapes—the life–supporting lands essential for healthy wildlife, clean air, pure water, and food–producing soils—are rapidly disappearing. The Santa Fe Conservation Trust is helping to create a network of natural, open lands in and around our communities, forever protected for all living creatures. By providing landowners with tools to place their lands into voluntary conservation status, we now oversee the protection of more than 46,000 acres in northern New Mexico.

The Santa Fe Conservation Trust partners with our community to keep northern New Mexico’s living lands and people flourishing together. We protect culturally and environmentally significant landscapes, ignite people’s passion for nature and enable the continual regeneration of our healthy place. We envision a future where everyone in northern New Mexico cherishes nature and works to preserve it for this and future generations.

We are a private non-profit organization, supported by the generosity of hundreds of people who share our passion- a healthy environment sustaining a healthy community. Learn more about the Santa Fe Conservation Trust and ways you can join us in our efforts to save the enchantment of Northern New Mexico.

Please consider making a donation today.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Apr
30
Wed
9:00 am Dale Ball Trails Workday @ Wilderness Gate Trailhead
Dale Ball Trails Workday @ Wilderness Gate Trailhead
Apr 30 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Dale Ball Trails Workday @ Wilderness Gate Trailhead | Santa Fe | New Mexico | United States
Please join us for a morning of trail work in Dale Ball Trails as we focus on erosion control on City and County Trails accessible from Wilderness Gate Trailhead.  Please consider parking at St. John’s[...]
May
10
Sat
10:00 am Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room
Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room
May 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room
Meet at the Railyard Park Community Room for a slow bicycle ride on Santa Fe’s major paved trails and the mellow streets that connect them. Learn some of the history behind the Rail, River, and[...]
11:00 am Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park
Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park
May 10 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park
Hosted by the Santa Fe Watershed Association and the City of Santa Fe at De Vargas Park. Santa Fe Conservation Trust will have a table. Stop by to say hello. Lots of music, fun, and[...]
May
17
Sat
8:00 am “What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail
“What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail
May 17 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
“What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail
Join SFCT for an eBird/ Merlin learning session designed to teach participants how to effectively use the eBird and Merlin platforms to record their bird sightings – contributing to a vast citizen science database that helps[...]
Jun
7
Sat
8:00 am Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail
Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail
Jun 7 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail
A Collaborative Learning Workshop by Melissa Houser of Santa Fe Conservation Trust and Jan-Willem Jansens of Ecotone Landscape Planning, LLC. During this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to conduct a Bullseye Survey of a[...]

News

News

Green Schools Conference Bike Ride

Green Schools Conference Bike Ride

SFCT's Trails Program Manager led a group of eight participants from the national Green Schools Conference on a 7.25-mile bike tour on Thursday, March 7, 2024.  Bicycles and helmets were generously provided by the City's Recreation Department.    

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2023 SFCT Booklist

2023 SFCT Booklist

We asked our board and staff to tell us what their top three favorite books were this year. Quinn Simons, President Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariBlood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (I also love Suttree)Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner Dennis Romero, Vice President Making...

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Tour de Mural 2023

Tour de Mural 2023

About 20 cyclists enjoyed a tour of Santa Fe's murals along the Rail Trail, Acequia Trail, and River Trail as well as points in between, on Oct. 21, 2023.  This 2023 edition of the Tour de Mural was a reprisal of the original Tour de Mural in 2016, summarized on...

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Trail Work in 2023

Trail Work in 2023

First trail work day of the season: Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, Mar.15, 2023 Building the Conservation Homestead Shelf Trail, Mar.-May 2023 La Tierra Trails, including Dog Park Connector and Chili LIne Trail, April-June, Aug-November 2023   Dale Ball Trails and...

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Trail Work in 2022

Trail Work in 2022

Santa Fe Conservation Trust and volunteers with the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe led 42 work days in 2022, including 16 in La Tierra Trails, 11 in Dale Ball Trails and Dorothy Stewart Trail, 11 in SFCT's Conservation Homestead in the Galisteo Basin, three in The Nature...

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Apr
30
Wed
9:00 am Dale Ball Trails Workday @ Wilderness Gate Trailhead
Dale Ball Trails Workday @ Wilderness Gate Trailhead
Apr 30 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Dale Ball Trails Workday @ Wilderness Gate Trailhead | Santa Fe | New Mexico | United States
Please join us for a morning of trail work in Dale Ball Trails as we focus on erosion control on City and County Trails accessible from Wilderness Gate Trailhead.  Please consider parking at St. John’s[...]
May
10
Sat
10:00 am Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room
Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room
May 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room
Meet at the Railyard Park Community Room for a slow bicycle ride on Santa Fe’s major paved trails and the mellow streets that connect them. Learn some of the history behind the Rail, River, and[...]
11:00 am Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park
Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park
May 10 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park
Hosted by the Santa Fe Watershed Association and the City of Santa Fe at De Vargas Park. Santa Fe Conservation Trust will have a table. Stop by to say hello. Lots of music, fun, and[...]
May
17
Sat
8:00 am “What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail
“What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail
May 17 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
“What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail
Join SFCT for an eBird/ Merlin learning session designed to teach participants how to effectively use the eBird and Merlin platforms to record their bird sightings – contributing to a vast citizen science database that helps[...]
Jun
7
Sat
8:00 am Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail
Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail
Jun 7 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail
A Collaborative Learning Workshop by Melissa Houser of Santa Fe Conservation Trust and Jan-Willem Jansens of Ecotone Landscape Planning, LLC. During this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to conduct a Bullseye Survey of a[...]

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