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

May
6
Tue
6:00 pm Vámonos – Take a Walk on the Sou... @ Southside Library
Vámonos – Take a Walk on the Sou... @ Southside Library
May 6 @ 6:00 pm
May 6 – Tuesday @ 6pmTake a Walk on the South SideSouth Side Library to Tierra Contenta TrMeet at 6599 Jaguar DriveHike Info: Easy; ADA June 10 – Tuesday @ 6pmTake a Walk on the[...]
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

Take a Kid Hiking on June 5

Take a Kid Hiking on June 5

As you can imagine, it was hard to plan and promote our programs this year because of the coronavirus.  Should we promote the VAMONOS program, for example, or would we not be able to gather?  Until we got more clarity, we did as much gorilla advertising as we could,...

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Last Chance to Speak Out

Last Chance to Speak Out

Last Chance for Comments on the Streetlight Conversion! Over 5,500 streetlights are slated to be converted to LED lights, which is great as far as saving energy is concerned. But the temperature of the lights is still to be determined, which is why we are concerned....

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Bursting Out of the Pandemic!

Bursting Out of the Pandemic!

Yesterday was a big day on the pandemic front with good news about masks for vaccinated people. Check out the CDCs new recommendations if you haven't seen them yet. Of course, the governor has to weigh in soon. Even though it is good news, I feel sort of like a rabbit...

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Preserving our Night Skies – Thank You!

Preserving our Night Skies – Thank You!

We are thrilled with the turnout for our Dark Skies earthLINES Online Chat last night, which featured Sam Finn, Peter Lipscomb, Francois-Marie Patorni, and Terry Smith.  What discussion!  We are so grateful for their time, expertise and passion for lighting that is...

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Preserving our Night Skies – Thank You!

City Streetlight Conversion

Roundtable Discussion on Responsible Lighting for Santa FeThursday, April 29th, at 6:30 pm Join four local residents who have been tracking the conversion of Santa Fe’s streetlights to energy-saving LEDs. You'll learn how various kinds of outdoor lighting can impact...

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Get Involved for Earth Day and Night Skies

Get Involved for Earth Day and Night Skies

​Dear friend, Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd. How will you celebrate? One way you can celebrate is by supporting our work. Every single day, SFCT works to preserve biodiversity by protecting important habitat for rare and threatened species; our work helps to...

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

May
6
Tue
6:00 pm Vámonos – Take a Walk on the Sou... @ Southside Library
Vámonos – Take a Walk on the Sou... @ Southside Library
May 6 @ 6:00 pm
May 6 – Tuesday @ 6pmTake a Walk on the South SideSouth Side Library to Tierra Contenta TrMeet at 6599 Jaguar DriveHike Info: Easy; ADA June 10 – Tuesday @ 6pmTake a Walk on the[...]
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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