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 45,000 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.
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E-News – Banff and other Thanksgiving Treats!
Happy Thanksgiving to you! I am writing this in anticipation of being a little heartbroken on the day, because my family members, even though we all live here, are celebrating it separately from each other. We will be on the phone with each other, for sure, and I am...
E-News – Two Great Programs to Keep You Company
I am hoping that this email will bring a little joy into your lives as we shelter in place for a while to try to get the coronavirus under control. How about some Banff films to add a little excitement to your couchsurfing? Get ready because the Banff Virtual World...
Volunteer Work on Dorothy Stewart Trail and Atalaya Trail, Fall 2020
In September and October, we turned our attention to the City's Dorothy Stewart Trail and Santa Fe National Forest's Atalaya Trail, for which we recently renewed our adoption. Although we hadn't worked on either for several years, these trails were in relatively good...
Trail Work on the La Tierra Chili Line, Fall 2020
Thanks to volunteers from Journey Montessori School and a representative of Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, we got a jump on protecting the old rail bed and preparing it for the La Tierra Chili Line Trail in September and October. Activities included putting up temporary...
E-News – Enjoy our soon to be Chilly 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 flourish...
E-News – Keeping Hope (and Our Trails) Alive
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 voting in...
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Spring Newsletter 2015
earthLines 2015 Newsletter