Standing with members of the New Mexico delegation, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that a diverse group of federal, state, and local partners and conservation groups supported by the Land and Water Conservation Fund have made it possible to acquire the lands needed to complete the 570-acre Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, the Southwest’s first urban national wildlife refuge national wildlife refuge
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"The US Fish and Wildlife Service is proud to be a part of a collaboration that brings nature and communities together.” said Benjamin Tuggle, the Service’s Southwest Regional Director. “Through collaborative visioning and lots of hard work with our many partners, Valle de Oro is a community driven effort that will serve wildlife and people. As we continue our conservation journey this urban wildlife refuge will be a source of pride where this community, and especially our youth, can experience nature in their own backyard."
