Albuquerque Wildlife Federation

WHAT'S NEW

NEXT MEETING:
Holiday Potluck & All Members Meeting
Thursday, December 11, 2025
6:30 pm
Join us for our annual holiday potluck and help elect the board for 2026! Details here.

NEXT RESTORATION PROJECTS:
Check back in February 2026!
Our volunteer ecological restoration projects have wrapped up for 2025.

AWF's meetings and volunteer restoration projects are always free and open to the public. There is no need to be a member in order to participate.

Check out AWF's history book!

Celebrate AWF's 110th anniversary by downloading a pdf or ordering a printed copy of this book, which some of the highlights of the last four decades of AWF's volunteer ecological restoration service projects.

2025 AWF PROJECT SCHEDULE

MARCH 15
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
APRIL 11-13
Higgins Canyon, Ft. Union Ranch
APRIL 26
   Day project in the Galisteo Basin
MAY 16-18
Turkey Mountains, Ft. Union Ranch
MAY 30-JUNE 1
Rito Peñas Negras
JUNE 20-22
San Antonio Creek, Jemez Mtns
AUGUST 15-17
Midnight Meadows, near Questa, NM
AUGUST 29-31
Limestone Canyon, San Mateo Mountains
SEPTEMBER 19-21
  Rio Embudo, Dixon, NM
OCTOBER 3-5
   Cebolla Canyon, El Malpais
OCTOBER 25
Cedro Creek

about us

Albuquerque Wildlife Federation is an all-volunteer non-profit organization focused on New Mexico's wildlife and habitat resources. Among AWF's dedicated and able volunteers are wildlife experts, public land stewards, sportsmen and hunters, and most especially, ordinary citizens committed to conservation of nature's wealth for personal satisfaction and for future generations.
AWF's mission & purpose statement

Help keep Leopold's legacy going strong by making a donation or becoming a member!

AWF is proud of its connection to Aldo Leopold – forester, game manager, and author of A Sand County Almanac – who founded the Albuquerque Wildlife Federation with several colleagues in 1914. As his role with the fledgling Forest Service evolved into the profession of Wildlife Biologist during the 1930's, he grew to appreciate, despite his initial advocacy of predator control, that healthy wildlife habitat relies on species diversity and richness, that nature is an interconnected web of dependency among species small and large. This is a philosophy that AWF embraces.

Inspired by Leopold's path of life-long learning, AWF offers monthly meetings featuring guest speakers on a variety of topics, in-the-field restoration service projects, a monthly newsletter, and opportunities to discuss issues relating to wildlife protection, habitat conservation, and wise use of public lands.

AWF's field projects partner our members with federal and state agencies and other conservation organizations to protect resources on New Mexico's public lands. We consolidate our efforts on restoration projects where we all learn and benefit from the shared experience.

Monthly meetings are held at 7:30 pm on the second Thursday of every other month at the Friends Meeting House, 1600 5th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

1914 - 2024: AWF CELEBRATES 110 YEARS OF CONSERVATION