RGALT is thrilled to share our 25th Anniversary Commemorative Video. The video features our conservation landowners sharing their stories and commitment to protect their land. RGALT’s Director, Cecilia Rosacker, is also featured in the video discussing the opportunities and the challenges to achieving our mission to protect land and water for people and wildlife in the middle Rio Grande. The video, produced by Christi Bode of Moxicran Media, will be used as a conservation outreach tool to be shared with landowners, partners, and the public.

If you would like to sponsor the video production, please contact cecilia@rgalt.org or call 505-270-4421. Sponsors will be listed in the video credits.

RGALT CELEBRATES

ACCREDITATION RENEWAL!!

Did you know that RGALT goes through a rigourous process to ensure we are operating at the highest possible conservation standards? The Land Trust Alliance, the national accrediting body for land trusts, has renewed our accredited status!

Read more here!

25th Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser – Photos

The RGALT team would like to thank all of those who joined us in celebrating our 25th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Fundraiser. What a tremendous milestone for our organization! As much as our event is a fundraiser, it is a “friendraiser”, an...

Celebrating 25 Years Serving the MRG’s Conservation Needs

It was 25 years ago, a diverse group of community members – farmers and conservationists - gathered at my kitchen table to discuss ways to protect farmland in Socorro County. The county was contemplating the establishment of a county zoning...

Leaving a Meaningful Legacy

Tucked down a quiet private road, sits a serene half acre alongside the Los Duranes acequia. This parcel, once part of a large farm along the Rio Grande, was the home of Meinrad Craighead, an artist and former contemplative nun. It was here,...

Conservation Easements

A conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its conservation values.

 Check out our Conservation Easement Guidebook for more information.

Fall 2022 Newsletter

Summer Newsletter and Annual Report

RGALT is celebrating 25 years of conservation efforts in the Middle Rio Grande of NM! Click to read about how RGALT began, meet new staff, and learn about planned giving.

Work with us

Are you a landowner interested in learning more about conservation easements and their benefits? We’d love to hear from you.

We also work with a number of partner organizations. Let us know if you’d like to collaborate.

We protect land and water for people and wildlife in New Mexico, forever

Our vision of the Middle Rio Grande Valley--urban and rural--is a landscape rich with vegetation and wildlife, water in the river and ditches, and thriving farms.

STORIES FROM THE FIELD

The Common Thread: People and The Rio Grande