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The Rio Grande Nature Center State Park is a New Mexico State Park located adjacent to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. The Rio Grande Nature Center is a 38-acre urban wildlife preserve established in 1982. About two thirds of the grounds of the park are set aside as habitat for wildlife.
The Rio Grande Valley State Park is made up of 4,300 acres (17 km 2) of land along both sides of the Rio Grande stretching from the Sandia Pueblo in the north, and south to the Isleta Pueblo. The bosque , or woods, (the local name for the floodplain cottonwood ecosystem) dominates the river valley area.
The valley runs through Albuquerque Basin, the location of Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, between the aptly named East and West Mesas. It is also the location of Rio Grande Valley State Park. The valley narrows to the south of this basin before entering the Socorro Basin near Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.
ABQ BioPark Zoo, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a facility of the Albuquerque Biological Park. Founded in 1927, the 64-acre (26 ha) zoo was originally known as the Rio Grande Zoo. Sections of the zoo include an Africa exhibit area, an Australia exhibit area, the "Cat Walk" and a herpetology area.
Federal administrators plan to extend the bosque (riparian forest of the Rio Grande) onto the refuge. [3] In 2015, the refuge's land acquisition was finalized, bringing the size of the National Wildlife Refuge to 570.03 acres (230.68 ha). [4] Valle de Oro NWR is designated as an Urban National Wildlife Refuge, due to its proximity to Albuquerque.
Tingley Field (originally named Rio Grande Park) was a baseball stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which served as the home of professional baseball in Albuquerque from 1932 to 1968. It could accommodate 5000 fans, with seating for 3000.
Rio Grande southeast of Falcon Reservoir, Municipality of Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico (August 12, 2007) In 1997, the US designated the Rio Grande as one of the American Heritage Rivers. Two portions of the Rio Grande are designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, one in northern New Mexico and the other in Texas, at Big Bend National Park.
Rio Grande river and watershed map. The Rio Grande Trail is a proposed long distance trail along the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico. [1] The river extends over 1,800 total miles, some 700 miles (1,100 km) of which pass through the heart of New Mexico. It is the state's primary drainage feature and most valuable natural and cultural ...