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They’re called wildlife ref- uges—and it’s true that they shelter animals from cottontails and coyote to migrating cranes. But the species benefitting most from these places may well be our own: Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge is just a short drive away for millions of people in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, while Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge is actually inside the Albuquerque metro area—and within an hour of nearly half the population of New Mexico. “When I look at Valle de Oro,” says Albuquerque resident Angela West,
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“I see mothers who can … bring their kids down here and share this with them—whether they have a car that can make it 15 miles south or not.” The Trust for Public Land helped
establish both of these close-to-home refuges in the past few years. Their names reflect their regional heritage. “Hackmatack” is the Algonquin word for the tamarack tree that blankets the upper midwest in green each spring. “Valle de Oro” was chosen by the public in an online vote: it means “Valley of Gold”—the perfect descrip- tion for a landscape New Mexico families are sure to treasure.
GET A SNEAK PEEK AT NEW MEXICO’S NEWEST WILDLIFE REFUGE
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