We appreciate your participation - thank you everyone from all over New Mexico, the US and other countries for coming and joining us for our workshops and lectures and tours!
We invite you to attend next year, too.
We also wish to thank the many, many valued volunteers who make the Festival possible.
Thanks to the Refuge, Refuge Manager Tom Melanson, and Fish & Wildlife staff and biologists; the city of Socorro; the Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR and our Festival Coordinators - Robyn Harrison and the Friends' executive director, Leigh Ann Vradenburg and our Bosque Nature Store Manager, Shirleen Greenwood. and our art tent participants and exhibitors
Many dedicated people work each year
to create a Festival highlighting
the beauty and importance of
the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
for all birds and wildlife which rely on it for their survival
and to create a Festival full of joy for the world we share with them
