Great Grant: NM Wilderness Alliance

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection, restoration and enjoyment of New Mexico’s wild lands and wilderness areas. This organization makes sure our incredible desert and mountain lands, like Otero Mesa and Rio Grande Del Norte, will remain beautiful and wild forever.

This year, the Wilderness Alliance used funds from the Foundation to help remove graffiti in the Sandias. Utilizing a workforce of college students, the Wilderness Alliance developed literature on how to best remove graffiti, as well as social media programs and presentations about the topic of graffiti in wilderness areas. The messaging created by these passionate students will help educate the people of Albuquerque about keeping our wild lands clean and graffiti-free.

The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is interested in building diverse coalitions of people united in their concern for our natural world, including ranchers, sportsmen, scientists, tribal and religious leaders, students, community leaders and more. We’re proud to support this organization, whose demonstrated commitment to community and collaboration for New Mexicans clearly mirrors our own commitment to the place we call home.