The Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center is a non-profit 50l(c)3 organization that supports the Nature Center's mission to preserve and protect the Rio Grande bosque, to educate the public about Rio Grande ecosystems and to foster positive human interactions with those systems. The Friends fund classes for over 12,000 schoolchildren each year, manage the Nature Shop, and support a number of ecological research projects. Led by a force of 170 trained naturalists, the Friends serve some 40,000 Nature Center visitors with classes, guided walks, and other educational activities.
 

Hours:
Monday - Sunday
Gates open from  8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Visitor Center open from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Open every day except
Christmas, New Years and Thanksgiving

Admission
$3 per vehicle
$15 per bus
Leashed dogs in the park are allowed ONLY on the path bordered by a fence that extends west from
Candelaria NW.
(guide dogs excepted).
Remember to "pooper-scoop"

The RGNCSP is one of 34 parks in the
New Mexico State Park system.
To view the State Parks' web site,
click here.

Cottonwood Leaves


All written and photographic material is the sole property of
The Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center
All rights reserved

Photos by Pat O'Brien
unless otherwise credited