Habitat Conservation

Our Habitat Conservation Program is led by program director, Cameron Weber, and is dedicated to the resurgence of agricultural lands into richly patterned habitat assemblages that are essential to wildlife and vital to humanity. It exists as a distinct set of projects for long-term habitat resurgence and reconstitution within the footprint of agriculture. The Habitat Conservation Program is determined to implement habitat projects that create and demonstrate a dynamic model of conservation that are responsive to and guided by civic concerns and environmental justice.

The constructed habitats of the Middle Rio Grande are often described as a string of pearls. The value of these habitats for migrating and resident wildlife is enormous, and the effort to reclaim lands for their benefit and ours is ongoing. Rio Grande Return has long been influential in adding pearls to the string. The Habitat Conservation Program advocates for policies and projects that will protect and extend that vision.