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The Wildlife Refuge Helping a Community Fight for Environmental Justice
Egrets gather at an irrigation canal near the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, on June 23, 2014.
Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / Albuquerque Journal / ZUMAPRESS.com / Alamy
Can this New Mexico community get green space without the gentrification that usually follows?
Apr 16, 2021
The South Valley in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was once a thriving oasis of food production watered by a network of historic irrigation canals, or
acequias. Today, it’s home to several historic neighborhoods along the Rio Grande, including Mountain View.