Snow geese of the Bosque
Ask anyone who has visited Bosque del Apache about this great National Wildlife Refuge and, odds are, the first thing they mention will be sandhill cranes.
Bosque translates to grove of trees. Bosque del Apache, in Spanish, means "woods of the Apache." The term comes to us from a time when Spanish explorers routinely found members of this southwestern tribe camped in the riparian forest along the Colorado River in central New Mexico.
The nearly 60,000-acre refuge, purchased largely with Duck Stamp dollars (funds generated through the sale of International Migratory Bird Stamps), was established in 1939. The land was set aside to provide for wintering migratory birds, especially greater sandhill cranes, which were endangered at the time. The refuge is also a breeding ground for many species including rails, shorebirds and the rarely seen Montezuma quail.
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Bosque translates to grove of trees. Bosque del Apache, in Spanish, means "woods of the Apache." The term comes to us from a time when Spanish explorers routinely found members of this southwestern tribe camped in the riparian forest along the Colorado River in central New Mexico.
The nearly 60,000-acre refuge, purchased largely with Duck Stamp dollars (funds generated through the sale of International Migratory Bird Stamps), was established in 1939. The land was set aside to provide for wintering migratory birds, especially greater sandhill cranes, which were endangered at the time. The refuge is also a breeding ground for many species including rails, shorebirds and the rarely seen Montezuma quail.
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