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The short film Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (2005) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film Bosque del Apache: Ancient Flyway of the Rio Grande (2000) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film Back to the Bosque (2000) is available for free viewing ...
Bosque del Apache at night. During the migratory season the refuge can be visited by 12,000 sandhill cranes, 70,000 snow geese, over 40,000 ducks from 14 different species, and over 300 other varieties of bird. Though a prime site for birding, the Refuge also contains a number of muledeer, coyotes, and wild javelina, among other species. [2]
The largest is La Joya and the second largest is the Bernardo Waterfowl Area (BWA). [1] There are smaller Waterfowl Management Areas (WMAs) at Casa Colorada, (420 acres (170 ha)), and Belen with 230 acres (93 ha), at both of which corn and alfalfa are cultivated to provide food for the birds. The WMAs are supported by sale of hunting and ...
Mar. 20—The State Land Office held its first of three public meetings to determine if it should accept an offer to transfer a 212-acre parcel of land in the bosque to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife ...
Limited hunting of doves and waterfowl is permitted. [6] Most, but not all, of the refuge is off limits to the public and its development is left to nature. Use such as hiking and photography are permitted in some areas. There are over seven miles of trails open sunrise to sunset. Picnicking and camping are not permitted anywhere in the refuge. [7]
The Colorado state wildlife areas are managed for hunting, fishing, observation, management, and preservation of wildlife. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife division of the U.S. State of Colorado manages more than 300 state wildlife areas with a total area of more than 860 square miles (2,230 km 2 ) in the state.
The refuge is a major stopover for migrating greater sandhill cranes moving between their wintering area around Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico and breeding grounds in the northern United States and southern Canada. Up to 20,000 cranes pass through in the spring and again in the fall.
One of the most famous and ecologically intact sections of the bosque is included in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, which is located south of San Antonio, NM. [4] Another bosque can be found in Costa Rica, a beautiful wildlife refuge named Bosque Alegre. [5]