The Southwestern New Mexico Audubon Society serves communities in four counties;
Silver City, Deming, Lordsburg, Glenwood, Cliff, Reserve, the Mimbres Valley, and the Gila National Forest.
Monthly Programs, Field Trips, Annual Bird Counts, Education, Conservation, Regional Habitat,
and Audubon Membership
15th Annual Gila River Festival
September 19 – 22, 2019
The Gila Conservation Coalition hosts the 15th annual Gila River Festival September 19-22, 2019 in Silver City, New Mexico and along the Gila River. Visit gilariverfestival.org to view the full festival program and to register.
Volunteers are still needed - and a great opportunity to participate in the Festival and "receive good karma" by offering your help at the same time. Some field trips sell out quickly, so this may be the best way to go on one of them. If you can help out, contact Donna Stevens: director@UGWA.org.
SWNMA is sponsoring a Plants and Pollinators mural project that will engage young members of the community in designing and creating a mural depicting local native plants and their pollinators – birds, butterflies and bees - and the impact of climate change by depicting the past, present and future for plants and their pollinators. The Mimbres Region Arts Council Youth Mural Program is responsible for the 20 ft. x 40 ft. mural on the Texas St. side of the Silver City Trading Post Antique Mall in downtown Silver City.
Our support for the mural is an extension of ongoing SWNMA efforts to promote Silver City as a Bird-Butterfly- and Bee-Friendly community, which includes distributing our B3-friendly guide and a swallow monitoring project around town, especially at WNMU.
SWNMA was awarded a grant for $4,500 from the National Audubon Society’s Plants for Birds Burke Grant program. Want to help? Donors will be acknowledged in various ways. Those who donate at the $500 level or above will be listed on a plaque on the mural wall. Please contact: swnmaudubon@gmail.com. Donations are tax-deductible and accepted by check to SWNM Audubon, P.O. Box 1473, Silver City, NM 88062.
