Our Public Lands: Where Memories Are Made
Our national parks and public lands offer endless opportunities for kids to explore, learn, and play. Connecting kids to the outdoors, whether it’s playing in the local park down the street or hiking and camping in a national park, can inspire a lifelong connection to conservation, while reaping all of the health benefits that go along with an active lifestyle.
I worked to pass a bipartisan resolution designating May 18, 2019 as Kids to Parks Day. This year’s ninth annual Kids to Parks Day kicks off a summer-long series of events at local, state, and national parks.
Our public lands are where memories are made, and I encourage New Mexico families to take advantage of the Kids to Parks events taking place across the state during the week of May 11th – 18th. Here are resources for Kids to Parks Day and visiting our treasured public lands in New Mexico:
Join the conversation online using the hashtags: #KidsToParks & #FindYourPark
National Park Trust: List of New Mexico Kids To Parks Day Events
Our newest National Monuments in New Mexico:
- Rio Grande Del Norte in the Taos Area
- Organ Mountains Desert Peaks in the Las Cruces Area
National Park Service: National Parks In New Mexico
New Mexico State Parks: Find A Park
Every Kid in a Park Pass: Fourth graders get free access to hundreds of parks, lands, and waters for an entire year
National Park Service: Junior Ranger Programs
- Bandelier National Monument, NM
- Capulin Volcano National Monument, NM
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, NM
- El Malpais National Monument, NM
- El Morro National Monument, NM
- Fort Union National Monument, NM
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park, NM,WA,TN
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail, CO,KS,MO,NM,OK
- White Sands National Monument, NM
Teaching with Historic Places, New Mexico Lesson Plans:
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TAOS, N.M. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined a community gathering with local leaders to commemorate the federal acquisition of 3,700 acres of land adjacent to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in Taos County, N.M....
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, led a letter alongside 19 of his Senate colleagues urging Senate leadership to reject all anti-public lands “poison pill” provisions in the final agreement on the Interior, Environment, and...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Shelly Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker,...
