Love Your Watershed Day 2025
Get ready to celebrate our watershed this Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at De Vargas Park!
Enjoy a fabulous family-friendly day at the park with great music, fun activities, and meaningful connections.
- Live music by Lone Piñon and Repurposed Vibe!
- Amazing hands-on educational activities, including:
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- Tree Spree! scavenger hunt with the Santa Fe Watershed Association
- Enviroscape nonpoint source watershed model and What’s Your Watershed Address? with the City of Santa Fe
- The Watershed Resilience Lab at the University of New Mexico will be bringing stream sensors and show you how to measure stream solute properties of different waters.
- A museum of trash with the Trash Pandas
- Animal tracking activities with international tracking specialist Ann Hunkins
- Tabling activity with the Forest Stewards Guild and The Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition
- Tabling activity with El Rancho de La Golondrinas
- Tabling activity with the City of Santa Fe Water Conservation
- Free bike valet by Bike Santa Fe
- A De Vargas Park river cleanup led by the amazing Trash Pandas, starting at 10:30 a.m. Meet at the skate park. Trash bags and other cleanup supplies can also be picked up at the Trash Pandas table.
Massive Community Cleanup
Starting Friday, May 2 and continuing until Sunday, May 11, we encourage you to participate in a watershed cleanup or join the Love Your Watershed Day river cleanup at De Vargas Park! Fun fact: Last year, 139 cleanup volunteers collected 5,215 pounds of trash! Please reach out to Lorraine Chow at lorraine@santafewatershed.org to get involved.
Open call for tabling partners!
We are now accepting applications for tabling partners for the third annual Love Your Watershed Day! Environmental and educational nonprofits, as well as organizations focused on watershed health and awareness, are encouraged to apply. Click here to apply!
Each participant is asked to bring their own tent, table, chairs, and an interactive, hands-on activity. This is a fantastic chance to showcase your work and mission and connect with our vibrant community.
Please note that space is limited, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. Deadline for submission: Friday, April 25, 2025
We look forward to hearing from you and working together to make this event a success! Please contact Amara May at 505-204-2116 or amara@santafewatershed.org if you have questions.
Volunteer help needed!
We’re looking for dedicated volunteers to help with set up, breakdown, and assist with traffic control during this amazing event. Your hard work is essential to making this day a success, and we couldn’t do it without you!
Click here to sign up and join us in giving back to our watershed!
