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Updates

March 14 -- Volunteers planted 125 cottonwood trees in the Willow Creek Bosque.

Feb 2009 -- Southwest Interface Solutions completed removing invasives from the final 11 acres of the Middle Bosque sandbars.

Nov -- Southwest Interface Solutions completed clearing approximately 14 acres of invasives on the sandbars in the middle bosque.

FORROS received a $25,000 grant from U.S. Fish and Wildlife for restoration work in the bosque.

May -- Pulte Homes volunteers cut new growth invasives and removed weeds from the Willow Creek bosque.

April -- Volunteers from FORROS planted four-wing salt bushes in the Willow Creek bosque.

Feb. 2008 -- Clearing of the sandbars in Willow Creek has begun. Next will be the sandbars in the middle bosque.

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Friends of Rio Rancho Open Space, Inc.

FORROS meets the third Saturday of the month
Rio West Community Church, 6751 Pasilla Rd NE
Next meeting, March 21, 9 a.m.

Mission Statement

A Tax Exempt 501 (c)(3) corporation dedicated to restore, preserve and
enhance the recreational and cultural value of Rio Rancho Open Space, to
benefit or encourage public use.

Our bosque is a treasure of our community. It remains in a natural state, though now
choked with invasive trees, primarily Russian olive and saltcedar. Our mission
is to remove these trees and restore the areas by adding native trees and shrubs.
This will provide an enjoyable place for our residents and wildlife.

FORROS' logo was designed by Chris Trimboli and Kyra Burch,
students at Rio Rancho High School