Bernalillo County Parks, Recreation and Open Space

06/05/2026

🌱Farm Fridays!

☀️As we transition to summer, the Grow the Growers interns are busy applying practical skills in using hand tools and machinery.

🌶️This week the interns are weeding the pepper beds with hula hoes and the aisles with wheel hoes. At the same time, they are preparing our next fields with our walk behind tractor, tilling compost and soil amendments into the beds!

05/29/2026

Announcement: Temporary Trail Closure🚧
Location: Carlito Springs Open Space
Timeline: Until further notice

Bee 🐝 careful on the trails! We have many pollinators making their homes and creating more flower-loving friends in preparation of pollinator week (June 22-28). Please give these new parents room to buzz about and stay behind the cones/signage marking the trail closure.

05/27/2026

Bernalillo County Open Space is Youth Conservation Corps Interns and an Intern Lead! Spend your summer being paid for planting, irrigating, harvesting, composting, seed-saving and plant propagation.

Ages: 16-25
Location: Ag Center (5945 Isleta Boulevard, Albuquerque, NM 87105)
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
Season: Full time June-July and part time offered August-October

Apply today:
https://tinyurl.com/yccintern
https://tinyurl.com/yccinternlead

05/22/2026

Hooray! All pools, except for North Valley, are opening this Memorial Day weekend! 💦

BernCo pools are about to open! 💦

Beginning Saturday, May 23, all county pools, except North Valley, will transition to summer hours and remain open through Memorial Day weekend.

*PLEASE NOTE* - Outdoor pools will temporarily close May 26–29 while APS completes its final week of school, as many of our seasonal lifeguards are still in class. During that time, the Rio Grande Indoor Pool will resume winter operating hours.

All outdoor pools reopen on Saturday, May 30, for the rest of the summer season. The final day of public swim at outdoor pools will be July 30, though pools will remain available for private weekend rentals through Labor Day.

Happy swimming! 🏊

05/21/2026

Want to work outdoors this summer? Join Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District / Bernalillo County Open Space by becoming the Agricultural Program Assistant. The Program Assistant will support the YCC AgCorps crew on day-to-day tasks, track project activity, and prepare materials for agricultural programming.

Full time: Summer (40 hrs/week)
Possible part time extension: Fall (20 hrs/week)
$24/hour
Gutierrez-Hubbell Open Space

Apply at https://www.ciudadswcd.org/ciudad-is-hiring-an-agriculture-program-assistant

05/15/2026

🌱Farm Friday!

This week the Grow the Growers Interns transplanted their first summer crops of the season! Eggplants, green chiles, and other pepper plants are the first to go into the ground, and the tomato starts will soon follow. At the same time, our spring crops are producing bountiful harvests of radishes, swiss chard, kale, cilantro, and pac choi! 🫜🥬

05/09/2026

Join a crew of peers to develop agricultural skills at Bernalillo County Open Space with Ag Corps! Spend your summer being paid for planting, irrigating, harvesting, composting, seed-saving and plant propagation.

Ages: 16-25
Location: Ag Center (5945 Isleta Boulevard, Albuquerque, NM 87105)
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
Season: Full time June-July and part time offered August-October

Please fill out the interest form at bernco.gov/ycc

05/08/2026

East Mountain community members are encouraged to remove dry leaves, branches, and other yard debris from their properties and bring the material for free disposal.

Now through Sunday, May 10
East Mountain Transfer Station (711 Highway 333)
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

05/06/2026

You’re invited to Alvarado Park Neighborhood Association’s 2nd Annual Pollinator Palooza! Fun, food, music, plants, activities, and more!

Saturday, May 9
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
North End of Alvarado Park, the 5600 Block of Haines Ave NE

04/24/2026

Today we are celebrating National Arbor Day!

Bernalillo County Open Space has several orchards whose trees provide fresh fruit to the community. Keep an eye out in July or August for our Community Harvest Days at Gutierrez-Hubbell Open Space or Carlito Springs Open Space.

Until then, enjoy the pretty flowers like those of the plum tree below! 🌸