VALLE DE ORO GOES VIRTUAL

Valle de Oro refuge hosts a Facebook Live event today to celebrate the new visitor center.

Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a Facebook Live event today — Saturday, Feb. 20 — to celebrate its new visitor center, which is almost complete.

Staff of the refuge that is in Albuquerque’s South Valley will give a virtual tour of the new facility at noon.

Construction crews broke ground on the 10,000-square-foot center in October 2019. It will include an amphitheater, education center, exhibit hall, staff offices, a space for the Friends of Valle de Oro organization and a new maintenance facility.

Visit facebook.com/ValleDeOroNationalWildlifeRefuge to view the live video.