As Maria “Brenda” Rosita Gallegos stood over the body of her lifeless son, who had been shot in the head at close range, she begged the suspected gunman to spare her life.

For years the Taos chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico has propagated native plants from seed to sell-to-the-public in order to promote using natives in home gardening and local landscaping. In the fall of 2019, we stepped up our efforts by entering into an exciting partnership…

“What we’re tasked with doing is organizing the farmers and ranchers to form a conservation district. That way they can form their own natural resource priority list,” said Atcitty, the group’s executive director for the last two years.