Albuquerque's Environmental Story

Educating For a Sustainable Community

Appendix

Resource Organizations

When contacting an agency as a resource, the students should remember the following:

• to call ahead for an appointment
• to keep the appointment as a group if more than one student needs the same information
• to arrive with his or her own writing materials
• not to arrive with a vague topic and expect the resource person to narrow it down
• not to expect the resource person to do their research for them
• to plan beforehand what questions should be asked to get the information needed
• to allow for the resource person's bias; it is the student's job to research all sides of an issue
• not to expect the resource person to spend an unreasonable amount of time with them
• to be sensitive to clues that they have used up their time and, if necessary, make another appointment
• to send the resource person a copy of the finished report along with a note of thanks

Should students have the opportunity to attend public meetings for the purpose of expressing their opinion and influencing decisions on an issue, remind them:

• to check with office staff ahead of time to find out if it is necessary to register their intent to speak on an issue
• to have their facts organized and use notes when speaking if needed
• to be able to document, where possible, their information to deal with issues, not personalities
• to consider the broad impact of a decision, in addition to personal or neighborhood special interests

All of the listed organizations have expressed willingness to supply teachers with one or more of the following:

Key

A -- Audio visual materials available
C -- Workshops or courses available for teachers
I -- Information and referral service
L -- Literature available for teachers or students
M-- Teaching materials available
S -- Speakers available for classroom presentations
T -- Tours available, either on site or in the field
* -- additional information follows

• ABQ Ride
  601 Yale Blvd. SE
  Albuquerque, NM 843-9200

• Albuquerque Conservation Association (TACA)
  See The Albuquerque Conservation Association

• Albuquerque Museum of Art & History (City of Albuquerque) (T,I)
  2000 Mountain Rd.. NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87104 242-4600
  

• Albuquerque Police Department (City of Albuquerque)
  400 Roma NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87103
  Community Awareness 764-1090
  Crime Prevention Unit 764-1090
  DARE 857-8321
  

• Albuquerque Tree Initiative
  (Tree New Mexico)
  PO Box 81827
  Albuquerque, NM 87198 265-4554
  

• All Indian Pueblo Council
  2401 12th Street NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87104
  881-1992
  Council represents 19 pueblos; provides all types of social and environmental services for Pueblo Indian people.

• American Lung Association of New Mexico (S I *)
  216 Truman NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87108 265-0732
  Educational materials for indoor and outdoor air quality, concerns of all lung diseases, prevention information. Available for classroom presentations, Asthma Camp, Clean Air Week.

• Animal Services (City of Albuquerque)
  8920 Lomas NE (location) PO Box 1293 (mail address)
  Albuquerque, NM 87103 768-1975
  West Side 11800 Sunset Gardens SW 768-1975

• Campfire Girls and Boys: Tierra del Sol Council (*)
  700 4th Street SW
  Albuquerque, NM 87102 842-8787
  * National nonprofit youth agency; after school and summer recreation.

• Center for the Study of Community
  4018 Old Santa Fe Trail
  Santa Fe, NM 87505 982-2752

• Common Bond Community Center
  4013 Silver Ave SE
  Albuquerque, NM 87108 891-3647

• Conservation Voters Alliance (I)
  PO Box 40497
  Albuquerque, NM 87196

• Cooperative Extension Service (NMSU - Bernalillo County) (S,L,I,*)
  1510 Menaul NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87107 243-1386
  * Information and speakers available for home economics, 4-H, horticulture, nutrition and gardening.

• Cultural Services Department (City of Albuquerque)
  400 Marquette NW 6th Floor
  Albuquerque, NM 87103 768-3550

• Department of Finance and Administration (State of New Mexico)
  Local Government Division (I,*)
  206 Lamy Building
  Santa Fe, NM 87503-2783
  505-827-8050 or 1-800-432-7108
  * The Local Government Division is statutorily required to set tax rates for the state of New Mexico, and examine proposed budgets from all local bodies. It also administers the HUD Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program; the Water Supply Construction Act Grant Program, among others.

• Earth Science Information Center (UNM) (I,*)
  Earth Data Analysis Center
  Albuquerque, NM 87131 277-3622
  * Provides satellite images of the earth.

• Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
  New Mexico Natural Resource Conservation Service
  2040 South Pacheco
  Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 827-8087
  Bernalillo Office 867-3711

• Environmental Quality Services
  Bureau of Indian Affairs (*)
  Albuquerque Area Office
  615 1st Street NW
  PO Box 26567
  Albuquerque, NM 87125-6567 766-3754
  * Federal governmental agency which provides technical assistance to Indian Tribes related to environmental quality and archeological compliances.

• Environment Department (State of New Mexico)
  PO Box 26110
  Santa Fe, NM 87502 1-800-219-6157
  

• Environmental Education Assoc. of New Mexico (M,I)
  PO Box 36958
  Albuquerque, NM 87176-6958
  

• Environmental Health Department. (City of Albuquerque) (S,I,M)
  One Civic Plaza NW, 3rd Floor
  Albuquerque, NM 87103 768-2600
  

• Bernalillo County Environmental Health Office. (S,I,M)
  One Civic Plaza NW 3rd Floor
  Albuquerque, NM 87103 768-4390
  Provides environmental health service for the unincorporated areas of Bernalillo County to include water, water quality, solid waste and other environmental concerns.

• !EXPLORA! Science Center (T)
  1701 Mountain Road NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87104
  Phone: (505) 224-8300
  

• (The) Food Museum (T)
  9908 La Paz NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87114 898-0909
  

• Geological Survey Department of the Interior [S,I,L)
  Water Resources of New Mexico
  4501 Indian School Rd.. NE Suite 200
  Albuquerque, NM 87110-3929 262-5300
  * Hydrological classroom presentations available.

• Hawks Aloft (S,I)
  PO Box 10028
  Albuquerque, NM 87184 343-0111
  

• Hawk Watch International (S,I)
  1420 Carlisle Blvd. NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87108 255-7622
  

• Health Department (State of New Mexico)
  PO Box 20110
  Santa Fe, NM 87502 505-827-2613
  

• Historic Preservation Division (State of New Mexico) (*)
  228 East Palace
  Santa Fe, NM 87503 505-827-6320
  * Home to New Mexico's Historic Register

• Household Hazardous Waste (City of Albuquerque)(*)
  6133 Edith Boulevard NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87107 345-1650
  * The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, sponsored by Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Environmental Health Depts., is operated by Rinchem, Inc.

• Independent Living Resources Center (*)
  4401 Loams Blvd NE Suite B
  Albuquerque, NM 87110 266-5022
  * Nonprofit organization that provides referrals and services for people with disabilities

• Keep New Mexico Beautiful, Inc. (S,I,L)
  PO Box 90924
  Albuquerque, NM 87199-0924 344-5559
  * The purpose is to assist in the preservation and enhancement of New Mexico's natural beauty through a program of public education; to encourage local communities to improve their surroundings; and to develop a sense of pride in all citizens of the state of New Mexico.

• League of Women Voters Albuquerque/Bernalillo County
  5015 Prospect Avenue NE
  Albuquerque, NM 884-8441
  

• Maxwell Museum, UNM (T,I,L)
  Albuquerque, NM 87131 277-2924
  

• Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
  1931 2nd Street SW
  Albuquerque, NM 87102 247-0234
  

• National Atomic Museum (T,I)
  PO Box 5400 Albuquerque, NM 87115 845-6670
  

• Natural Resources Conservation Service (S,I,L,*)
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
  6200 Jefferson NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87109 761-4400
  * Educational materials and brochures, available to give classroom presentations.

• New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (C,S,*)
  Albuquerque Area Office
  3841 Midway Place
  Albuquerque, NM 87109 841-8881
  * Workshops for teachers on Project Wild, available for classroom programs.

• New Mexico Environmental Law Center (I)
  1405 Luisa Street, Suite 5
  Santa Fe, NM 87505 1-505-989-9022
  

• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (T,L,I,C,*)
  1801 Mountain Rd.. NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87104
  841-2800 for information
  841-2872 to book school tours
  281-5259 Sandia Mountain Natural History Center
  * Teaching materials available for check out, field trips and a resource source for teachers and students.

• New Mexico PIRG (Public Interest Research Group)
  PO Box 40173
  Albuquerque, NM 87196 254-1244
  

• New Mexico Solar Energy Industries Association
  PO Box 90275
  Albuquerque, NM 87107 884-1980
  

• New Mexico State Parks
  408 Galisteo
  Santa Fe, NM 87504 1-800-451-2541
  

• New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors
  2403 Carlisle Blvd.
  Albuquerque, NM 87110 884-2214
  

• Open Space Division (City of Albuquerque)
  PO Box 1293
  Albuquerque, NM 87103 873-6620
  

• Parks and Recreation Department (City of Albuquerque)
  1801 4th Street NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87102 768-5300
  

• Petroglyph National Monument (C,L,T,I,S,*)
  4735 Unser Blvd NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87120 839-4429
  * Programs for schools, Parks Classics Program provides teacher's workshops and curriculum guide for Natural History and Cultural History.

• Planning Department (City of Albuquerque)
  City/County Building 4th Floor
  Albuquerque, NM 87103 768-3800
  

• Population Environment Network (S,M,L,I,*)
  PO Box 35432
  Albuquerque, NM 87176-5432 867-6741
  * The purpose of the Population Environment Network is to raise public awareness about the relationship of increasing human population today and the deterioration of the environment and quality of life on Earth tomorrow.

• Project Share
  1515 Yale Blvd. SE
  Albuquerque, NM 87106 242-5677
  

• Public Service Company of New Mexico
  414 Silver Ave. SW
  Albuquerque, NM 87158

• Rio Grande Nature Center (New Mexico State Park) (T,I,C)
  2901 Candelaria NW
  Albuquerque, NM 87107 344-7240
  

• Rio Grande Zoo (T,I)
  903 10th Street SW
  Albuquerque, NM 87102 843-7413
  

• San Jose Community Awareness Council, Inc
  PO Box 12297
  Albuquerque, NM 87195-2297 243-4837
  

• Sierra Club New Mexico Office
  110 2nd Street SW #615
  Albuquerque, NM 87102-3337
  Phone: 505-243-7767
  Fax: 505-243-7771
  

• Solid Waste Management Department (City of Albuquerque)
  4600 Edith Blvd. NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87107 General Information 761-8100
  

• South Broadway Cultural Center (R,I,*)
  1025 Broadway SE
  Albuquerque, NM 87102
  Library, multi-use room, and auditorium

• Southwest Research and Information Center (I,L,*)
  PO Box 4524
  105 Stanford SE
  Albuquerque, NM 87106 262-1862
  * Educational, scientific, nonprofit organization involved primarily in energy and environmental issues. Library open 8-5 daily.

• The Albuquerque Conservation Association (TACA)
  PO Box 946
  Albuquerque, NM 87103
  

• TreeLink
  A national website project that provides resources for urban and community forestry.

• Tree New Mexico (S,I)
  PO Box 81827
  Albuquerque, NM 87198 265-4554
  

• US Dept. of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (S,I,*)
  Public Affairs Office
  500 Gold SW
  Albuquerque, NM 87103 248-6804
  * Principal agency through which federal government carries out its responsibility for conserving the Nation's wild birds, mammals and fish.

• UNM Center for Southwest Research (L,*)
  Zimmerman Library, UNM
  Albuquerque, NM 87131 277-6451
  * Oral history collections among other collections

• USDA Forest Service (S,I,L,*)
  517 Gold Avenue SW
  Albuquerque, NM 87102 842-3292
  * Resource library, teacher materials, general information brochures, specialists who offer a variety of presentations.

• US Geological Survey (I)
  4501 Indian School NE Suite 200
  Albuquerque, NM 87110 262-5300
  

• Vehicle Pollution Management (City of Albuquerque)
  1500 Broadway NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87102 764-1770
  

• Water Conservation Program, State Engineer Office
  1-800-928-3766
  

• Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
  PO Box 1293
  Albuquerque, NM 87103-1293
  

• Wildlife Rescue, Inc. of New Mexico(S,*)
  PO Box 13222
  Albuquerque, NM 87192-3222 344-2500
  * The public is invited to call for assistance and advice if wildlife is found sick or injured. Volunteers are available to give workshops and presentations.

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