Friends of Bandelier Inc

The Friends of Bandelier are private citizens who love the monument. A Board of Trustees governs our activities under a formal Memorandum of Agreement with the National Park Service. Park rangers request help on special projects and we try to meet their needs. We keep our membership informed of Friends' activities, and of key issues affecting the monument, through letters, field trips, and announcements in the local newspapers. 

Over the past three years, the Friends have contributed over $75,000 to Bandelier for cultural demonstrations, sponsoring the Fall Fiesta, creating a wilderness ranger program, supporting long-term bird banding at the Park, supplying firewood at the campgrounds (for donations to the Friends), providing interpretive displays, and more.