Rio Bosque Wetlands Park

372-Acre Wetland Park Managed by UTEP

Rio Bosque Wetlands Park is a 372-acre City of El Paso park managed by UTEP's Center for Environmental Resource Management. The site has been restored from agricultural land into Chihuahuan Desert riparian habitat - 229 documented bird species, including resident Gambel's Quail, Harris's Hawk, Burrowing Owl, Verdin, and Crissal Thrasher.

Tours & Field Programs

CERM runs regularly scheduled tours, volunteer workdays, and faunal-monitoring activities open to the public. Programs include:
- Scheduled bird and habitat tours
- Volunteer workdays
- Faunal-monitoring days (citizen science)
- School field trips by appointment
- Trail access dawn to dusk, 7 days a week

What's Included

• Volunteer naturalist guides on scheduled events
• Stroller-friendly compacted-rock trails
• Self-guided trail access during open hours

Experience

Visitor center is normally unstaffed - best to arrive with a scheduled group or use the park for self-directed exploration. Strong fit for birders, citizen-science families, and homeschool groups working on environmental science.