US Department of the Interior Develops Sevilleta Research and Education Center

Construction began in early July 2005 on a new $6.6-million facility for New Mexico's Sevilleta Research and Education Center. Located at the intersection of several major biotic zones in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge 20 miles north of Socorro, the facility will complement the existing Sevilleta Field Research Station with facilities for training, research equipment, and high-speed computer connections. The Center will accommodate the research efforts of the New Mexico Consortium including state universities, Sandia National Laboratories, and Los Alamos National Laboratories. The US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the center, recently approved $2.1 million in funding for the new center. The Center received $3 million in federal funding in 2004.