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Notice: Regular Monthly Meeting, Thursday October 2, 2025 6:30pm Talpa Community Center
Comanchito Traditional After-School Program Sponsorship 2024-2025
***IN PROGRESS***
La Serna Land Grant sponsors an after-school program at Taos International School. Students from K-8 can enter the program and spend an hour each day after school learning the traditions, songs, and dances of Los Comanches de la Serna. For more information contact Louise Trujillo or the school administration.
2024 Fall Harvest Festival/Community Matanza
******SUCCESS ; COMPLETE 11/16/2024******
Saturday, November 16, 2024 at Juan I Gonzales Agricultural Center; from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
La Serna Land Grant will be hosting a 2nd annual fall harvest festival/community matanza. Last year we partnered with Ranchos Neighborhood Association and held a successful event. Please feel free to reach out with any ideas. Also feel free to reach out if you would like to volunteer.
Feel free to email any questions or suggestions to landgrant@cristobaldelaserna.org
2024 Back-to School Support
*****************COMPLETE 8/23/24***************
This a project that our Board of Trustees hopes to fund annually to help meet the needs of the youth on our land grant by providing school supplies and/or hygiene products to the schools within our traditional boundaries. Our traditional boundaries contain four schools that serve children from K-8: Taos Middle Shoool, Ranchos Elementary School, Taos International School, and Vista Grande High School.
********NOW RECRUITING*******
This is a forest thinning project where we are looking for lineros from the community to thin out 1 acre parcels of forest. We are looking for at least 30 people to sign up for this project. Lineros that participate will be able to keep the wood they cut and will be reimbursed for fuel and use of their equipment once their obligation to the project has been met. Most wood cut will be green.
Please email wood@cristobaldelaserna.org or click here for more information
Comanchito Traditional After-School Program Sponsorship 2023-2024
****COMPLETED May 31, 2024****
La Serna Land Grant sponsors an after-school program at Taos International School. Students from K-8 can enter the program and spend an hour each day after school learning the traditions, songs, and dances of Las Comanches de la Serna. For more information contact Louise Trujillo or the school administration.
Llano Quemado Headstart Toy Sponsorship
***COMPLETE December 2023***
La Serna Land Grant donated funds to buy Christmas toys for the head start students at Llano Quemado Head Start. Toys were distributed at the head start's Christmas Party.
Illegal Dumpsite/Solid Waste Cleanup
***IN PROGRESS***
Illegal dumping is a problem on the land grant not only because it is a dirty sight to see, but is also polluting our groundwater. It also contributes to increased fire danger close to our homes in Llano Quemado and Ranchos. This is an effort to work with property owners to clean-up the illegal dumpsite on Miranda Canyon Road.
For more information please check back for the special meeting announcement or email landgrant@cristobaldelaserna.org. You may also reach out to any member of the Board.
Membership Drive/Dinner
****COMPLETE December 7, 2023****
An effort to recruit heirs of La Serna Land Grant to become active participants in the governance of the land grant. This will be a social event; frito pies will be offered - first come first served. This will take place at Talpa Community Center on December 7, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Youth Mapping Project
**********************COMPLETE June 6, 2023***********************
Our land grant will be teaming up with the East Rio Arriba Soil and Water Conservation District to bring youth onto the land grant to take GPS points and inventory resources within the land grant for illegal dumpsites, historical sites, boundaries, acequias, erosion, encroachment, places of concern, etc. At the end of the project these GPS points will be used by the youth to create maps that can be used by the land grant to apply for funding to fix or clean up issues.
2023 Fall Harvest Community Matanza
***COMPLETE November 11, 2023***
SUCCESS!! Thanks to all who gave their blood, sweat, and tears to make this event happen. It was great to see our the community and our heirship come mingle together and show support.
November 11, 2023 at Juan I Gonzales Agricultural Center; from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
La Serna Land Grant will be teaming up with the Ranchos de Taos Neighborhood Association to host a fall harvest festival/community matanza. This would be the first time the land grant hosts an event like this. Please feel free to reach out with any ideas. Also feel free to reach out if you would like to volunteer.
Feel free to email any questions or suggestions to landgrant@cristobaldelaserna.org
Firewood Redistribution Project (Ends May 7, 2023)
********COMPLETE*********
Please stay tuned for more firewood projects in the fall.
This was a collaboration with US Forest Service to distribute firewood to elderly heirs of the land grant and members of the community.
Qualification: Heirs to the land grant age 62 +; other members of the Ranchos communities aged 62+ in-need (while supplies last).
Availability: There was approximately 1 cord of wood per household.
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