EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A leading conservation advocate in El Paso is forming a new group to get people educated and motivated to save wildlife and the planet.
Rick LoBello has formed a new group called the El Paso Wildlife Conservation Society.
It is free to join. Right now, the group is on the ground floor but LoBello has big plans to educate and motivate people of all ages to protect wildlife and the environment.
LoBello said the purpose of his new group is to “make people aware of what can happen, what they can do and how they can make a difference.”
His new group will be an educational outreach to help educate people about critically endangered species.
“You get a lot of publicity for protecting elephants, rhinoceros and gorillas, but there isn’t enough activity out there for protecting some of the smaller animals,” he said.
LoBello said there is plenty of interest in El Paso about conservation but not enough leaders.
He cited the creation of the new Castner Range National Monument and the Lost Dog Trail.
But there are also challenges, he said. An example is the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park in the Lower Valley. That oasis of green space is threatened by a highway project, LoBello said.
“A lot of people are concerned but there aren’t enough people who are aware of what is happening and how to be involved,” LoBello said.
That is where his group comes in, he said.
“People are interested but there aren’t enough leaders,” LoBello said.
LoBello said right now he wants to start by getting people to join his group. Then, they will hold some community meetings to get organized and eventually achieve nonprofit status, he added.
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