Localogy is a northern New Mexico based non-profit providing comprehensive experiential education in local living. Through integrated summer camp, public school partnership, art, agriculture and sustainable design programs, we learn to take good care of our selves and our planet. Scroll below to see what the Locals have been up to...
Friday, May 11, 2012 at 02:27PM 
For those of you visiting this site to see the water movie produced by Roots and Wings- Freedom is mailing it up (forgot to ask him for it last evening). I will post it as soon as it arrives. Until then, please sign up for our newsletter and we'll let you know when the short is posted, as well as the full length version.
Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 02:41AM Why are there so many pictures in this album? Because Session 1 was simply bigger and more vivid this year. 31 singing and giggling children for the month of July. See them in the Gallery.
Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 02:15AM 
The adolescent North American Human, seen here in its native habitat (14,345 ft Mount Blanca). Few specimens survive in the wild.Youth between the ages of 8-18 are subjected to nearly eleven hours of electronic media on average every day. This represents a vast and unprecedented sociological experiment being conducted on an entire generation during their formative years. You may be please to learn that these virtual teens are still capable of navigating a place called physical reality. A few were spotted August 3rd 2011 on Mount Blanca, one of Colorado’s more rugged Fourteeners. That day, the adolescents carried everything necessary for survival on their backs for 13 miles and eight thousand vertical feet. This is a landscape of solid granite. There was not so much as a “tweet”, except from some birds. For realz!
See more images from Session 2 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 01:15AM 
For 27 years Dr. Wilson has invested freely in the future of humanity. This year many others are joining Bud to fund the unique tradition of tuition-free summer camp at the Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch. Our first Annual Camp Campaign was touched off with an unforgettable evening in honor of Dr. Wilson hosted by Karen Todd at the Dragonfly Cafe. Camp star Freedom Hopkins debuted his short film at the event (see below). THANK YOU to the team of dear volunteers and donors who raised enough to employ our excellent 2011 summer staff. Money can't buy you love, but it can buy food for children from all walks of life who are practicing unconditional love for a month on a ranch in Lama New Mexico. If you think that's a good deal, click here: Donate
Friday, June 3, 2011 at 07:15PM 
Spring 2011 was looking dire. No snow. Dry pastures. Screaming winds. The grass was slow, and the acequia was low. Bad news for our hungry team of horses, yaks, goats and sheep, and the people who depend on them. Just then, some good neighbors stepped in! Why limit our grazing plan to the boarders of the ranch? Why not graze all over the mountain? The animals keep the brittle pasture healthy, and the grass returns the favor. Just like nature intended. It’s called a symbiotic relationship- kind of like when neighbors help each other out. Read a rambling explanation of how goat guts can save the world.
Friday, June 3, 2011 at 07:00PM 
Initially, authorities released only this cropped image of the creature fearing its "cuteness" could incite public hystariaSome may claim that the soft curly fur, gangly knock-kneed legs, round fuzzy ears, 1-inch eyelashes, deep dark innocent eyes, pouting little lips, and a buck-toothed under bite are cute. However, the real cute stuff is prancing and stumbling around with the dogs, napping in the sun, nuzzling children, wagging the tail, and suckling on visitor’s elbows. Time will tell if this guy can still pull off cute when he mutates into a thousand-pound bull. At least when Bucky grows up he will still follow us around and let us comb his fleece (warmer than Marino wool, softer than cashmere, and stronger than camel).
Bucky the Bottle Fed Baby Yak Bull
Friday, June 3, 2011 at 06:57PM Saturday June 4th Keep the Campfires Burning fundraiser dinner 5-10pm at the Dragonfly Café in Taos.
June 15th – 18th Work Party Weekend Parents, campers, alumni, camp staff, and local community members volunteer to get the ranch in shape for the summer programs. Participants camp out, sharing meals and campfires, and can go rafting the mighty Rio on Monday.
June 19th – 22nd Staff Week
June 24th – July 21st Session 1: 10-12 y/o campers
July 22nd – August 4th Session 2: teenage campers
Friday, June 3, 2011 at 06:51PM “Back in my day, we had to walk a mile to school every morning, up a mountain, through the snow!” That’s what Roots and Wings Students will someday say reminiscing about middle school. Now they can add, “And I had to build the trail by hand!” Those Southern Methodist University Volunteers were back again on their spring break. This year, in collaboration with RWCS students and teachers, Localogy and the Wilson family, the do-gooder undergrads constructed a trail up from the highway as part of a Safe Route to School grant. The trail gets the kids off the County road, and meanders through Dr. Wilson’s’ latest conservation easement with the Taos Land Trust. Bud and Barb have now permanently protected 670 acres of his stunning ranch as a corridor for wildlife and wild children.
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 06:05PM 
Click above to see more pictures of CampOn Saturday June 4th 2011, we will celebrate the bold vision of Sange de Cristo Youth Ranch founder, Dr. John Wilson, with fine dining, music, and camaraderie at Taos' acclaimed Dragonfly Cafe. Tickets will be available mid March. Seating is limited. Stay tuned.
The benefit is part of our first annual campaign. To continue, camp needs a modest community of committed donors. This year, we are looking to connect with people who can give this vital program life into the future. If you know of anyone who would enjoy supporting our charitable mission, please invite them to the event. If you can help with the fundraising campaign, please contact us.
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 05:09PM Are you a camp parent who appreciates the program and wants to help out on the ranch?
Are you a camp staffer who wants to show up early to enjoy the place before staff week?
Are you an alumni who wants to touch base with your home away from home?
Are you a camper who just can't get enough?
Are you someone who likes doing an honest day's work, with good friends, and good food, for a good cause?
Sign up for the new Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch Work Party Weekend! There is always plenty to do to get camp in shape for the season, and this Spring we're gonna get it done together. Friday June 17th through Sunday June 19th, friends of the ranch new and old will be camping out, working, eating, and playing together, just like at camp! On Monday the 20th, volunteers are welcome to stay and raft down the Rio with the incoming summer staff. Show up for a half day, or stay all weekend. Families welcome. Please so we can plan the food.
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 05:06PM 
Artist, locals and visitors enjoy sunset and dinner on the rim
Rio Grand Gorge at Wild Rivers
Join in the third annual NeoRio, a celebration of art, nature, culture and community. You are invited to the Wild Rivers Recreation Area, to experience and celebrate the place through arts and community. The ancient relationship between humans, our fellow creatures and our environment is a complex story of interdependence. NeoRio attempts to explore this story through innovative artworks and events. It asks: what is the role of art in experiencing and protecting wild lands and what is the role of wild lands in art? Hosted by the BLM Taos Field Office, NeoRio is organized by LEAP (Land, Experience and Art of Place), in collaboration with New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, John Wenger of Wild Earth Studio, the Village of Questa and others.
To learn more visit www.leapsite.org or to become involved as a volunteer email Claire at emailforleap@gmail.com.
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 03:51PM
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Localogy Board President, Sarah Parker, digs deep in sudden-death-overtime to snatch the "Kid vs Goat" title from defending champ Z-Ma.
What's scarier than the Haunted Barnyard...? Not this hairdo- it's super awesome! He/She who sells the most raffle tickets shears the shepherd.
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Friday, January 7, 2011 at 01:18AM ;)
Don't let them pull the wool over your eyes: Navajo-Churro sheep have a sordid history with the Government (read here). So I guess it is no surprise that when our little flock got out during camp it took representatives from several agencies, half a dozen bystanders, a horse trailer, a big net, a lasso, a helicopter, and some luck to wrangle them. Turns out that our outlaw sheep can give diseases to the wild bighorns that have been successfully re-introduced by the State in the nearby high country and down in the gorge. The NM Department of Game and Fish was concerned about the escape, and so where we. Lesson learned.
The gang was eventually apprehended north of Questa at the VFW (they must like bingo night). In the end, all it took was a little time and TLC to corral them. The summer campers sheared the fugitives, and then carded, spun, washed, and wove with their infamous wool.
Friday, December 31, 2010 at 06:03PM 
Summer Campers show their true colors at the Arroyo Seco 4th of July Parade
Words can never do justice to the Summer Camp experience. But, since a picture is worth a thousand words, we've posted some sweet photos from 2010. Included in the gallery are archives from a few summers past. Also be sure to check out the new movies. Thank you to the superb staff, volunteers, donors, and campers who made the summer indescribable! Visit our updated Partners page to see who those doers are.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 02:24PM What does interdependence look like? Let’s peel back the layers.
Little onions wait out a late frost in LCFFebruary- 7th and 8th graders at Roots and Wings (RWCS) plant 11,000 "candy" onion starts at school. During science class they water the plants and compare the progress of starts germinated in potting soil vs. regular dirt.
May- RWCS Students spend a week on Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch (SCYR) during the school’s annual Passage experience. Students plant the onion sets out in the Lama Community Farm (LCF is a CSA started by RWCS students).
Onion project advisor Farmer Daniel takes delivery of 6,000 onion sets for Cerro Vista Farm (largest local CSA).June- Community Farm members weed the rows.
July- Campers at SCYR tend the onions, and eat a few during the residential summer camp. Campers sell produce at Taos Farmer’s Market, feeding the people of Taos.
September- 5th and 6th graders, studying the meaning of community, harvest the big onions. Bulbs are weighed to complete the soil experiment. Data is reviewed in planing for next season on the Community Farm. Onions are distributed to LCF shareholders, including RWCS students and families.
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 07:00PM 
In March, Lama was overrun with rowdy undergrads from Southern Methodist University. Arriving under the guise of a world class ski getaway to Taos, students spent most of the week working for charity in blizzard conditions. Revelers could be seen organizing the library and gear shed at the school, renovating the barn, tutoring middle-schoolers, and applying 500 linear feet of masking tape to the waste-veggie-oil-burning Cool Bus ahead of a custom paint job. SMU students displayed telltale good attitudes in spite of inappropriate foot-ware. Way to restore my faith in humanity kids!
For more on the cool bus with a hot paint job click here
Monday, March 29, 2010 at 03:58PM 
On the last day of his ethnobotany internship, Colin said "I'll go feed those yaks one last time." He found two new yaks! Colin named them Yogi and Kumba.
