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Albuquerque and Bernalillo County rank high when it comes to our excellent parks, trails and recreational opportunities. But will the views we enjoy, the fields we treasure or the places our grandparents took us still be here in 20 or 30 years? It鈥檚 a question Bernalillo County commissioners are pondering as we update the 2014 Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Plan and adopt a unified roadmap that reflects the current voices, values and aspirations of Bernalillo County residents.

Last week, the county took the first step by directing the administration to start a collaborative, community-driven process to establish a long-term vision for conservation of open space, preservation of agriculture and opportunities for outdoor recreation accessible to all. The resolution passed unanimously. The process will include residents, tribal governments, acequia associations, community groups, educational institutions, local, municipal, state and federal agencies. The resulting plan will guide public investments in land acquisition, trail improvements and community facilities for generations to come. We aim to be inclusive and invite you to participate in upcoming events and town halls in the coming year.

Public involvement is important because we are all stewards of our shared environment, our cultural heritage, history and agricultural traditions. The river, the mesas, the bosque and mountains have shaped us into the community we are. And we know that the place we live in is special. Some call it querencia 鈥� the ancestral connection to love of place, rooted in culture and history. Whatever you call it, it anchors us to this place in the middle of our state, where we feel most at home, where we can draw strength and be our authentic selves.

The city of Albuquerque鈥檚 open space program dates back to the 1970s and '80s when a bipartisan group of city councilors (including my father Patrick Baca, Bob White, Nadyne Bicknell and others) pushed for a quarter-cent tax to allow the purchase of the Elena Gallegos Grant in the Sandia Mountains and, later, the establishment of the Rio Grande Park in the bosque along the river.

Bernalillo County鈥檚 conservation efforts also began decades ago, with a series of mill levies that allowed the purchase of the Bachechi Open Space in the North Valley, the Gutierrez-Hubbell House to the south and Ojito de San Antonio in the East Mountains, among others. The most recent mill levy, approved by 73% of the voters in 2014, came amid a robust planning process that involved over 40 public meetings held everywhere from Paradise Hills to the East Mountains. The result was the 2014 Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Plan.

To refine the plan, Trust for Public Land 鈥� a nonprofit organization that helps communities build parks and protect public land 鈥� under a contract with the county, developed a 鈥淕reenprint鈥� in 2016 using telephone and online surveys and more community meetings, this time involving over 30 local groups. The Greenprint set goals and priorities for conservation based on community input. And the nonprofit organization mapped everything.

Now it鈥檚 time to update that plan in the new light of climate change, growth and economic constraints. We solicit your participation and input into the new planning process, which will start soon. No matter where you live, you have a stake in this.

Everyone deserves access to updated community centers, recreational opportunities and the health benefits that trails, parks and open space can provide.

For more information on how you can get involved, call your county commissioner.

Meanwhile, go to a nearby park, ride your bike, take a walk through the bosque or visit a historic site like the Gutierrez-Hubbell House or Carlito Springs in the East Mountains. You鈥檒l feel better afterwards.

Barbara Baca is a Bernalillo county commissioner for District 1. She started her careen in the city's Open Space Division and later retired as the director of Parks and Recreation.