Take a hike around the Rio Grande Nature Center, park of the Rio Grande Valley State Park. This center is a 270 acre preserve and a very popular spot for wildlife viewing. This trail runs all through the bosque, or river forest, and some reconstructed wetlands which house huge populations of Canada Geese and Sandhill Cranes in the late fall & winter. This route will also take you across the Montano Bridge to the Pueblo Montano - an Open Space art project that arose from the ashes of the 2003 bosque fire. Here you will find sculptures crafted by chainsaw artists from the burned trees - memorials to the lost wildlife. No dogs or bicycles allowed. $3 entrance fee per vehicle.