Fire and Owls Land managers at the Valles Caldera National Preserve went forward with a prescribed burn in the Banco Bonito area on the southwest corner of the Preserve …
Fall Fun in the New Mexico High Country
Fantastic fall in New Mexico, the cool air flows in under the fading heat of summer. Where better to be alive than right here with all the great possibilities …
Bureau of Land Management Under Attack
Trumping the BLM by Tom Ribe Ever since public lands were made permanent parts of the American experience around the turn of the last century, there have been people …
Canada Bonito – Meadow Extrodinair
One of the most beautiful and unique experiences in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico are the high grasslands in the mountains surrounding the Valles Caldera and in the …
How to go Rafting in Northern New Mexico
Nothing is more quintessentially summer than getting on the river in a raft or a kayak on a wild western river. In a raft you can see wildlife, laugh with …
Drought Over in the Southwest?
As the summer rains come to the four corners area, white thunderheads loom over mountains still heavily covered in white snow from last winter. People have been skiing remote strands …
Bandelier Must not Become a National Park
Recently, Senator Martin Heinrich introduced a bill in the US Senate to change Bandelier National Monument to “Bandelier National Park”. His bill would raise the profile of Bandelier and …
When Simple Things Reveal Surprising Truths
Crested Butte early summer days, the snow retreats up the mountains until the last of it hides from the sun among the north facing peaks and their shading boulders. …
One of the Strangest Buildings in New Mexico
We went to Ojo Caliente Hot Springs to look for cactus flowers, soak in the springs, and check on the Rio Ojo Caliente that runs past the resort. Before …
Life Changing Hikes in Redwood National Park
Imagine an environment in the Western US that is climatic opposite the Southwest high desert. Imagine a place where every micron of soil has a green plant growing on …