Jun. 14—Errant cattle roaming the Valles Caldera National Preserve have spurred a lawsuit from three conservation groups that contend federal land and wildlife managers have failed to prevent the rogue cows from invading the park and encroaching on endangered species. The groups argue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S Fish and Wildlife Service have allowed […]
May 19—VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE — Jorge Silva-Bañuelos fell in love the moment he turned the corner on N.M. 4 and first laid eyes on the wide expanse of this nearly 89,000-acre jewel of Northern New Mexico. The breathtaking experience, almost two decades ago, felt like he was seeing another country — if not another […]
May 19—VALLES CALDERA — Layers of charcoal, gray and smoky white clouds shrouded the Jemez Mountains and tangled with ponderosa pine and Douglas fir as Jorge Silva-Bañuelos steered the Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck along a backcountry road at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The main entrance to the preserve, which sprawls across 89,000 acres […]
SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Weather over the weekend has brought some much-needed moisture to New Mexico, but it also brought a tornado to the Jemez Pueblo. The video was taken by Jamey Bryan near the Valles Caldera on Saturday afternoon. The tornado is about 11,000 feet above sea level, which is well-above the normal elevation […]
Apr. 4—How do you quell years of wrangling over wayward cattle in the Valles Caldera National Preserve? Wrangling, of course. The National Park Service is seeking wranglers on horseback to round up hundreds of cattle that routinely mosey into the 88,900-acre preserve from adjacent grazing allotments. It’s part of an effort to protect the park […]
Mar. 9—VALLES CALDERA — A love for the outdoors has run through at least four generations of Valli Aran’s family. It may have started with her adventurous father, who most memorably packed up his family for a summer road trip from California all the way to the Arctic Circle decades ago, when Aran was a […]
Mar. 9—VALLES CALDERA — A love for the outdoors has run through at least four generations of Valli Aran’s family. It may have started with her adventurous father, who most memorably packed up his family for a summer road trip from California all the way to the Arctic Circle decades ago, when Aran was a […]