Find These Birds in the Gila
LOCATED AT THE NORTHERNMOST end of some birds’ range and the southernmost of others, the Gila Wilderness climbs from cactus-filled desert to steep, pine-covered peaks. Those features, combined with…
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Pinyon Jays Flourish in the Gila Forest
PINYON JAYS LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES with a chuckling kind of call, sung out while they fly overhead or settle into chatty flocks, often perched in the branches of the pine tree with which they…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have a classically cool time. Classic car lovers take over downtown Artesia during the 25th annual Main Event Car Show and Cruise. It kicks off Friday at the Bulldog Bowl when a parade of cool…
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A Deeply Practical Magic
"YOU HAVE A GHOST ATTACHED TO YOU," Marisa Santos tells me matter-of-factly. We’re standing in what she calls her “healing casita,” nestled into a quiet neighborhood in Albuquerque’s South Valley…
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Quick Facts about the Gila Wilderness
755,000. Acres of the Gila National Forest administratively labeled as wilderness on June 3, 1924 1933. Year the original wilderness area was divided into the Gila and Aldo Leopold wildernesses, which…
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The History of the Gila Cliff Dwellings
“THIS WHOLE MOUNTAIN VALLEY wasn’t some wilderness nobody visited,” says Dana Dick, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument’s lead interpretive park ranger. “It was home to people. There’s evidence of…
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Hotsy Totsy Haus Is Heaven Scent
WHEN LOS ANGELES NATIVE Christi Leonardi moved to New Mexico seven years ago, she found the perfect climate for crafting her delicate handmade bath bombs. “It’s much easier,” says Leonardi. “When it’s…
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Reach Your Retirement Goals
WHAT WOULD MAKE SOMEONE leave their familiar home, friends, and routine behind and retire to New Mexico? Is it the state’s relaxed and affordable lifestyle? (Yes!) Our beautiful natural environment…
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Labors of Love
AFTER THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON, Yabiito Yehoshzho, in 2021, Zachariah and Mary Ben became frustrated with the lack of fresh baby food at area grocery stores. So Zachariah, a sixth-generation Diné…
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Retire in New Mexico
VISIT LOS ALAMOS Los Alamos, New Mexico recently in the limelight for the movie Oppenheimer is also the gateway to three national parks—Bandelier National Monument, Valles Caldera National Preserve…
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