One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2022
News You Can’t Use Paul and Cathlynn Groh of Santa Fe recently saw an advertisement for home delivery of The Wall Street Journal. So Paul emailed the paper’s customer support to inquire. Despite its…
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Posts From: April 2022
Tips and Tricks for Photographing Wildflowers
WHETHER IT'S THE SPRING FLUSH OF GOLD POPPIES in the southern deserts, a rare flowering cactus in the badlands, or the wildflower-filled meadows of the northern mountains, New Mexico wildflower…
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High Aspirations for Alpine Plants
In January 2021, Hannah Marx joined the University of New Mexico as an associate professor and curator of the Herbarium of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, which has a collection of 130,582…
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New Deal Reckoning
IN THE DARKEST DAYS of the Great Depression, new roads, bridges, dams, hiking trails, and rock-solid schoolhouses appeared throughout New Mexico. The national goal was simple: Put people to work…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Twist and Shout. Beatles fans, prepare for joy as the New Mexico Philharmonic performs two hours of the group’s hits exactly as they were recorded in the Saturday night concert, Classical Mystery…
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This Biologist Buzzes for Bees
Olivia Carril has a honey of a gig. The Santa Fe Girls’ School science teacher and coauthor of The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America’s Bees (Princeton University Press) travels the state…
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Hummingbird Plants of the Southwest
Marcy Scott, co-owner of Robledo Vista Nursery with her husband, Jimmy Zabriskie , in Las Cruces, has been a passionate birder for almost 40 years. So it’s not surprising that her two pursuits came…
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Five Ways to Find Wildflowers
YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW what you might learn—or encounter—on a guided hike with a trained professional. Randy Roch, a ranger at the Río Grande del Norte National Monument, recalls one such spring trek…
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Find the Wildflowers in Their Life Zones
THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO allow hikers to experience five of New Mexico’s life zones, from foothills to alpine tundra. Each environment has characteristic plant communities that have…
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Where the Wildflowers Grow
UNDER THE YELLOW-GREEN JUNIPERS and blue-green piñons, a flush of wildflower color has arrived in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe. In mid-May, Tesuque Creek cascades down…
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