The Feather and the Cellphone
MY COMPANIONS AND I LABORED THROUGH DEEP SNOW for 15 long minutes—and this after driving through two-foot-deep drifts on the way up to the caldera on a frigid February evening. Now, as we trudged on…
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Category: Parks
Monumental Effort
"LET'S GO RIDE SOME DITCHES," Matt Mason says. We pedal through downtown Las Cruces and quickly turn off the pavement onto a dirt path alongside a dry irrigation ditch. For a few minutes I wonder if…
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Trek Back Through Time
IF PEOPLE HAD BEEN THERE TO SEE IT—and there’s a chance Ancestral Acoma or Zuni people were—lava flowing across what’s now El Malpais National Monument might have looked a little like a dark ocean…
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Dig Into Ancestral Chocolate at Chaco Canyon
More than 100 rare black-and-white cylindrical vases were found in Room 28 of Pueblo Bonito. Photograph courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History Library, ptc-3521. ENTOMBED IN AN EARTHEN…
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Santa Fe Canyon Preserve is a Pocket of Paradise
Beautiful asters soak up the sun. Flowers, plants, and water make the preserve a perfect place to enjoy nature. Photograph by Alan Eckert. ON MORNINGS WHEN TERRY SULLIVAN LEADS HIKES at the Santa Fe…
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Explore Carlsbad Caverns from Above and Below
Marvel at the otherworldly landscape in Carlsbad Caverns’ Lower Cave. Photograph by Alamy/Chris Howes/Wild Places Photography. PUT THIS ON YOUR 2021 NEW YEAR'S resolution list: Visit Carlsbad Caverns…
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Do The Dunes
Exploring the dunes at White Sands National Park is just part of the fun. There's plenty to do in Alamogordo and Las Cruces as well. Photograph by Tira Howard. CONSIDER MAKING Alamogordo or Las…
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Sponsor Content: Living Large In Elephant Butte
Elephant Butte Lake State Park. Photograph by NMTD. A WARM, COMFORTABLE BREEZE carries the chatter of herons, cranes, and loons migrating to their favorite spots on their journeys to and from the…
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The Architecture of White Sands Visitor Center
A period-specific update to the historic visitor center’s sign is in the works. Photograph by Tira Howard. DUCK INTO A DIM HALLWAY in the White Sands National Park visitor center for a welcome respite…
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Sandhill Cranes are Taking Off at Bosque del Apache
THE MORNING TEMPERATURES at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, near Socorro, can drop below freezing in the winter, when avid bird-watchers brave the chill to catch the show. They come to…
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