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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Our wildflower of the week is our lovely lavender penstemon, Penstemon secundiflorus. Its scientific name uses the word secund, which means …

Thursday, March 26, 2015

A local resident in the Camino Encantado neighborhood of Barranca Mesa recently had a surprise when she was cleaning out …

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Articles about local nature topics, from community publications and the archives of our pre-2015 website. 2017 Two Streams of the …

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Check it out – another mountain lion spotting on Barranca Mesa. This amazing photo was taken by a critter cam …

Thursday, January 30, 2014

By Dorothy Hoard, January 2014 The Valles Caldera is a volcano in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico. The …

Thursday, July 11, 2013

By Dorothy Hoard, July 2013 This is a sad list to compile. Beginning in 2005 an intrepid group of interested …

Saturday, June 11, 2011

By Dorothy Hoard, June 2011 Below is a list of the largest trees as of early 2011. Most of these …