Colors of May
Take some time and immerse yourself in the colors of spring with Terry Foxx. Discover and explore the dominant spring flower colors of our area and what these colors mean for the wildlife.
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March, Comes in Like a Lion and Goes Out Like a Lamb
One day, we found ourselves standing in the Inyo Mountains on the border of Nevada and California. It was a magical view. Our hair blew fiercely in the wind, and around us stood old, bent and gnarled trees, known as krummholz.
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Plants
This week on Take It Outside, visit a community garden in Abiquiú on our blog, and then check out the
Celebrating Our Local Environment on the Pajarito Plateau
By Chick Keller The eastern part of the Jemez Volcano slopes down to the Rio Grande. The Pajarito Plateau interrupts
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Week 2, Day 3: Early-Blooming Wildflowers
In today’s Take It Outside post, we are exploring some of the early-blooming wildflowers of Northern New Mexico. Upcoming Event:
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Spring Has Sprung
By Terry Foxx Calendars marked March 19, 2020 as the first day of Spring, the earliest date in over 100
Jemez Mountain Herbarium Reaches Milestone
By Chick Keller In 2005 I was given several boxes of professionally mounted and labeled plants that were collected
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s flower is fetid goosefoot, and it does give off a fetid odor. However, all odorous faults are forgiven
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week we highlight a flower many of you may know and nearly all New Mexican residents have seen, matchbrush (Gutierrezia sarothrae),
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