A Path to Awareness
By Patricia Galagan “Why are you photographing dead trees?” someone asked, when my husband, Philip Metcalf, and I first began …
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Brambles’ Affinity for Fire
June 1, 2020 Dear New Mexico Butterfly Fans, Long-time botanist friend of mine, Chick Keller, recently photographed a butterfly, emailed …
Reflecting on Our Home’s Future
By Kathryn Laintz Twenty years ago, the Cerro Grande Fire permanently altered Los Alamos. The devastation brought on by this …
Week 7, Day 5: Forest Restoration
The forests of Northern New Mexico are much denser today than they were historically because of the legacy of 150 …
Forest Restoration in the Jemez Mountains
By Siobhan Niklasson, based on a conversation with Bob Parmenter of the Valles Caldera The forests of the American West …