Happy holidays everyone who is part of the Caldera Action community. Our board of directors and staff appreciate you helping us help the Valles Caldera to become one of the…
News Roundup for the Valles Caldera
Happy winter Caldera lovers. The Valles Caldera National Preserve only closed briefly during the recent government shutdown. Our understanding is that state and federal politicians prevailed on the National Park…
General Mangement Plan Out for Valles Caldera
The National Park Service at the Valles Caldera National Preserve has released their long-awaited General Management Plan for the Preserve. If you are interested in the future of this landscape,…
Congress Joins Attack on National Park Service
Happy summer to everyone. Please take time to visit the Valles Caldera before the season changes. Not only are there large groups of elk grazing the Valle Grande, but the…
Interior Secretary Burgum Plans to Close or Transfer VCNP
Early summer finds a dark cloud hanging over the Valles Caldera National Preserve and Bandelier National Monument. The Trump regime continues to push budget and staff cuts for the…
Trump Dismantling the National Park Service
The situation at the National Park Service continues to be tense and uncertain given hostile moves by the Trump administration toward the NPS and other public land agencies. Caldera Action…
Science in the Jemez at Risk, Please Help
The Jemez Mountains are the most studied mountain range in the West according to those who established an extensive complex of scientific studies in both Bandelier National Monument and the…
Trump Degrading New Mexico’s National Parks
(This editorial was published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on March 21, 2025 We urge readers to contact your members of Congress and urge them to defend our parks…
Hiring Freeze and Fire, Good Work at the Caldera and Drought
The Valles Caldera is experiencing exceptional drought this winter. According to NOAA, most of northern New Mexico is “abnormally dry”. We have about a third of our normal moisture for…
Park Funding in Question, Department of Wildlife?
Caldera Action has been focused on-the-ground management of the Valles Caldera for years and we continue to monitor local actions that could threaten the quality of the environment at the…