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Protecting Public Lands in the Jemez Mountains

June 17, 2025

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…

Posted in Bandelier National Monument, National Parks, Park management, politics, public access, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on Interior Secretary Burgum Plans to Close or Transfer VCNP
May 23, 2025

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…

Posted in Bandelier National Monument, National Parks, public involvement, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on Trump Dismantling the National Park Service
April 3, 2025

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…

Posted in Bandelier National Monument, Budgets, ecological restoration, Park management, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on Science in the Jemez at Risk, Please Help
March 24, 2025

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…

Posted in Bandelier National Monument, National Parks, politics, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on Trump Degrading New Mexico’s National Parks
February 4, 2025

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…

Posted in Budgets, ecological restoration, Park management, politics, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Wildfire  •  No Comments on Hiring Freeze and Fire, Good Work at the Caldera and Drought
January 27, 2025January 27, 2025

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…

Posted in Park management, politics, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on Park Funding in Question, Department of Wildlife?
November 26, 2024

Valles Caldera to Have Entrance Fees

The National Park Service at Valles Caldera announced that they will start charging entrance fees beginning New Year’s Day. The fees are like those charged at Bandelier National Monument for…

Posted in Park management, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on Valles Caldera to Have Entrance Fees
November 26, 2024

We’re Making Progress on the Trespass Cattle Front

Good Progress Removing Trespass Cattle from Preserve this Summer Snow in the Valle San Antonio indicates the end of the subsidized cattle grazing program on nearby national forest lands for…

Posted in Cattle ranching, Park management, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on We’re Making Progress on the Trespass Cattle Front
November 9, 2024November 9, 2024

Election a Potential Disaster for the National Parks

The November 5 election was a disaster for public lands and conservation. Clearly the American voters were focused on widespread economic insecurity and voted their pocketbooks.  Other issues like climate…

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October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

Jemez Pueblo Lawsuit Settled

You may recall that Jemez Pueblo sued the US Government to gain ownership of the Valles Caldera in 2012. The Pueblo claimed that they had been the exclusive users of…

Posted in Park management, Pueblos, Tribal Interests, Valles Caldera National Preserve  •  No Comments on Jemez Pueblo Lawsuit Settled

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  • Interior Secretary Burgum Plans to Close or Transfer VCNP June 17, 2025
  • Trump Dismantling the National Park Service May 23, 2025
  • Science in the Jemez at Risk, Please Help April 3, 2025
  • Trump Degrading New Mexico’s National Parks March 24, 2025
  • Hiring Freeze and Fire, Good Work at the Caldera and Drought February 4, 2025
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