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Category: politics

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
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…

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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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September 30, 2023

Government Shutdown in the Jemez

The National Park sites in the Jemez Mountains may close during a possible government shutdown starting this Sunday (October 1). A group of extreme-right congresspersons has refused to allow any…

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  • General Mangement Plan Out for Valles Caldera August 8, 2025
  • Congress Joins Attack on National Park Service July 8, 2025
  • 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
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