In an unusual chain of events, the Pueblo of Jemez, was granted a permit to kill one eagle on the Valles Caldera National Preserve, by the Director of the National…

Cattle Trespass in Valles Caldera – Groups Express Frustration with Agencies
This is a press release regarding the illegal cattle grazing in the Valles Caldera. https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/11/monitoring-reveals-hundreds-of-livestock-trespassing-in-valles-caldera-national-preserve/ For Immediate Release: November 16, 2023 Media Contacts: Madeleine Carey, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 417-5893, mcarey@wildearthguardians.org…

Wolf in Valles Caldera
Caldera Action welcomes Asha and hopes she has safe travels in the beautiful Valles Caldera. You may have heard that a Mexican wolf is roaming in or near the Valles…

Fast Approval for Eagle Hunt at the Valles Caldera
Caldera Action learned that the Valles Caldera will allow people from Jemez Pueblo to hunt or trap an eagle this fall inside the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Either a bald…

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…

Caldera Slideshow and Talk by Don Usner September 9
Join us for a slideshow, book singing and talk about the Valles Caldera by noted author and photographer Don Usner, September 9 at the SALA Events Center in Los Alamos,…

Valles Caldera Needs Your Comments by June 9
Every national park or preserve must have a management blueprint for its staff to follow. Managers at the Valles Caldera National Preserve are at last creating the “General Management Plan”…

Important NPS Public Meetings Coming Up
NPS Announces General Management Plan Public Meetings The National Park Service at the Valles Caldera rolls out their all-important General Management Plan this spring. The document will lay the…

Jemez Pueblo Lawsuit and Other News
Court Gives Mixed Ruling on Jemez Pueblo Efforts to Acquire VCNP Land The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Jemez Pueblo may “use, occupy, and possess” the Banco…

Beautiful Written Orders Require Park Service Communications with Us!
Many New Mexicans made a big political push to have the Valles Caldera National Preserve placed under the National Park Service. We did that because the NPS has a…