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…
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…
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…
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…
Park Service Faces New Budget Cuts
Once again, Congress is going after trivial parts of the federal budget as part of the process of averting a government shutdown. Sometimes Congress targets the National Park Service budget,…