Comments from Caldera Action on Valles Caldera Proposes Interim Infrastructure Improvements to the Valle Grande District Caldera Action is a 501c3 nonprofit organization with interest in National Park Service lands…
Our Vision for the Valles Caldera, 2022 and Going Forward
The Valles Caldera National Preserve joined the national park system for good reason. Beautiful and awe inspiring, this unique landscape is valuable for all Americans, especially New Mexicans. The…
Access Questions and Work on Cattle Trespass Continue this Winter
Caldera Action continues to advocate for public access to our National Preserve. As public land, the Preserve is open to the public with some minor limitations. We can only…
News Update, Caldera Action
It’s been a wet monsoon season at the Valles Caldera. One day in middle July, the Valle Grande got 1.6 inches of rain in one afternoon (much to the dismay…
July Happenings
Big Numbers of Visitors Across the West, record numbers of people are visiting public lands. The big national parks like Zion and Yellowstone are seeing unprecedented numbers of people, with…
April News from Caldera Action
Zone Planning Meetings for the Valles Caldera Announced The managers at the Valles Caldera National Preserve announce two virtual hearings for the “Zone” planning process at the Preserve. They have…
News from All Over the Jemez
Cochiti Pueblo Closes Jemez Roads Cochiti Pueblo has closed three roads leading into the Jemez Mountains near Cochiti Pueblo. Forest Road 289, the Dome Road, which passes through Bandelier National…
Celebrating 20 Years of the Valles Caldera National Preserve
The Valles Caldera National Preserve has been public land for 20 years this summer. In difficult times like these, with a pandemic and an economic downturn, we can really…
Trump administration Mandates Electric Bikes in the Valles Caldera and Elsewhere
The Trump administration has pressured local national park managers to open trails on NPS lands to electric bicycles. The Valles Caldera staff has joined other parks in submitting to…
Bandelier National Park?
2/1/20 Senator Martin Heinrich has rolled out a long planned proposal to upgrade Bandelier National Monument to national park status. His idea centers on increasing tourism in northern New Mexico…