The blog Valles Caldera Rim has posted a writeup of the volunteer training that took place at the offices of the Valles Caldera National Preserve in Jemez Springs on Saturday. It also includes information on how to make contact with Preserve staff and become a volunteer at the Preserve this summer. A second training session will be held this Saturday, May 2, at 10:00 AM. See Valles Caldera Rim for more information.
Video: "Majestic Vistas of the Valles Caldera"
• Caldera Trustees call for Park Service to assume management of Preserve
•Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce endorses Park Service to manage Valles Caldera
•Founding chairman of Valles Caldera Trust calls for it to be abolished
•Would NPS management of Valles Caldera be a better bargain for the American taxpayer?
•Journal North: “Support appears to be growing” for an end to Trust control of Caldera
•“Residents prefer park service” to manage Caldera, headlines Los Alamos Monitor
•Callers to KUNM suggest strong public support for converting Caldera to a National Park Preserve
• Read the National Park Service's report on the Valles Caldera
•Associated Press asks if the Valles Caldera Trust is a “failed federal experiment”
•A tour of the Valles Caldera’s potential sister National Park Service preserves
•N.M. Wildlife Federation calls for “professional, public natural resource agency” to manage Caldera
•“GAO report: Valles Caldera Trust lacks solid plan,” says Santa Fe New Mexican
•“It is time to save the Baca – again – and finish the job,” says former NPS Director
•Future management of Preserve discussed in Albuq. forum
•Journal: “Advocacy Groups Condemn Valles Caldera Plans”
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•Cycling the Jemez Mountain Trail
•How to Identify and Treat Poison Ivy
•Camping and Hiking in Black Bear Country by the American Bear Association
•Lightning Safety by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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- Journal examines why Jemez forests are so dense with fuel
- Climate Prediction Center forecasts upcoming winter to yield average to dry moisture
- Weekend’s black, ashy flow in Rio San Antonio caused by four flash floods from Indios Canyon; East Fork darkened by ash from Jaramillo Creek
- Blackened San Antonio River “smells like ash;” East Fork also turns dark; Fire now 100% contained
- Learn how to help the forest heal: Santa Fe National Forest to host fire project meetings Tues. and Wed. in Santa Fe and Los Alamos
- Forest to partially reopen despite “some potential” for fires; Jemez “hasn’t received the rainfall that we’ve needed” for a full opening
- Most non-burned portions of Jemez Mountains to reopen Saturday under stage-1 fire restrictions
- Las Conchas Fire nearly contained; Road to Pajarito Mountain reopens
- Historic Jemez Bath House reminds folks that Jemez Springs town plaza is only place to legally swim and fish in Jemez River; Fire turns Rio Grande into black, ashy mess
- 85% of Las Conchas Fire now contained; smoldering blaze dampened by moisture, causing flash flood threat
