On March 8, 2009, the Santa Fe New Mexican published “Valles Caldera: A Turning Point,” an informative examination of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, its challenges, and its future. Accompanying the article are two separate sidebar pieces — one consists of an itemized breakdown of the revenue the Caldera has generated over the last several years, and the other is a timeline documenting activities on the Caldera for the last 1.2 million years. Read these pieces below:
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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CONDITIONS
•Current Temperature on the Valle Grande
•Valles Caldera Weather Forecast
ORGANIZATIONS
•New Mexico Wildlife Federation
•New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
JEMEZ LAND MANAGEMENT
•Valles Caldera National Preserve
•Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
MISC.
•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