Featuring visitor's guide, maps, 360° panoramas, vistas from air & space, books, movies, and information about the Caldera's geology, wildlife, and history. Located in the Jemez Mountains of Northern New Mexico, the "Yellowstone of the Southwest" features the Valle Grande, Redondo Peak (elev. 11,254), the East Fork of the Jemez River, the San Antonio River, hot springs, thousands of elk, hunting, fishing, and hundreds of square miles of stunning natural beauty a mile and a half high.
New Mexico House of Representatives Bill 11, introduced into the 2009 Legislative Session in January by Rep. Jeanette Wallace (R-Los Alamos/Sandoval/Santa Fe), which would have allowed up to 20 of the 80 annual elk licenses from the Valles Caldera National Preserve to be sold or auctioned at higher than usual prices, has been defeated. See the report by the New Mexico Wildlife Federation.
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
