VallesCaldera.com - The independent news source about the Valles Caldera » Local Press Coverage http://VallesCaldera.com 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. Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:34:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Blackened San Antonio River “smells like ash;” East Fork also turns dark; Fire now 100% contained http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3873 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3873#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:08:38 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3873 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3873/feed 0 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 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3833 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3833#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:53:23 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3833 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3833/feed 0 Las Conchas Fire exceeds 150,000 acres; Groups demand indefinite closure of burned area to vehicles and cross-country travel; Prisoners helped battle blaze http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3776 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3776#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:51:33 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3776 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3776/feed 0 Bandelier Visitor Center “looks like a fortress” with sandbags; Fire continues heading down Peralta Ridge; Valle Grande Staging Area reopens http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3762 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3762#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:04:52 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3762 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3762/feed 0 Las Conchas Fire’s expansion rate slows; blaze now half contained; flash flood warning in effect until Tuesday evening http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3747 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3747#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:21:43 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3747 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3747/feed 0 Fire expands thousands of acres southwest Saturday; 146,353 acres now charred; Flash flood warning issued through Monday night http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3736 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3736#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:09:43 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3736 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3736/feed 0 222 sq. mile inferno burns another 2,658 acres in last 24 hours; Region braces for floods; Santa Clara Pueblo calls for volunteers to help fill sandbags http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3717 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3717#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:09:32 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3717 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3717/feed 0 Firefighters prevent blaze from overtaking Chicoma Peak and Peralta Ridge http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3703 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3703#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:55:11 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3703 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3703/feed 0 Intense heat continues overnight on northeast and southwest edges of fire; blaze grows 6,264 acres to 136,955 acres in 24 hours with 40% containment http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3693 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3693#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:26:56 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3693 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3693/feed 0 2,196 firefighters now battling Las Conchas Fire; 127,821 acres burned with 27% containment; 3rd type 1 incident management team bases operations in Cuba http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3657 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3657#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:52:35 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3657 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3657/feed 0 Los Alamos evacuation ends; “good progress” reported yesterday, but fire keeps growing; NWS declares that “our summer monsoon season has started” http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3592 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3592#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:43:53 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3592 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3592/feed 0 Blaze grows to 113,734 acres with 6% containment; fire expands significantly to the northwest; 300-foot-tall flames witnessed http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3566 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3566#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:51:01 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3566 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3566/feed 0 Las Conchas Fire now most immense inferno in New Mexico history; Blaze swells to 103,842 acres (162 sq. miles) http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3532 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3532#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:45:10 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3532 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3532/feed 0 92,735 acres with 3% containment; fire continues to ravage Valles Caldera; Cerro del Medio, Abrigo, Valle Toledo burn; 6,000 acres of Santa Clara Pueblo in flames; high winds and lightning strikes possible today http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3509 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3509#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:47:54 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3509 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3509/feed 0 Fire burns 80,000 acres, including 10,000 acres of Valles Caldera National Preserve; flames reach Santa Clara Pueblo http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3504 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3504#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:00:25 +0000 admin http://VallesCaldera.com/?p=3504 http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/3504/feed 0