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 Mar 2010 19:24:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Journal North published a letter today from Santa Fe resident Don Dayton supporting National Park Service management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve (click here to read the letter on the Journal North web site. After clicking on the link, non-subscribers must click on the “trial premium pass” ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2342 The Journal North published an article yesterday entitled "Programs at Risk," which quoted managers at the Valles Caldera National Preserve asserting that many of its programs might be ended if the National Park Service assumed control over the Preserve. In response to this article, the editors of the Journal ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2321 The following letter to the editor in support of converting the Valles Caldera into a National Park Preserve was published in the Santa Fe New Mexican this week. Click here to read the letter on the New Mexican website. The Valles Caldera National Preserve should be transferred to the National ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2316 Noting that the Valles Caldera National Preserve "is facing significant challenges in the areas of financial self-sustainability and balancing public access with resource preservation," the County of Los Alamos has scheduled two public town hall meetings in March to gather input from members of the community regarding the proposal by ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2302 Several op-eds and letters to the editor of local newspapers about the controversy regarding potential management changes at the Valles Caldera have been published this month. The first piece, an op-ed published in the Los Alamos Monitor, was written by Los Alamos resident Ilse Bleck, who came down firmly on the ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2283 The Santa Fe New Mexican today published a feature about the opportunities for winter recreation that are being offered on the Valles Caldera National Preserve this season: A brilliant bed of deep, creamy snow awaits visitors to the Valles Caldera National Preserve this winter where cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and sightseeing is ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2275 In its most recent newsletter to its members, the New Mexico Wildlife Federation (NMWF) weighed in on the proposed management transfer of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service (NPS), to be operated as an NPS preserve. The NMWF asserted that NPS management of the Preserve would ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2267 On February 10, 2000 -- exactly one decade ago -- VallesCaldera.com was launched, predating the creation of the Valles Caldera National Preserve (above is a screen shot of this website's original masthead). This site went live in the tense months before the Baca Ranch was purchased by the American people, when ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2258 Several letters to the editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican regarding the proposal to transfer management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service have been published in recent weeks. Click on the title of a letter to read it on the New Mexican web ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2245 Last Wednesday, the Valles Caldera National Preserve Board of Trustees conducted the first of four planned public meetings for 2010 at the Pueblo of Jemez. According to a story in the Los Alamos Monitor, at the meeting the governor of Jemez Pueblo voiced opposition to a possible transfer of ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2235 The next public meeting of the Valles Caldera National Preserve's Board of Trustees will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Jemez Pueblo Community Resource Center, at 129 B Canal St., from 9 am to noon (click here for a map to the meeting). The Valles Caldera Preservation Act of ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2214 This week, the Valles Caldera and Northern New Mexico were socked by three consecutive winter storms.  Storm totals in the Caldera ranged from 16 inches in the community of Sierra los Piños (nestled within the Caldera outside of the National Preserve) to 28 inches at Pajarito Mountain Ski ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2207 The Journal North weighed in with a front-page article yesterday covering last week's release of the NPS report that confirmed the feasibility and suitability of the National Park Service managing the Valles Caldera. A summary of coverage from other New Mexico news sources can be found in the prior ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2199 Below is some reaction from the New Mexico media regarding last week's release of the National Park Service's report endorsing the idea proposed by New Mexico's U.S. Senators of managing the Valles Caldera as a National Park Preserve. To read that report (PDF), click here. To read ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2179 The National Park Service report commissioned last June by Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall (D-NM) to assess the feasibility of the NPS assuming management of the Valles Caldera as a National Park Service Preserve was submitted to New Mexico's U.S. Senators on Dec. 29. VallesCaldera.com is the first outlet to ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2162 U.S. District Judge Robert Brack has ruled that the portion of the mineral rights that were not sold to the American people when the Valles Caldera National Preserve was was established in 2000 are worth $3.8 million, according to a story in today's Albuquerque Journal. Click here to read ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2152 The Valles Caldera National Preserve has announced that the next public meeting of the Valles Caldera National Preserve Board of Trustees will be held on January 27th at Jemez Pueblo. The exact location and time have yet to be announced. The dates and host towns for the remaining ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2144 We hope you enjoy this video we created, which includes over 100 majestic views from the Valles Caldera, set to some glorious musical masterpieces.  All photos were taken by VallesCaldera.com, except for the photos from space, which were taken by NASA astronauts.  About 80% of the pictures were photographed from ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2114 For Christmas Eve, we take a moment to experience the Valles Caldera through the eyes of a boy, Friday Barthuli, who at the time this was created was nine years old:   http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2107 Yesterday's Albuquerque Journal North included a letter to the editor written by the owner of VallesCaldera.com: Let Park Service Run Valles Caldera Re: the Nov. 15 letter stating that it would be premature to abolish the Valles Caldera Preservation Act because "it is worth waiting to see whether the Valles Caldera Preserve ... http://VallesCaldera.com/archives/2100