Summer may not be completely here, according to the calendar, but it sure feels like it in New Mexico. Today at 1:30pm it’s 101 degrees! We need rain so badly! Time for everyone to start doing some rain dancing! This season, I am volunteering my time at the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market. My job is […]
by Eric Patterson- Adapted from Rio Grande Sierran Water Sentinels—Rios de Taos will start the 2018 water-monitoring season with a training session and first monitoring shortly after Memorial Day, a second in early July and a third in early September. Each requires a morning’s effort and is usually finished by noon. If you are interested […]
By DAN ELLIOTT, The Associated Press SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — Despite a severe drought across the Southwestern United States this spring, there should be plenty of water for rafters and anglers in one of the nation’s most popular mountain rivers. Water from melting snow is rushing into the Arkansas River in central Colorado, thanks […]
Come Celebrate the Heritage of Lilacs! The Grand Festival Weekend, May 18-20, 2018 will include a pet parade and costume contest; live entertainment; children’s carousel; food and crafts vendor and many family friendly activities. Lilacs flourish abundantly in Taos and peak the last two weeks of May. There will also be an air expo, Taos Lilac […]
Paleontologists recently determined that a skeleton discovered during a landscaping project belonged to a horse from the Pleistocene Era. By Laura M. Holson The horse had arthritis when it died. It is possible, too, that it had bone cancer in one ankle. That can happen to any horse once it gets to be a certain […]
Here is another event you may not want to miss! On May 16th-20th, Joyful Journey Hot Springs in Southern Colorado is hosting the next chapter of Exploring Astrology Retreat with Adam Sommer. This retreat is focusing on the nature of cycles which occurs during a special alignment of the synodic cycles of Mars and Venus! […]
Time to get outside and enjoy nature! This field trip on Saturday, May 19th will focus on breeding & late-migrant birds at Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge—a restricted access NWR site managed in conjunction with the Denver Zoo Foundation. We will be exploring breeding birds in Riparian, Grassland, Ponderosa forest and Pinõn-Juniper woodland ecosystems – […]