Environment

BLM In New Mexico Launches ‘One Dollar, One Tree’ Holiday Savings Across Local Public Lands

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Courtesy/BLM

BLM News:

SANTA FE — The Bureau of Land Management has announced a series of holiday affordability measures that will help families save money, enjoy public lands, and support wildfire prevention efforts across New Mexico during the 2025-26 winter season.

Effective immediately through Jan. 31, the BLM is reducing many personal-use permit fees to just $1, including Christmas tree permits and firewood permits.

“Here in New Mexico, families rely on public lands for tradition, recreation, and essential resources,” BLM New Mexico State Director Melanie Barnes said. “These fee Read More

SFCC Visual Arts Gallery To Open ‘Our Home Gardens: 12 New Mexico Fine Art Photographers’ Thursday Jan. 22, 2026

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‘Entrance to the Garden’ photo by Laurie Tümer for SFCC exhibition ‘Our Home Gardens: 12 New Mexico Fine Art Photographers’. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) Visual Arts Gallery opens “Our Home Gardens: 12 New Mexico Fine Art Photographers” with a reception 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. The exhibition will continue through Feb. 18. The Visual Arts Gallery is in the Fine Arts Center on campus at 6401 Richards Ave.

“SFCC is very fortunate to present this exhibition, which is co-curated by Sage Paisner and Laurie Tümer,” explained Director of Art on Campus Linda Read More

Amateur Naturalist: Remarkable Variety Among Rocks

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By ROBERT DRYJA 
Los Alamos

What do we typically think of when considering a rock? Is it totally solid with perhaps an occasional crack where it may eventually break apart? Is its color mostly the same throughout? Can it be heavy for its size?  

The walls of a canyon can be made of wide layers of different kinds of lava rock. One layer may be very solid and vertical in format. An adjacent layer may be of a softer kind of lava that now is crumbling and forming a slope. (See picture 1 below)

 

Picture 1: Different kinds of lava result in different kinds of rock layers that form the walls of a canyon. Photo Read More