Recreation

Black Feather Fire Update: Weather Temporarily Moderating Behavior Of Blaze

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Fire Information Update:

The Black Feather Fire, burning approximately 9 miles south of Gallina on the Coyote Ranger District, on the San Pedro Parks Wilderness, near the Peñas Negras Trail on the Santa Fe National Forest, remains at 2,198 acres consumed as of this morning and 0 percent contained. The fire is burning timber, brush and understory.

Highlights:

Rains, high humidity and cooler temperatures are contributing to a reduction in fire behavior, allowing crews to continue to improve containment lines and enhance long-term strategies for the Black Feather Fire. Southwest Area Incident Read More

Jemez Historic Site Hosts Pueblo Independence Day Aug. 13

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DCA News:

Jemez Historic Site (JHS) will host the annual commemoration of Pueblo Independence Day Sunday, Aug. 13.

Visitors will be able to watch dancers from Jemez Pueblo, tour the ancestral village of Giusewa Pueblo and San José de los Jemez mission, shop arts and crafts from local vendors, and grab a bite to eat. Adrian Wall, a popular local musician, will be performing throughout the day, as will dancers from Jemez Pueblo.  

The day begins at 7 a.m. with a 13-mile run. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was catalyzed by runners sent to all the pueblos, and to reflect that history, a group of runners tackles Read More

Fourth Annual ‘Stroll The Stables’ 2023 Sunday Aug. 13!

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The community is invited to paint some ponies Sunday, Aug. 13 at the North Mesa Stables. Courtesy photo

The community is invited to visit the stables then head over to the Rodeo Sunday. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The community is invited to attend the fourth annual “Stroll the Stables” 2023, 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Aug. 13 at the North Mesa Stables.

Get up close and personal with horses, ponies, donkeys, goats, lamas, and maybe chickens and geese. Learn about the animals, paint some ponies, learn about Scout Troup 22 and learn about Lemonade Living.

Visit the stables then head over to the Rodeo Read More

Manhattan Project National Historical Park Announces New Los Alamos Site Manager Tom Smith

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MPNHP Los Alamos Site Manager Tom Smith

MPNHP News:

Tom Smith has accepted the Manhattan Project National Historical Park (MPNHP) Los Alamos site manager position. As another milestone for the park, Smith will be the first permanent site manager at Los Alamos. He brings a variety of experiences and skills to the park and begins his new position mid-September.

Smith is making his return to the National Park Service Intermountain Region where he started his career in 2005. While earning his bachelor’s degree in American History from University of Northern Colorado, Smith worked as a seasonal Read More

Office Of Outdoor Recreation Begins Next Chapter With New Executive Director Ana Karina Armijo

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Ana Karina Armijo

NMTD News:

SANTA FE — The Office of Outdoor Recreation has a new executive director. Ana Karina Armijo, who most recently served as marketing and tourism  director for the Town of Taos, was hired to fill the role of executive director for the Office of Outdoor Recreation. Armijo will officially enter the role Sept. 18, 2023.

Armijo first began her role with the Town of Taos in 2015. Since then, she implemented a tourism promotion strategy that grew annual Lodgers’ Tax collections from $800,000 to $1.75 million.

One of her significant accomplishments during her time with the Town Read More

BLM Seeks Public Comment For Río Grande Del Norte National Monument Plan

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BLM News:

TAOS — The Bureau of Land Management will begin a 30-day public scoping period Friday, Aug. 11 to inform the upcoming environmental analysis of a resource management plan for the Río Grande del Norte National Monument.

The plan will protect the resource values for which the monument was designated and provide for traditional, recreational, and other uses of monument lands and resources. The scoping period closes Sept. 10, 2023.

The monument was designated March 25, 2013, by Presidential proclamation under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The monument, administered Read More

Bandelier To Increase Overnight Camping Fees Oct. 1

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BANDELIER News:

Bandelier National Monument will implement increased overnight camping fees at Juniper Campground and Ponderosa Group Campground beginning Oct. 1.

Additionally Oct. 1, reservations can be made online for the first time through Recreation.gov for some individual campsites in Juniper Campground.

Under the new fee rates, Bandelier will continue to offer half priced camping for Interagency Senior pass holders and Interagency Lifetime Access pass holders. The new amenity fee rates for overnight camping are based on comparable fees for similar services in nearby campgrounds. Read More

Maddie Harms Best Predictor, Top Finisher In Pace Race

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Runners gather for Tuesday’s ACRR Pace Race held on the trail across from the Laboratory ‘S’ Site. Courtesy/ACRR

ACRR News:

Maddie Harms was the best predictor with a 7 second differential off her predicted time in the weekly pace race held on the trail across from the Laboratory “S” Site. She was also the first female finisher on the 3 mile trail course with a time of 35:07.

Other accurate predictors:

  • Teddy Atkins, Junior at 39 seconds off and also the best finisher in the 1 mile distance at 11:28;
  • Jan Velechovsky with a 58 second differential;
  • Janette Darlington at 66 seconds off; and
  • Robin Bujack,
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Weekly Fishing Report: Aug. 8, 2023

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

Despite a healthy snowpack and abundant precipitation in May the threat of wildfires exist in Northern New Mexico.

That threat is now a reality as a lightening-caused wildfire ignited in the Jemez Mountains Aug. 5 near Gallina. By Monday (Aug. 7) it had grown to 2000+ acres. No evacuations have been ordered, but residents of Mesa de Poleo near Gallina have been advised to be able to evacuate quickly if so ordered.

The blaze is located on Santa Fe National Forest Land in the San Pedro Parks Wilderness area. Forest Roads 93-103 are closed as crews Read More