Environment

Fall & Winter Events At New Mexico Historic Sites

Wagon in the Snow at Fort Selden. Courtesy/NMDCA
 
Luminarias at Jemez Historic Site. Courtesy/NMDCA

 

Virgin de Guadalupe carving, part of J. Paul Taylor collection. Courtesy/NMDCA
 
 
NMHS News:
 
SANTA FE New Mexico’s Historic Sites have a host of upcoming events planned this fall and winter:
 
Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fiesta of Cultures.
Coronado Historic Site
485 Kuaua, Bernalillo, NM 87004
Come celebrate New Mexico’s diverse and unique cultures! Arts and crafts fair, archaeology
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Closed Due To Impassable Road From Thunderstorms Tuesday

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is closed due to impassable road. Courtesy/BLM

BLM News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Due to thunderstorms Tuesday, the road to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is impassable.

The Monument is closed starting and updates will be posted to www.blm.gov/visit/kktr.

For more information, contact the BLM Rio Puerco Field Office at 505.761.8700.

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The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout Read More

Free Science Saturday: Make A Rain Cloud In A Bottle

NMMSH News:
 
ALAMOGORDO Did you know you could make a rain cloud in a bottle?
 
Join Museum of Space History Education Director Dave Dooling Saturday, Aug. 10 for Science Saturday. He’ll be offering free hands-on demonstrations that show how weather and air conditioning work by putting the squeeze on gases – or by letting them relax.
 
Science Saturday is 10 a.m. to noon in the front classroom of the museum’s New Horizons Dome Theater.
 
Science Saturday is free to the public and happens every second Saturday of the month. It is designed to be a fun and educational program for
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