as an addition to Bandelier National Monument for $1.35 million. Finally, Dunigan sold the remaining parcel, all 95,000 acres, to the federal government in 2000 after the passage of “The Valles ...

Imagine standing at the rim of a vast caldera, the earth beneath your feet formed by unimaginable forces millions of years ...

As my father and I trudged up a snowy trail in Valles Caldera National Preserve, hoping to get a better view of an elk herd the next ridge over, a gray-and-black bird acknowledged our presence ...