geology

The glorious vistas of Ghost Ranch were made famous by painter Georgia O’Keeffe. The property encompasses 21,000 acres of colorful canyons, magnificent mesas, and...

Shiprock is an iconic stone sentinel, rising 1583 feet above the stark plains of northwestern New Mexico. The National Park Service designated Shiprock as...

Part of the allure of the American West is the wide-open spaces. There is a thrilling sensation when staring down a long stretch of...

Roaming the Lybrook Badlands I had an opportunity to explore the Lybrook Fossil Area recently with Navajo Tours. They were on a scouting expedition to...

There are many people who are proponents of taking the direct route between point A and B. I’m not one of them. Friends and...

New Mexico facilitates the wandering mind. Often when I am wandering in areas far from power lines and my species, I contemplate how many...

Messages from the Ancients Whispers from the past echo through the basalt boulders on Albuquerque’s west side. The stones served as notepads for ancestors long...

Rio Grande del Norte National Monument The Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument is a swath of more than 240,000 acres of protected public land...