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Yahoo
21-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
LIST: Open spaces in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Albuquerque is home to a myriad of open spaces scattered throughout the city. These spaces offer a convenient way to get back into nature without venturing out of town. KRQE has compiled a list of these open spaces. You can find it below: A forest approximately 53 acres extending from the north boundary of the Nature Center to the southeast side of the Montaño Bridge. It was dedicated to Aldo Leopold on Feb. 15, 2009. He is 'considered the father of modern wildlife ecology.' The city said Leopold's efforts eventually led to the creation of the Rio Grande Zoological Park, Botanical Gardens, and the Rio Grande Nature Center. A canyon provides easy access for anyone wanting to view petroglyphs. There are three developed trails ranging from 5 minutes to 30 minutes round trip. The East Mountain Space consists of five different areas: Carolino Canyon 40-acre facility requiring group reservations Juan Tomas Open Space 1,290-acre area with elevations ranging from 7,300 feet to 7,760 feet Tres Pistolas (Three Guns Springs) 105-acre property with elevation from 6,140 feet to 6,400 feet John A. Milne & Gutierrez Canyon Open Space 300 acres with elevation from 6,100 feet to 7,600 feet San Antonito Open Space A 168-acre property among the earliest pieces to be set aside by the city for the enjoyment of nature A 640-acre park with an elevation of about 6,500 feet. The landscape supports piñon-juniper habitat, including chamisa, Apache plume, scrub oak, cane cholla cactus, blue grama grass, bear grass, and soapweed yucca. 577 acres in the South Valley housing the Open Space Administration Offices, the Brent Baca Memorial Disc Golf Course, an off-leash dog park, and a special use off-road vehicle park. The Open Space Farmlands consists of five areas: Candelaria Nature Preserve Albuquerque's Open Space Division's first piece of farmland Los Poblanos Fields Open Space 138-acre farm west of 4th St on Montaño Road Hubbell Oxbow Farm 87-acre parcel of South Valley farmland just outside of Albuquerque city limits Alamo Farm 20-acre North Valley farm Open Space Visitor Center Farm 24-acre farm ideal for watching Sandhill Cranes Recommended for advanced riders and hikers, the trails pass through varied volcanic and geologic features. Closed on May 19 to be re-repaved. Access points: Alameda Boulevard Paseo del Norte Montaño Road Campbell Road Central Avenue NE Marquez Street Rio Bravo Boulevard One of the largest petroglyph sites in North America. You can view designs and symbols carved onto volcanic rocks by Native Americans and Spanish settlers from 400 to 700 years ago. Up to 400 petroglyphs can be seen along this 1.5-mile round-trip trail. This is considered the densest concentration of petroglyphs at the monument. 4,300-acre park extending from Sandia Pueblo to Isleta Pueblo. Located on both the east and west of the Rio Grande. One of the Open Space Division's newest acquisitions on the westside. Phase one is currently underway. A 2.25-mile trail loop on the north mesa accessible through La Madera Road. 560-acre parcel is popular with Placitas residents. Locations: City's Singing Arrow Community Center and archaeological site City's Open Space Route 66 Tijeras Education Center Carnué Land Grant Hall Bernalillo County Open Space Tijeras Remediation Site Village of Tijeras Camino Primera Agua Par Formed over 100,000 years ago and now managed by the National Park Service. Contains multiple areas: Petroglyph National Monument Piedras Marcadas Canyon – trails to ancient petroglyphs Boca Negra Canyon – three trails leading to ancient petroglyphs Rinconada Canyon – 1.3-mile trail leading to ancient petroglyphs Volcanoes – the remains of five dormant volcanic cores Grasslands Preserve – undeveloped and closed to the public Paseo de la Mesa Multi-Use Trail Shooting Range State Park – fee area for target shooting La Boca Negra Horseman's Complex – equestrian facility with miles of jumps George J. Maloof Memorial Air Park – for the use of remote control airplanes, control line airplanes, helicopters, and cars Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Prestigious award presented to Boggy Slough Conservation Area
TRINITY COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — The Boggy Slough Conservation Area (BSCA) in Houston and Trinity counties has received the 2025 Texas Leopold Conservation Award. This award was presented in the annual Lone Star Land Steward Awards. Trinity County Jail overcrowding burdens local taxpayers, sheriff says 'Texas Parks and Wildlife is pleased to see this award go to such a deserving recipient,' private lands program leader for TPWD Tim Siegmund said. 'Boggy Slough has been a cornerstone of the Neches River corridor for the better part of a century. The careful stewardship by the T.L.L. Temple Foundation, and its enrollment into a conservation easement, ensure it will continue to serve as a cornerstone and example of excellent land management for generations to come.' The T.L.L. Temple Foundation, which owns the property, will also receive $10K to help maintain the property. The Texas Leopold Conservation Award, named after conservationist Aldo Leopold, recognizes the achievements of voluntary conservation and natural resource management by American ranchers, farmers and foresters in 28 states. 'These award recipients are examples of how Aldo Leopold's land ethic is alive and well today,' Sand County Foundation President Kevin McAleese said. 'Their dedication to conservation is both an inspiration to their peers as well as a reminder to all how important thoughtful agriculture is to clean water, healthy soil and wildlife habitat.' Not only is BSCA surrounded by the Neches River but it is also surrounded by around 4,500 acres of forests. Boggy Slough is thought to have 'brought deer back into East Texas' through their restocking program, as well as their management of the property. BSCA's mission is 'to serve as a model of excellence for East Texas through ecological research and outreach to promote conservation, management, and stewardship of natural resources.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Bird Banter: Normalizing environmental safeguards was going well
I grew up mostly in Wisconsin, home of legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and Earth Day co-founder Gaylord Nelson. I headed off to college four years after the first Earth Day. Between those influences and a month-long camping and hiking trip through Montana, Wyoming and Colorado with my uncle and aunt at an impressionable age, it wasn't surprising that I chose to study natural resources at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. 'Conservation' was an acceptable word in 1974 and popular with outdoorsmen (and it was mostly men back then), but 'Environmental' was not popular with the establishment, especially as part of the title of the new agency restricting air and water pollution and other hazards. College students like a good fight, so I joined the student-run Environmental Council, which was energized by returning Vietnam vets. I helped put out the council's newsletter, which led to my becoming the environmental editor for the mainstream campus weekly. Other than Judy Collins, my most memorable interview was with a dairy farmer whose neighbor had sprayed his farm with pesticides and apparently killed his calves. No one else was taking his complaint seriously, except the farmer's dairy co-op, which wouldn't take his milk anymore. In my last 50 years, 36 in Cheyenne, I've been pleased to see that 'Environment' has become a term for not only saving sage grouse but keeping people safe, too. Environmental organizations have made friends and alliances with people who share concerns, such as hunting and fishing groups, farmers and ranchers as well as health organizations. Even the federal government, for 12 of the last 16 years, was making progress on the biggest current environmental concern, climate change. In so many ways, people have been making choices supporting the health of the environment. There's not a single major auto manufacturer today that is not offering electric alternatives. Even here in Wyoming where electric power still is mostly from fossil fuels — the main climate change culprits — EVs make economic as well as environmental sense. There's not a conventional gardening magazine today that hasn't embraced the pollinator message, and often organic practices. Modern gardening advice encourages planting native plants that require fewer pesticides, less water and less chemical fertilizer (a major water pollutant). Citizen/community scientists are augmenting all kinds of environmental studies. The one I participate in most often is eBird. Studying birds helps us see what birds need, and where and when, but it's a no-brainer: like us, they need a clean, intact environment. So as a birder, I try to make environmentally helpful decisions. Mark and I replaced our toilets with low-flow versions, installed higher R-value windows and insulation and keep our cats from killing birds and other wildlife. I think anyone conservative about their buying habits can be considered an environmentalist — it's manufacturing so much stuff that is part of our problem. I've had some clothes for more than 20 years — they still fit and blend in fine when I'm with a crowd of hikers, gardeners or birders. I'd rather eat at restaurants with real dishes instead of using single-use plastic. We limit our redecorating — we've had the same classic oak dining table since 1982. We relish leftovers and making them into new meals. More people are looking for outdoor recreational opportunities, a good thing that typically goes hand in hand with regard to the environment. Of course, some outdoor recreation, such as off-roading off the trails, is damaging to the environment. All of us were doing well at saving electricity with more efficient lights and other electrical uses, but now we have energy-hungry bitcoin 'farms' and data centers. The future could be visually polluted and a menace to birds with wind turbines and solar panels spread across the landscape, though they are an improvement over the clouds of pollution I grew up with in the Milwaukee-Chicago area. But I think we are on track for power production innovations in the future. Or we were. Since mid-January, we have been inundated with federal administration edicts that want to take us back to the dark ages in many different aspects of life including the environment. Just when we thought the arguments for clean air and water, for instance, are universally acceptable, we find our federal government taken over by people who don't think clean air and water are important. I asked this 50 years ago: just where are the anti-environmentalists planning to get clean water to drink for themselves (bottled water isn't guaranteed) and clean air to breathe? We know what needs to be done for a healthier planet. We were studying how to do it better. But it seems this administration is intent on making messes it doesn't think it will have to live in.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Wildfire in Green Lake County burns 720 acres
A large wildfire in Green Lake County has been contained. An earlier wildfire in Waushara County covered about 830 acres. (Wisconsin DNR photo) A 720-acre wildfire that erupted Monday in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area of Green Lake County has been contained, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The so-called Big Island Fire has caused at least two residences to be evacuated, with six structures threatened by the fire, but not lost to it, according to the DNR. Six DNR engines, air patrol, and low ground units from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are assisting along with other local agencies. The cause of the fire is under investigation, and the fire is burning on state and private lands. Six homes were saved as well as other buildings, and no structures were lost, nor were there injuries reported, according to the DNR. Although the fire has been put out, smoke is still lingering in the area, and an investigations of the cause of the fire cause is ongoing. The White River Marsh State Wildlife Area is a 12,000-acre property containing open marsh, swamp hardwoods, wet meadows, upland prairie, oak savanna and shrub carr. The area is favored by hunters for the small game and birds. The marsh was studied by Aldo Leopold in the 1940s and later recommended for conservation purposes. Wisconsin is already having an active wildfire season, which the DNR has called unusual and early. More than 223 wildfires have burned nearly 1,400 acres in Wisconsin already this year. In late February, a wildfire in Jefferson County burned about 95 acres, including 6.4 acres in the southern unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. The fire was worsened by dry conditions and high winds, but firefighters were able to contain the blaze. The larger fire in Green Lake County comes as much of the Midwest experiences extreme weather. At least 40 people died this week after tornados ripped through communities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Storms have also devastated towns and cities in the southern U.S. Climate scientists have long warned that more frequent and intense extreme weather will occur if carbon emissions aren't lowered. In 2025, the world is expected to exceed the 1.5 degrees celsius limit researchers warned would cause the effects of climate change to worsen. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
