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Help Kids Learn to Love Nature by Loving It With Them New Mexico guidebook will get you adventuring together By Christina M. SelbyThe following excerpts are from New Mexico Family Outdoor Adventure: An All-Ages Guide to Hiking, Camping, and Getting Outside by...
Embracing the Safe Outdoors Don’t let winter keep you cooped up in places where viruses thrive. Over the last two trying years, I’ve often remarked how fortunate I feel that my family and friends are already enthralled with the safest place to be: outside. In the...
Demonstration and Education Outside the Classroom Play, learn, observe and explore in Santa Fe’s living room: The Railyard Park As the mornings turn crisp and the golden lantern trees swell once more with seed pods, we welcome autumn back to Santa Fe. Fall brings...
On Behalf of Birds, Bees, Bats, Beetles and Butterflies Pollinators, plants and people, all in it together. When most people think of pollinators, the first thing that comes to mind are bees. But did you know there are many other animals that also act as pollinators?...
Honeybees and Chokecherry Trees Summer is sweet with these essential New Mexico species. As spring gently rouses New Mexico from its winter sleep and steadily warms into summer, the days become brighter and our gardens welcome back their beautiful blooms. With all...
Let’s Get Growing! Planting, bird-feeding and “weed” harvesting, here in New Mexico. For over three years, the New Mexico History Museum has hosted free monthly hands-on activities, sharing historical technologies, modern-day adaptations for traditional crafts, and...
Embracing the Spring Thaw Appreciate the season in nearby nature. Amongst all the uncertainty of the times, one thing is for sure: the promise of spring! And without a doubt, spring 2021 is especially sweet. Like clockwork, green leaves sprout from the trees, blue...
The Wonders of Plants in Winter Native trees and wildflowers provide endless lessons for making it through a long, cold season. Deep in the month of October, there comes a moment when fall transitions to winter. A special chill will arrive one morning when Mother...
