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Most gardeners know being outside in the garden makes them feel good. When I walk in a garden to look at a blooming flower or to identify a bird, my spirit lifts immediately. This awareness, which many of us have experienced, is part of our physiological wiring developed to guarantee our survival. Those who spend regular time outside comment on how being outdoors makes them feel. Calm, creative, happy, and alive are some of the descriptions I have heard over … Read More
Did you know that out of 568 National Wildlife Refuges managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), New Mexico has nine? Great! So . . . what is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)? According to the FWS website, an NWR is “a contiguous area of land and water. . . for the conservation and, where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.” Wildlife conservation … Read More
A visit to City of Rocks State Park puts me in mind of Jonathan Swift’s 18th century satirical novel, Gulliver’s Travels. During a recent visit, I couldn’t help but feel like the book’s Lilliputians, the tiny people who “capture” Gulliver — a giant to them — who washes up on their shores. Except in this case, I am the Lilliputian surrounded by the park’s jumble of massive rock formations: boulders, hoodoos, and pinnacles, some soaring 40 feet in height from … Read More