Caldera Action

16/05/2026

A cattle-free Valles Caldera is critical for many wildlife species in the southern Rockies. We are working to continue the restoration of the Caldera. Visit our webpage to learn more

December 11, 2025New Information Signs for the VCNP, Bandelier’s Ill Gotten Christmas Tree Happy holidays everyone who is part of the Caldera Action community. Our board of directors and staff appreciate you helping us help the Valles Caldera to become one of the… Posted in Bandelier National Mo...

05/05/2026

What a fine person. I wish our top government officials looked kindly on the national parks and their excellent workers.

Britain’s King Charles III visited Shenandoah National Park in Virginia on the final day of his US state visit celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.

10/04/2026

The Trump administration is calling for big cuts to the National Park Service budget in their 2027 budget blueprint which is unlikely to be adopted by Congress. But they are already reorganizing the US Forest Service in major ways that will affect national forests visitors.

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Update on Trump Pressure on Public LandsCA  |  April 10, 2026 Spring is slowing coming to the Valles Caldera and Bandelier after an unusually warm and dry winter. We’ve all seen the unusually early spring. Snowpack in the southern Rocky Mountains is 22% of normal. This means that unless more spr...

16/12/2025

The ACLU is warning the public that Facebook posts are being read by a Meta AI bot that looks for phrases that are offensive to the far right. A mother and daughter wrote a post about getting a particular contraceptive and the post was turned over to the authorities in Nebraska where criminal prosecution followed. This family assumed they were having a private conversation.

So be aware that everything on social media, including this post, is being read by Meta and its right wing algorithms. There is no privacy and the far right is eager to punish us for views the don't agree with. Pretty sad for our country.

11/12/2025

The VCNP and the Amigos de los Valles are raising funds to put in new public information signs and trailhead signs. Read more on our website

December 11, 2025New Information Signs for the VCNP, Bandelier’s Ill Gotten Christmas Tree Happy holidays everyone who is part of the Caldera Action community. Our board of directors and staff appreciate you helping us help the Valles Caldera to become one of the… Posted in Bandelier National Mo...

13/10/2025

The government shutdown continues and it is doing real damage to the northern New Mexico economy. Balloon fiesta came and went and Bandelier and the Caldera were closed to their owners, the American people. This is a good time to tell our Senators to push the other side to get to the negotiating table.

02/10/2025

The gates are closed at the Valles Caldera and at Bandelier. This is a good thing and shows the dedication of our NPS staff to protecting these sensitive places and resources. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered many of the national parks to remain open with little staff. This will result in vandalism, trash and sewage problems and worse.

08/08/2025

The National Park Service at the Valles Caldera has released their long awaited General Mangement Plan. Please read it and send them comments by the end of August. For more details:

General Mangement Plan Out for Valles CalderaCA  |  August 8, 2025 The National Park Service at the Valles Caldera National Preserve has released their long-awaited General Management Plan for the Preserve. If you are interested in the future of this landscape, you may want to read it and respond....

08/07/2025

The Trump budget bill is bad news for the Natonal Park Service. Visit the Caldera Action website to get the latest.

April 3, 2025Science in the Jemez at Risk, Please Help The Jemez Mountains are the most studied mountain range in the West according to those who established an extensive complex of scientific studies in both Bandelier National Monument and the… Posted in Bandelier National Monument, Budgets, ecol...

17/06/2025

Look at our post about Trump's threat to close the Valles Caldera at

April 3, 2025Science in the Jemez at Risk, Please Help The Jemez Mountains are the most studied mountain range in the West according to those who established an extensive complex of scientific studies in both Bandelier National Monument and the… Posted in Bandelier National Monument, Budgets, ecol...