Museum of New Mexico Press
PART OF NEW MEXICO'S LITERARY HERITAGE FOR SEVENTY YEARS

       

Valles Caldera

A New Vision for New Mexico's National Preserve

William deBuys, Author
Don J. Usner, Author

About 1.25 million years ago, a spectacular volcanic eruption created the 13-mile wide circular depression now known as the Valles Caldera, located in northern New Mexico. This revised & expanded edition marks the twentieth anniversary of the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, a visionary piece of legislation that transferred to the public domain a privately owned ranch (signed in 2000 by President Bill Clinton). The preserve was assigned to a board of citizens appointed by the president to manage it as a self-sustaining preserve. The experiment in semi-private land management ended in 2014 as the Valles Caldera was legislatively reassigned to the National Park Service.


Trim: 12" x 10.5"

Pages: 208

Illustrations: 30 duotone and 70 colorplates

National Parks

New Mexico

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