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Frere Arsene Brouard – New Mexico’s Forgotten Botanist

College of Santa Fe Professor Emeritus David Johnson will discuss the botanical life of Brother Gerfroy Arsène Brouard. Brother Arsène belonged to a Catholic teaching order and was an…

Hummingbirds: Past, Present and Future

Dr. Christopher Witt, UNM Associate Professor of Biology and Director and Curator of Birds at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at UNM, will discuss the evolutionary history of hummingbirds and the present-day…

Field Trip: Grasses of Valle Caldera National Preserve (CANCELLED)

Field Trip to El Malpais- El Calderon

Leader Pam McBride. Pam McBride, leader. We will look for the cinder phacelia (Phacelia serrata) on the El Calderon trail, a 3.8 mile loop, approximately 100 miles one way from Albuquerque….

Field Trip to Holy Ghost Trail(Cancelled due to Road Closure)

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Field Trip to Magdalena Mts., Timber Ridge Field Trip

Leader George Miller. Timber Ridge at 10,000-feet at the head of Water Canyon in the mountains south of Socorro yielded 40 species of flowers last time, so let’s try it…

New Mexico Bats and Their Bacteria: Landscape Complexity and Plant Diversity as Drivers

Post-doctoral UNM Biologist Ara Winter tells us about how changes in the bacteria populations on bats are driven by the bats’ local habitat. The bacteria populations in bats are…

Field Trip to Milne Trail at Cedar Crest Post Office

Bandelier flower walk

Leader Charles Keller. Exact trail TBA as the season and moisture dictate. Meet Far North Shopping Center at San Mateo NE and Academy, Albuquerque. Park near Wienerschnitzel at