Center News and Notes

All-Out Battle Three large aerial tankers make their last passes of the day to apply water or fire retardant slurry over the Nuns Fire outside of Napa, California in October 2017.

The Dam that Started it All Erected between 1934 and 37 by the U.S.

Endless Attractions Beyond the otherworldly landscapes of the national parks at Arches and Canyonlands, the public lands around Moab in southeastern Utah contain spectacular vistas like those visible from

View from Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, including the sun, moon, Mount Shasta and Pilot Rock, captured May 3, 2015, from the Pacific Crest Trail.

Margarita Perez Pulida and Jorge Montoya Sosa, who work in an immigrant-heavy area of Albuquerque. Felicity Barringer