We are increasingly optimistic that the feasibility study for the Bike/Hike Placitas Project may happen this year as funding looks promising. We are in receipt of a letter from our congressional delegation to Secretary Haaland requesting that the BLM lands in Placitas be administratively removed from mineral development pending passage of legislation. This is a … [read more]
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Assessment of Pavement and Bike Lanes Hwy 165
Bike Hwy 165 (1) This is a survey of shoulder conditions the entire length of Highway 165 from I-25 to the Forest Service boundary in both directions. It was completed by board member Patrick Vander Wyden in October 2021. Hike-Bike survey presentation 3-3-2022 Summary of community survey presented to volunteer group 20220302 Placitas Hike-Bike mtg … [read more]
Buffalo Track Protection Bill reintroduced
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) have introduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act, the Pecos Watershed Protection Act, and legislation to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in … [read more]
Las Placitas Assn. 2020 Annual Report
LPA-annual report 2020
Placitas Wildflowers
Two resources: Perennials and Wildflowers and LPA-NativeWildflowers-edited
Las Placitas Association 2019 Annual Report
LPA-annual report 2019
Seven Springs Hike
Join us for the final hike of 2018 which will be a 5.7 mile hike, which can be shorter through an open grass valley lines by pines and sandstone cliffs in the Jemez Mountain Region near the fish hatchery. The hike is rated as easy with just 277 feet of elevation gain. We will meet … [read more]
LPA Hike to Paliza Canyon and Goblin Colony
Now that the National Forest’s are back open it is time again to hike another of the many trails within an hour from Albuquerque. This is a 4- mile out and back trail with towering Ponderosa pines and sculptured red sandstone goblins. Hike is generally rated as easy, but exploring in and around the goblins … [read more]