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Southwest's Long-Running Drought Imperils Wildlife

Pronghorn antelope are renowned as the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere, but they're not expected to be fast enough to outrun climate change and drought in the Southwest. By the end of the century, half of the pronghorn populations in the region are expected to be gone, according to federal researchers.
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Irresistible Distractions At Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

The beginning of winter found me feeling torn between the sleepy comforts of home and the satisfying challenges of rugged wilderness camping. As usual, the mountains won. “I’m headed north on Highway 15 out of Silver City, New Mexico,” I had texted my family. “No service for a few days, until I get back.”

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Misty Morning At Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Morning mist at Gila Cliff Dwelling/David Velk

Morning mist lingers in the folds above the Gila River Valley and Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in New Mexico.

Surrounded by 560,000 acres of pristine wilderness, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is one of the more challenging National Park Service units to visit in the lower 48 states. Reachable only by narrow, winding mountain roads, its isolation has preserved not only the 700-year-old homes of the Mogollon people, but provides us a look back in time at the rugged natural landscape that sustained them.

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Eyes Of The Hunter - Gila Cliff Dwellings Bobcat.

Eyes of the Hunter - Gila Cliff Dwellings Bobcat/David Velk

After a successful stalk, a bobcat pauses before heading into deeper cover to finish her meal of freshly-caught Packrat. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is much more than ancient ruins. Located in the heart of America's first designated wilderness, Cliff Dweller Canyon preserves a riparian oasis with a wide variety of wildlife, both predator and prey...

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