Rising from the floor of southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley, Great Sand Dunes National Park is famed for North America’s tallest dunes—some soaring over 750 feet high. But this wild park is far more ...
Joe LaFleur leading a birdwalk on the Montville Nature Trail where Mosca Creek feeds a shady aspen grove, creating an oasis amid the surrounding desert-like landscape. (Joe LaFleur) If you have not ...
SAN LUIS VALLEY, CO — Thursday, October 6th The Nature Conservancy (TNC) with the help of the U.S. Department of the Interior announced a significant expansion of the Great Sand Dunes National Park.
This isn’t the Sahara or Gobi Desert. This is Colorado. Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some ...
Our family’s most memorable ranger is Fred Bunch, chief of resource management at Great Sand Dunes National Park. We first encountered Fred during the evening ranger program as we camped at the Dunes ...
Lots of rain earlier this year led to a showy display of prairie sunflowers at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Some years, prairie sunflowers (Helianthus petiolaris) deliver a ...
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