#mountainair

[forestduck]

woodfire cabin in the fog 🌲🪵🔥

[unteriors]

Cedardale Avenue, Mountainair, New Mexico.

[nmnomad]

The Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument encompasses three sites: Abó, Quarai, and Gran Quivira. All three are around Mountainair, New Mexico, where the main visitor center is located.

[missedmilemarkers]

[adventure-in-the-wild]

Africa's Kilimanjaro Mountains

[amazingamyy-y]

I think I am in love with mountains. On a good day, mountains > beach. The height makes me a little scared though.

[2022-mmac]

ARTIST OPPORTUNITY

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from the Sierra Club:

Over the past century, the biodiversity of apple trees has declined sharply in the United States. Monoculture orchards have erased the mature forested orchards that once served as habitat for dozens of bird species such as bluebirds, northern flickers, and scarlet tanagers. There once were some 16,000 named apple varieties in the US alone. We’ve now lost more than half of those varieties, with only 3,000 remaining. As a naturalist, I have been researching apple biodiversity for several years, and I find it especially gratifying when this pathway leads me to our rich, and sometimes forgotten, history of apple growing.

To rediscover some of that history, I looked to one of the earliest known places where apples were grown in North America—the Manzano Mountains. But for two weeks, I had been hearing “There are no apple trees left” and “I don’t know of any.” I’d spoken to half a dozen rangers at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument and Manzano Mountains State Park. Despite their shrugs, my family and I drove a couple of hours south to Mountainair, New Mexico, to see for ourselves. In my heart, I couldn’t believe there were no historic apple trees in the monument's ruins, located in the foothills of the Manzano Mountains. After all, the mountains and the village at their base are named after the Spanish word for apple tree.

My husband and I had pored over a bevy of old maps and determined that a 1794 map by French cartographer Jean-Baptiste D’Anville seemed to have been the first to refer to the Sierra Moreno as the Mansos Mountains. At the time, the mountains may have been named for the Manso indigenous peoples. A later map by the American cartographer Samuel Mitchell refers to the mountains as Manzanas, and a map prepared the same year, in 1867, by the US Topographical Bureau officially christens the range as the Manzana Mountains. A paper published in New Mexico Geology in 2000 notes that the apple trees in the Salinas area are probably the oldest living apple trees in the country, with their history stretching back to early Spanish explorers and the native Tompiro and Tiwa peoples who planted the trees for 17th-century Franciscan friars.

When a beloved historic apple tree in the Pacific Northwest died in 2020, there was a considerable outcry. Rightly so. In contrast, even the Salinas rangers I spoke to didn’t know about a comparable treasure right under their noses. Perhaps with a turnover in positions, institutional memory has faded. Three gorgeous ruins remain of the Salinas settlements, and the New Mexico Bureau of Geology paper confirmed that the surviving stand of apple trees is located in the Quarai ruins. The paper characterized Quarai as nestled in a juniper forest, and ideal for apple growing since the land has natural springs. Tree-ring growth data estimated that the apple trees are from roughly 1800. Local legend has it that they were planted even earlier by the friars and early Spanish ranchers. If the Quarai trees are 224 years old, as per tree-ring estimates, they have outlived the Pacific Northwest’s oldest apple tree, believed to have germinated in 1826 or 1827, and died in 2020, at the age of 194.

[raychelsnr]

I have been working on the video about this day. I felt near certain this storm would produce right here with the mountains in view near Mountainaire, New Mexico. It didn't, but it was gorgeous regardless.

[northernpintail]

From a recent tour at the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS). This is one of their two resident Bald Eagles, Hyacinth and Humpty. From their website:

“Hyacinth fell from her nest as a pre-fledgling when her nest fell apart. MARS was called and went by boat to the site at Hyacinth Cove on Quadra Island to rescue her.

She suffered multiple fractures in her right wing that were too close to the shoulder to be pinned so her wing was taped for 4 weeks. When another eagle accidentally bumped into her later, the wing was re-fractured. It eventually did heal but has a slight curve in the humerus so she is unable to “soar like an eagle”.

Hy is very vocal and likes to greet her handlers when they enter her enclosure. She is fairly gentle in spite of her size and gets along well with Humpty, her permanent roommate. She also seems to enjoy the company of other eagle patients when they are housed together. Her diet consists of poultry, fish and deer meat and she weighs about 3.5 – 4.0 kg.”

MARS has rescued 715 patients so far this year. Learn more about their organization & donate on their website!

[forestduck]

wildflower pine forest meadow 🌲🌷💜

[goalhofer]

U.S. daily high temperature records tied/broken 1/4/2025

Carefree, Arizona: 76 (previous record 75 2018) Unincorporated Cochise County, Arizona: 65 (also 65 1909) Coconino National Forest, Arizona: 63 (previous record 61 1994) Coronado National Memorial, Arizona: 72 (previous record 70 1994) Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona: 64 (previous record 58 1994) Unincorporated Kings County, California: 67 (previous record 65 2014) Unincorporated Riverside County, California: 80 (previous record 79 2003) Alamosa, Colorado: 50 (also 50 2003) Castle Rock, Colorado: 65 (also 65 1927) Cortez, Colorado: 59 (previous record 55 1956) Unincorporated Grand County, Colorado: 42 (previous record 41 1998) Unincorporated Las Animas County, Colorado: 66 (also 66 1997) Unincorporated Park County, Colorado: 46 (also 46 2012) Ridgway, Colorado: 58 (previous record 54 2007) Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: 40 (previous record 39 2020) Chalis National Forest, Idaho: 47 (previous record 46 2003) Salmon National Forest, Idaho: 44 (previous record 41 2010) Swan Valley, Idaho: 45 (previous record 41 2024) Albuquerque, New Mexico: 63 (previous record 61 2014) Carlsbad, New Mexico: 77 (previous record 70 2014) Unincorporated Colfax County, New Mexico: 54 (also 54 1956) Deming, New Mexico: 72 (previous record 68 2006) El Morro National Monument, New Mexico: 61 (also 61 1956) Farmington, New Mexico: 58 (also 58 2024) Unincorporated Grant County, New Mexico: 70 (previous record 69 1994) Mountainair, New Mexico: 62 (previous record 59 1981) Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico: 55 (previous record 54 1981) Unincorporated Otero County, New Mexico: 56 (previous record 53 2006) Unincorporated Quay County, New Mexico: 69 (previous record 67 2022) Roswell, New Mexico: 80 (previous record 72 2007) Santa Fe, New Mexico: 58 (previous record 57 2003) Unincorporated Sierra County, New Mexico: 68 (previous record 65 1978) Unincorporated Socorro County, New Mexico: 71 (previous record 70 1997) Unincorporated Torrance County, New Mexico: 65 (previous record 61 1997) Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico: 71 (previous record 65 2014) Unincorporated Baker County, Oregon: 43 (previous record 42 2012) El Paso, Texas: 74 (previous record 70 1989) Midland, Texas: 72 (previous record 71 1997) Mt. Locke summit, Texas: 73 (previous record 72 2006) Unincorporated Oldham County, Texas: 68 (previous record 65 2019) Bountiful, Utah: 55 (previous record 54 1994) Brighton, Utah: 43 (also 43 2012) Ogden, Utah: 51 (previous record 49 2012) Salt Lake City, Utah: 54 (previous record 53 1956) Tooele, Utah: 58 (also 58 1956) Unincorporated Albany County, Wyoming: 43 (previous record 40 2012)

[nmnomad]

The San Gregorio de Abó Mission was built in three phases, starting in 1620. Near Mountainair, it is one of the three Salinas Pueblo Missions.

[westpearinteriors]

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[2022-mmac]

FLAMENCOSA: Flamenco Dance performance featuring Fabian Esquipula Sisneros with live dancers and musicians.

Doors Open at 12pm: Come early to see the new Art Exhibit: "Whimsical Realities and Dreams"

Jarales Wines in attendance. 21+purchase wine or beer by the glass or bottle.

Saturday, April 26, 2024 Performance Start time: 2:00pm All ages welcome Free to see! Donations Accepted.

MMAC Center 101 E Broadway - Mountainair, NM 87036 Corner of intersection of Highways: US 60 & NM 55

Event made possible by funding from New Mexico Arts and the New Mexico Music Commission.

[laurahslife]

09/23/23 #ThreeSistersParkTrail #Hike #Elk #MountainAir #BlessedAndThankful #ForYourPage #ForYou #FYP