San Pedro Parks Wilderness is this lush, green 40,000+ acre wilderness area within the Santa Fe National Forest. The wilderness is named for

From up here, we could observe the wilderness area around us, the line of the mountains reaching south past the city boundaries, and the web

Albuquerque is a growing city, but in a way it still carries on the legacy left behind by the author and environmentalist Aldo Leopold.

No signs, no trail markers, and no shade. Only some old tire ruts mark the way to the Seismosaurus dig site.