In a year fraught with change and uncertainty, when threats to public lands (and our hardworking and dedicated Federal employees) seemed to escalate every day, when the ongoing Sun Zia transmission line construction alas made its way across the Rio Grande (and through... Despite the very unfortunate cancellation of this year’s Festival of the Cranes due to an historically long federal government shutdown, Friends of Bosque del Apache still went ahead with plans to sponsor the second annual Socorro High School Festival of the... Friends of Bosque del Apache is extraordinarily lucky to have been selected as the fortunate recipient of so much generosity bestowed by the talented members of the Fiber Arts Guild of Socorro County over the course of the last decade. Again and again, they have... We must regretfully announce that, due to the ongoing government shutdown, the Friends of Bosque del Apache Board has been faced with making the extraordinarily difficult decision to cancel this year’s Festival of the Cranes. This decision was not made lightly, and in... By the time this article goes to press, the longest federal government shutdown in US history will have finally ended, but the damage has already been done. Due to the lengthy shutdown – coupled with the challenging lack of water this year – there simply is not enough... Article and photos by Mark Seth Lender ( © 2025 All Rights Reserved) Storks and sandhill cranes. Similar in flight. Seen overhead the long legs trailing, the beat of their wings… And that’s where it ends. Storks evoke domesticity. When they come they come... 