The Nature Store
Members of the Friends of Bosque del Apache enjoy a 10% discount on purchases* every day. Email us before you order to receive your Member Discount Code!
*Sale items not eligible for member discount.
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Santo Domingo Turquoise, coral, and heishi 7 strand necklace made by N. Coriz
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At the Precipice explores the question many of us have asked ourselves: What kind of world are we leaving to our children? The realities of climate change consume the media and keep us up at night worrying about the future. But in New Mexico and the larger Southwest, climate change has been silently wreaking havoc: average temperatures in the Upper Rio Grande Basin are increasing at double the global average, super fires like Las Conchas have devastated mountains, and sections of the Rio Grande are drying up.
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From pine forest to desert scrub, from alpine meadow to riparian wetland, Albuquerque and its surrounding area in New Mexico offer an appealing variety of wildlife habitat. Birders are likely to see more than two hundred species during a typical year of bird-watching. Now, two experienced birders, Judith Liddell and Barbara Hussey, share their intimate knowledge of the best places to find birds in and around this important region.
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In their second guide to birding in New Mexico, Judy Liddell and Barbara Hussey share their experiences and intimate knowledge of the best places to find birds in and around Santa Fe and other areas in northern New Mexico.
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Celebrate the seasons with your feathered friends! Spot nesting blue jays in spring, and hoot hoot with an owl in winter. Artist Molly Hashimoto's bright bird prints and author Zoe Burke's rhyming text guide young birdwatchers through the year. A review section at the end of the book names each bird and helps little ones learn the seasons and months of the year.
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Have fun on The Bosque del Apache with this Jr. Ranger activity book and become a Jr. Refuge Manager!
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Pocket journal embossed with a Great Horned owl designed by Charly Harper
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When you imagine these graceful, elegant birds, perhaps you picture them in shallow water, standing on one leg, waiting for fish. But there's much more to these cultural touchstones. Award-winning photographer Stan Tekiela takes you into the fascinating world of cranes, herons and egrets. His striking photography captures the birds in action and depicts behaviors that will leave you awestruck. Headings and small blocks of text make for easy yet informative browsing.
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This is a guide that tells you about the refuge by season, it also has general need to know information and a map of the refuge. Check it out online here as well!
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Made by Karen Hustito From the Zuni Pueblo. These earrings have 6 different stones in them from what we can identify looks to be white and pink pearl, turquoise, lapis, jade, and onyx
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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior, is the earliest Euro-American trade route of cultures and commerce in the United States. It spanned about 1,800 miles from Mexico City, where the road originated, to Santa Fe, in New Mexico. For three centuries, this Spanish colonial road followed a network of ancient Native American footpaths and trails that followed the wide expanse of the Rio Grande valley. There were parajes, or campgrounds, along the way for travelers, and early Spanish settlements were established too. Some of the towns and villages are now modern cities, such as Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe. Mexico City, as the former capital of La Nueva España, New Spain, is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Center. In 2000, El Camino Real was officially designated as a national historic trail, administered by the US Department of the Interior. In 2005, the El Camino Real International Heritage Center was erected near Socorro, New Mexico. This is an interpretive learning center that presents the history and heritage of the Royal Road in the region as an integral part of Spain's global network of roads and maritime trade routes.
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New Mexico has the 4th highest bird diversity of any state in the U.S. with nearly 550 species documented within its borders including over 300 species known to breed. At a biological crossroad between east and west and north and south, the state's birdlife is influenced by the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Great Basin and Chihuahuan deserts, and the sierras of northwest Mexico. An elevational range from lowland desert and rivers below 3,000 feet to alpine tundra over 13,000 feet also greatly contributes to its diversity. This Fourth Edition of the New Mexico Bird Finding Guide contains chapters covering each of the state's 33 counties addressing nearly 400 birding locations to explore. These include easily accessed, well known destinations as well as sites that are obscure and remote. Detailed maps, directions, and lists of expected and 'specialty' species accompany each location. The guide also includes an annotated checklist presenting the status, distribution, frequency, and abundance, for all species recorded in the state. This will be a valuable reference for resident and visiting birders alike.
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Pueblos of the Rio Grande is an authoritative and colorful travelers guide to the nineteen venerable pueblos of New Mexico. Written in consultation with pueblo community elders, this book celebrates the cultural diversity and enduring values of Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Namb, Picuris, Pojoaque, Taos, Tesuque, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Sandia, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santa Domingo, Zia, and Zuni. Cultural identity and artistry are vividly expressed by skilled Pueblo potters, silversmiths, fetish carvers, basket makers, and painters, whose finest works are highly sought-after by discerning art buyers worldwide. Daniel Gibson provides first-time visitors and experienced Indian art collectors alike with a wealth of trip-planning information, including the arts and crafts traditions distinct to each pueblo, annual celebrations open to the public, proper etiquette and attire, and photography restrictions.
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Silver by Jana. Inspired by Nature. Silver necklace charm made in San Antonio, NM.
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This fun, informative book is perfect for rockhounding and fossil-collecting kids who love to explore the outdoors—whether they’re out on a hike or sitting at a computer! The book features activities, giving readers fun, hands-on experiments to try. Scrapbook pages are included at the back for notes and drawing.
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Come into the visitor center to get your stamps! you can get the BdA ink stamps free at the visitor center desk, the red ink Crane stamp (free) in the Nature Store. You can purchase both the yellow benchmark sticker ($1) and the BdA Travel stamp ($2.99) in the Nature store or here Online.
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Silver by Jana. Inspired by Nature. Sterling silver earrings made in San Antonio, NM.
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Earrings made by Ola Eriacho, From the Zuni pueblo she has been creating beautiful jewelry for over 40 years
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At 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the Trinity Test explosion of the first atomic bomb changed the world forever. The dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan followed soon after, but it was the first blast in what is now known as White Sands Missile Range that marked the beginning of the end of World War II. In southern New Mexico, although the Manhattan Project was still top secret, everyday people witnessed the test, experienced its light and power, felt the earth move and knew the world had changed. Author Elva K. Österreich shares the stories of their experience and how their lives were transformed.
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This book is unlike any other. Throughout the 216 pages, It will guide you into deeper connections with birds through focused explorations, stunning imagery, and prompted interactive journaling experiences between you and the birds around you. We bring mindfulness together with observation in a way that will enhance your awareness and understanding of birds, and your ability to ID them. Practicing Ornitherapy with this book will enrich your life and nourish your mind, body, and soul.
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This guide describes more than 700 plants and animals, and is illustrated with color photographs. It is the first guide of its kind for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque.
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The Chihuahuan desert is the second largest in North America and its northern, or United States, portion occupies southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and Texas west of the Pecos River. Hot, dry, and windy, the desert is home to a unique community of plants that have adapted to its harsh environment. Visitors to the area will find this volume a practical identification guide, offering descriptions of seventy-five representative species of northern Chihuahuan Desert plants. Each illustrated profile includes the plant's common and Latin name and a brief description, as well as its role in human history, its relationship to the surrounding flora and fauna, medicinal uses, nutritional value, habitat, toxicity, and other interesting facts.
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A foldout guide to the plants, birds, mammals and reptiles on the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
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Identifies over 110 birds in New Mexico! Everything from a Sandhill Crane to a Song Sparrow
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A foldout guide to what the cranes say with their body language.
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Each cap comes with an interpretive tag describing the featured animal's habitat/range and an interesting fact as well their Common and Latin Names. Embroidery designed by artist Tell Hicks. Back of cap features our Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge name drop.
