Events

For event details, please visit the
Calendar or
Youth Calendar.
Some events require advance sign-up.

May 17
I Will Survive: Introduction to Wilderness Survival Skills
May 20
Babies & Toddlers class:
"Here Comes The Sun"
May 30
15th Annual Butterfly Count
June 2-6
Nature Odyssey:
Rio Grande Valley
June 4
Plant Identification Class - Part 1
June 5
Children's Summer Gardening begins
June 9-13
Nature Odyssey:
Pajarito Plateau
June 11
Plant Identification Class - Part 2
June 16-20
Nature Odyssey:
Valles Caldera
June 18
Plant Identification Class - Part 3
June 23-27
Living Earth Adventure Program (LEAP)
June 25
Plant Identification Class - Part 4
Aug 28 - Sep 1
Holy Ghost Campout

 

Archive of Past Events

Publications by PEEC

With the help of local authors, artists, and naturalists, PEEC has produced and published the following booklets. All are available in the PEEC gift shop.

Fifty Hikes in the Los Alamos Area

By Dorothy Hoard
Complied for the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce, 2006

Includes descriptions of hikes in Los Alamos, White Rock, Bandelier National Monument, and the Jemez Mountains along State Road 4. Provides sketch maps, directions to trailheads, hiking distances, assessments of difficulty, and list of local references.

gift shop item

The Twelve Little Yellow Composites of Summer

By Charles F. Keller
Drawings by Dorothy Hoard
2007

The author, an expert on composites (daisy-like flowers) of north-central New Mexico, makes this complex subject simple. Arranged by flowering time, the booklet guides the reader through the seasons from May through September. The reader can jump into the booklet at any point in time to learn to enjoy our "darned yellow flowers." Provides illustrations, charts, and references.

gift shop item

Trees of the Pajarito Plateau

By Terry Foxx and Dorothy Hoard
2008

A guide to native trees of Los Alamos and Bandelier National Monument, ranging in elevation from 5,400 to 10,400 feet. Written in the form of a dichotomous key, the book quickly leads to descriptions. Includes trees with needlelike, scale-like, and deciduous (falling in winter) leaves. Illustrated.

gift shop item

Checklist of Butterflies of Bandelier National Monument, Valles Caldera National Preserve, and nearby areas of the southeastern Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Complied by Stephen Fettig
2006

Checklist of all butterflies found to date in Los Alamos, Bandelier National Monument, and Valles Caldera National Preserve. Includes months of sightings, relative abundance, and host plants for 78 butterflies and 36 skippers. No descriptions or illustrations.

gift shop item


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PO Box 547, Los Alamos, NM, 87544 (Located at 3540 Orange Street)
(505) 662-0460
Center@PajaritoEEC.org

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