Nature Notes is the quarterly newsletter published by PEEC and distributed to members and donors. It covers topics more in-depth than the weekly PEEC This Week email newsletter. Nature Notes covers such topics as local plants and wildlife, ecological issues, environmentally-friendly practices, nature recreation, and more. To receive your copy of the Nature Notes newsletter in the mail each quarter, become a member of PEEC today!
Earlier editions of Nature Notes are available from the Nature Notes Archives page.
2021 Nature Notes
- No. 3
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- Making Connections Through a Kids’ Animal Guide
- The True Heart of PEEC
- Three Ways to Protect Our Black Bear Neighbors
- Discover-ability: Accessibility & Nature
- What’s In a Name?
- No Bummer: Summer with Hummers!
- View our programs calendar for July – September here!
- No. 2 1200 KB
- Taking Healthy Risks
- Get Ready to Start Composting!
- Naturalist Kits Keep Northern New Mexico Families in Tune with Nature
- The Great Awakening
- Get to Know the Canyon Tree Frogs
- No. 1 2000 KB
- Thank You for Being a Nature Fan!
- Down the Rabbit Hole!
- TayTay the Tarantula
- Introducing the Young Adult Advisory Group
- Twenty Views to Enjoy in 2021
2020 Nature Notes
- No. 4 870 KB
- Building an Outdoors for All
- Keeping Our Skies Dark
- Spider to the Rescue!
- The Story behind the Dorothy Hoard Gardens
- New Mexico Naturalist: Joaquin Gallegos
- Homeschool and School at Home: Relationships over Results
- No. 3 920 KB
- Celebrating 20 Years of Our Love of Nature
- House Finch Nursery
- Circumnavigating the Caldera
- It’s Not Easy Being Small
- No. 2 924 KB
- Working Toward Being a More Earth-Friendly Organization
- Blind Ad a Bat
- A Murder in the Mountains
- Let’s Certify 200 Backyard Wildlife Habitats
- Critter Corner
- No. 1 2000 KB
- You Helped Get More Kids Outside!
- Bobcat at the Door
- Critter Corner
- How to Get Your Kids to Love Winter
- Looking Back on 20 Years, and to 20 More!
- Larry Deaven Recognized for Volunteer Work
2019 Nature Notes
- No. 4 850 KB
- 20 Years of Celebrating Our Nature!
- Give Me a Home, Where Coelophysis Roams
- Four Reasons to Go Fall Camping
- Explore Bandelier’s Backcountry Trails
- 20 Ways to Celebrate 2020
- Los Alamos’s Certified Wildlife Habitat Certification is Renewed!
- No. 3 876 KB
- 2020 Is Coming!
- Summer Adventures in Southern Utah: Road Trips from the Pajarito Plateau
- Silent Stalker: Our Great Horned Owl
- Summer Backpacking in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado
- Getting Your Gophers
- No. 2 1100 KB
- Introducing the Northern NM Peak Challenge
- New Opportunities to Explore Our Trails
- The Eternal Coyote
- Building Your Child’s Confidence with Outdoor Skills
- How You Can Help Monarch Butterflies
- Recognizing Patterns By Exploring Animal Skulls
- No. 1 1500 KB
- Get Ready for Passport III
- Raccoon Raid
- Reduce Your Waste-line
- The PEEC “Sisters”
- Thanks for Your Feedback: From Dirt Lovers, Groupies, and Proud Members
- Hello From PEEC’s New Board President
2018 Nature Notes
- No. 4 1800 KB
- We Want to Celebrate You!
- How Does PEEC Enrich Your Life?
- Fifty State Birds, Fifty Photographs
- What Did You Accomplish with PEEC this Summer?
- Our Yard is Now a Wildlife Habitat!
- Acorn Woodpecker Antics
- No. 3 1400 KB
- More Kids in Nature, Thanks to You
- PEEC Pathfinders and Trailblazers Set a Course for August
- From Camper to Counselor: Growing up with PEEC
- Desperation and the Mule Deer
- Nature Education: From Shakespeare to 1948 and 2018
- Bear Festival and Dinner to Focus on Education and Bear Safety
- No. 2 3800 KB
- It Will Knock Your Socks Off
- Shaping the Future of Our Mountains
- Amping Up Partnerships for our Trails
- On Unsteady Wings
- What’s New in the Penstemon Gardens?
- New PEEC Member Perk
- No. 1 2100 KB
- Building Bridges Between Communities
- Let’s Talk Sustainability
- The Lion in Winter
- Finding Colliding Stars, Propagating Waves, and the Source of Gold
- The PEEC Penstemon Gardens
2017 Nature Notes
- No. 4 2400 KB
- Totality: The Los Alamos Expeditions
- Grief in the Garden
- Tiger Salamanders and Mammals: Underground Companions?
- Look What You Did!
- No. 3 2400 KB
- Summer Camp Snapshots
- Special Eclipse Section
- Nature Notes Fun Page
- You Can Get Kids Outside
- How Does Our Garden Grow?
- No. 2 3200 KB
- What Motivates Us?
- Living with Bears: PEEC’s Bear Festival
- Fox News Flash
- PEEC Birders Make the News
- Nature Notes Fun Page
- PEEC Critters Adoption Program
- Volcano Adventures
- No. 1 2100 KB
- We Are Here, Together
- A Changing Climate
- Getting Started with Wildlife Photography
- Nature Notes Fun Page
- Abert’s Audacious Squirrel
2016 Nature Notes
- No. 4 1200 KB
- October Is for You
- What Is a Penstemon?
- The Two-Week Super Challenge
- Nature Notes Fun Page
- This Land Is My Land
- When Exotic Is Beautiful
- No. 3 1200 KB
- The Future Elf Queen
- A Snake Called Sam
- Cultivating a Love for Nature
- Kids’ Corner
- Water Quality: Our Aquatic Resources
- 24th Los Alamos Butterfly Count
- Invaluable Volunteers
- No. 2 1300 KB
- Community Wildlife Habitat Celebration
- I Found an Animal out of Place! Now What?
- Kids’ Corner
- Tiny Mammals, Huge Impacts
- LEED Gold Certification
- No. 1 1300 KB
- Uniting Kids with Nature
- Sixth Graders Reach for the Stars
- What Bloomed in October 2015?
- The Results Are In!
- A Speaker’s Perspective
- The Future of Our Forests
- Your Support Made a Difference!
More: Nature Notes Archives.