Sports

Carson To Cut Motorized Travel

    The public has until mid-August to comment on plans that would ban off-road motor vehicle use on much of the Carson National Forest...

Morse Code: Exotic Species Not All Bad

    A couple of years ago, I I began seeing a pair of collared doves around our bird feeders in Española. They are handsome...

Native Cutthroat Trout Finds Refuge in Rio Arriba Streams

    When Spanish settlers first colonized Northern New Mexico in the early 17th century, the only trout found swimming in the streams of the...

Elk Hunting System Criticized at Rio Arriba Meetings

    Frustration that has been building for years over how two elk hunting units are managed in the Jemez Mountains bubbled to the surface...

Fishing Report for the Week of July 23

ABIQUIÚ LAKE: The fishing for smallmouth bass was fair using topwater lures, senkos, worms, grubs and in-line spinners. The fishing for walleye was fair...

El Rito Crags Offers Rock Climbing Challenge

    El Rito is home to a prime rock-climbing site even if there is no sign to prove it.     About three miles up Forest...

Survival Story: Osprey Fest Raises Awareness of Bird’s Plight

    At the fourth annual Osprey Fest July 10-12, eager visitors jostled to get pictures of the large raptors in the 20 nests they’ve...

School Board VP Denies Helping Nephew Get Coaching Job

    Española Valley High School’s new volleyball coach has many close ties to the community — but he also has family connections on the...

Fishing Report for the Week of July 16

CATCHES OF THE WEEK Abiquiú Lake: Levi Tenbrink, of Albuquerque, caught an 11.5-pound walleye July 5 using a spinner/night crawler rig. Hank Kuhn, of Rio...

Morse Code: Blasts from Sundevil Past

    When I began covering sports for the SUN in the fall of 2001, Theresa Flores was Española’s athletic director and Mark Senteney was...

Roadsides Abound with Colorful Wildflowers

    The drive between Española and Tierra Amarilla is one of the most beautiful in Northern New Mexico any time of year, but in...

Fishing Spot: Catch Trout Close to Home

    Late one Sunday evening, as the sun was about to slip behind the Jemez Mountains and the weekend would be over without my...

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