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In 1964, the Ford Motor Company began production of its Mustang and an American icon was born. If you’re a fan of this classic car, there will be a herd of them at Balloon Fiesta Park.
Cathryn Cunningham/Albuquerque Journal The City Nature Challenge would like to know if you’ve seen a fungi in your neighborhood. The two-part event calls on citizen scientists to help document biodiversity in urban settings. The observation portion of the challenge runs from midnight April 30 to the end of May 3, with participants taking photos of plants, animals, fungus, insects and even protozoa. “We’ve had crazy people, myself included, who go out right at midnight to make observations,” says Laurel Ladwig, co-organizer Albuquerque’s City Nature Challenge and partnership coordina...
The University of New Mexico Department of Geography & Environmental Studies recently launched a new center focused on community engagement and outreach. The new R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography works to bring together UNM and the public to address critical human environment issues and work on projects that use UNM expertise and resources to benefit local communities, according to GES professor and Center director Maria Lane. City Nature Challenge In one of its first events, the Center for Community Geography is helping to organize a community-wide citizen science effort, collabora...