The Catwalk Recreational Trail
I found 2 superb videos of the Catwalk Recreational Trail. The Catwalk is located about an hour and 2o minutes northwest of Silver City just east of Glenwood, NM. This canyon trail starts from a beautiful picnic area situated under giant Arizona sycamores. It has been updated with informal kiosks and a wheelchair accessible trail up to the catwalk itself.
This excellently produced video by Nick Kutler. The cinematography is wonderful and the producer gives you a real sensation of what it is like to cross over Whitewater Creek on the catwalk. He even wrote the music himself. Great video!
This next video is a slideshow with exquisite photography of Whitewater Canyon and the catwalk. Too bad 480p in youtube doesn’t do the original photographs justice.
Collector’s Guide for Art
The New Mexico Collector’s Guide has some great links to local art galleries and artists as well as a nice article about the Youth Mural Program.
Bird Watching in southwest New Mexico
The New Mexico Game and Fish Department has created the New Mexico Birding Trail which covers 40 sites in southwest New Mexico. It can be viewed in PDF format and is broken up by sites. A preview of the introduction follows:
We have chosen more than 40 sites of the most attractive birding locations throughout southwest New Mexico. A guide has been created that includes maps, birding tips, site descriptions and contact information that should help you easily identify birding sites.
This project was created by the efforts of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, New Mexico Audubon Society and Council, New Mexico Department of Tourism, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Forest Service, and the New Mexico Rural Economic Development Through Tourism.
This is a great way for people to get out and enjoy New Mexico’s diversity and abundance of bird life as well as learn about the locations for various wildlife activities.
Contact the Southwest New Mexico Audubon Society for additional information.
Gila National Forest – GORP.com
GORP.com, a place for outdoor enthusiasts to plan hiking, camping, and national parks focused vacations in the US and worldwide, writes a nice article about the Gila National Forest and it’s recreational opportunities:
The Gila in southwestern New Mexico is a cauldron of colliding ecosystems; the Chihuahuan Desert, the Sonoran Desert, the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, the Mexican Plateau, the Great Basin, and Mexico’s Sierra Madre all converge here. Read More
Rockhounding in southwest New Mexico
According to the authors of Rockhounding New Mexico, our state and particularly southwest New Mexico is outstanding for rock collecting. In their book, our corner of the state boasts 71 of the listed 140 sites for the best rockhounding. The publisher’s own book description is posted below. The title link below takes you to the publisher’s web site where you may purchase a copy. A Google preview button below the title link allows you to preview the book prior to purchasing.
Rockhounding New Mexico – A Falcon Guide® by The Globe Pequot Press
• Suggested tools and techniques
• Land-use regulations and legal restrictions
• Contact information for land managers
• Addi tional information on rock shops, attractions, and local history