Community Outreach – Friends of the Pecos National Historical Park

Early Spring Programming and Events at Pecos NHP

Community Outreach, Park Events, PNHP News

News Release

Release Date: February 29, 2024

Contact: Nick Myers, 505-757-7210

National Park Service at Pecos National Historical Park announces Early Spring Programming and Events

PECOS, New Mexico – Spring is coming and Pecos National Historical Park has planned numerous programs and events to kick off the season. Please check the calendar on the park website for program details and updates or reach out to rangers for more information: peco_visitor_information@nps.gov or 505-757-7241

Weekly Ranger-led Programs, March 8 – April 20

A variety of interpretive programming will be offered each Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. These programs are NOT offered Tuesday – Thursday.

- Ancestral Sites Guided Walk, 10:30 – 11:30 am, meet at the visitor center.

- Trading Post Chats, 1:30 – 3:30 pm, drop-in programs and self-guided site exploration – stop by anytime. Meet at the Trading Post near the visitor center.

Special Programs, March 8 – April 27

- Night Sky Program with the Santa Fe Stargazers, March 8, 6:00 – 9:00 pm. Gates open 6:00 – 7:30 pm or when parking becomes full. Enter at visitor center gate.

- Ancestral Sites Guided Walk, 2:00 – 3:00 pm, every Friday, meet at the visitor center.

- Glorieta Battlefield Walks, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, every Saturday, meet at the visitor center and then caravan to the Glorieta Battlefield site.

- Battle of Glorieta Pass Anniversary Civil War Programs, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, March 23 and March 24. Meet at the Trading Post near the visitor center. Parking is limited so plan to arrive early.

- Birding the Pecos Guided Hike along the South Pasture Loop Trail, 8:15 am – 12 pm, March 30. Meet at the Trading Post near the visitor center.

- The Geologic Story at Pecos Pueblo Guided Walk, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, March 24, April 7, and April 22. Meet at the visitor center.

For press inquiries regarding photographs, contact Nick Myers at nickolos_myers@nps.gov

Nickolos J. Myers (He/Him/His)

Dispatches from New Mexico – Wilderness First Aid: 101

Community Outreach, Friends Partners

The Economic Development Department – Outdoor Recreation Division, is a partner with the Friends of the Pecos National Historical Park. Please enjoy this informative Wilderness First Aid 101 video.

Whether you grew up hiking and hunting or you’re just venturing into the backcountry for the first time this spring, a few basic self-sufficiency skills are just as important as any piece of gear. If you’re more than a few miles or a few hours from medical help, it’s important to know how to deal with some of the most common wilderness injuries. Thankfully, New Mexico is rich in resources to educate all of us on better risk management. Join the Economic Development Department and its Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) for this month’s Dispatches from New Mexico speaker series. The March event — co-sponsored by Base Medical, Western New Mexico University’s Center for a Sustainable Future and Outdoor Programs, Cottonwood Gulch, and the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps – will educate participants on how to mitigate risk when getting outdoors and the best resources to continue your backcountry education.

Comprehensive Youth-oriented Fly Fishing Education Program in Pecos

Community Outreach, Pecos National Historical Park projects

Pecos, NM: Friends of the Pecos National Historical Park is pleased to announce our selection as a finalist for the 2020 Outdoor Equity Fund.

The Friends Comprehensive Youth-oriented Fly Fishing Education Program will teach rural community middle and high school age children of the Pecos area

Pecos school kids at Lisboa Fish Hatchery

conservation and river ecology through the sport of fly fishing. The program will provide an in-depth learning of the sport of fly fishing and incorporate the importance of climate change, resource conservation, river stewardship and ecology on the ecosystem that impacts New Mexico native, wild and stocked trout species. With the partnership of the Pecos Independent School District, Truchas Chapter Trout Unlimited, the National Park Service and New Mexico Game & Fish Angler Education, the program will combine classroom and outdoor recreational activities throughout the school year, culminating in fly fishing outings at various local publicly accessible areas on the Pecos River.

The New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD), a division of the N.M. Economic Development Department (EDD), announced the inaugural award recipients of the Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF). The first-of-its-kind OEF was created to allow all youth equitable access to the outdoors. The grant will support transformative outdoor experiences that foster stewardship and respect for New Mexico’s land, water, and cultural heritage

The Friends of the Pecos National Historical Park is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and assisting the mission of the park. For more information, visit our website at www.friends-pnhp.org, or on Facebook www.facebook.com/PNHPfriends.

Fence Project Planned for Northern Boundary of Pecos National Historical Park

Community Outreach, Pecos National Historical Park projects, PNHP News

Pecos, NM: Beginning this week, Pecos National Historical Park staff along with an American Sign Language crew from the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps will begin work on 6,000 feet of fence line along the northern boundary of the park. Crews will be repairing and stabilizing sections of fence, freeing fence line of vegetation, and replacing it with wildlife-friendly fence. Park property boundaries will also be clearly demarcated.

The public can expect to see work crews along the northern boundary of Pecos National Historical Park from the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Posse-Pecos Division Rodeo Grounds all the way out to Glorieta Creek and Old Denver Highway. Work will take place July 7^th through July 28^th and then again from August 31^st through September 28^th.

For more information about the park in general, contact Pecos NHP at (505) 757-7241 or visit our website at http://www.nps.gov/peco. You will also find our listings on the New Mexico True website (newmexico.org) and Tourism Santa Fe (santafe.org). Please like on us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PecosNHPnps or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pecos_nps).

From I-25 N: Take the Pecos/Glorieta Exit, #299. Left onto overpass, right onto Route 50; proceed on Route 50 for eight miles. At the village of Pecos, take a right at the four-way stop onto Route 63. In two miles, the park will be on your right. From I-25 S: Take the Rowe Exit, #307. Follow signs. From Highway 63, the park will be on your left.

Becky Latanich

Pecos National Historical Park

Chief of Interpretation and Education

PO Box 418

Pecos, NM 87552

Teleworking M-F (505) 699-8486

Cancelled: 2020 Feast Day Celebration at Pecos Pueblo

Community Outreach, Feast Day, Park Events, Pecos National Historical Park projects

Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park has cancelled this year’s Feast Day at Pecos Pueblo in an effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and to adhere to the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Feast Day at Pecos Pueblo, which usually takes place every August, represents the fulfillment of a long-standing promise. Before leaving Pecos Pueblo in 1838, the last inhabitants of Pecos Pueblo entrusted a special painting to St. Anthony’s Parish in the Village of Pecos. This portrait depicts the patron saint bestowed upon the Mission of Pecos in the 1620s. This year would have marked the 50^th anniversary of the local community fulfilling its promise to perpetually honor the saint by celebrating a feast day mass in the remains of her final church.

For more information contact Pecos NHP at (505) 757-7241 or visit www.nps.gov/peco. You will also find our listings on the New Mexico True website (newmexico.org) and Tourism Santa Fe (santafe.org). Please like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PecosNHPnps or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pecos_nps).

Becky Latanich

Pecos National Historical Park

Chief of Interpretation and Education

PO Box 418

Pecos, NM 87552

Teleworking M-F (505) 699-8486

Tourism to Bandelier National Monument, Fort Union National Monument and Pecos National Historical Park creates $20,661,000 in Economic Benefits

Community Outreach

Report shows visitor spending supports 231 jobs in local economy

Northern New Mexico – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 255,637 visitors to Bandelier National Monument, Fort Union National Monument and Pecos National Historical Park in 2019 spent $16,113,000 in communities near these parks. That spending supported 231 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $20,661,000.

“The National Park Service has been slowly and safely increasing access to Bandelier National Monument, Pecos National Historical Park, and Fort Union National Monument, three parks in the national system of parks in the local Santa Fe area that support individual and collective physical and mental wellness,” said Pecos National Historical Park Superintendent Karl Cordova. “We welcome people back to these parks and we are excited to share the story of these places and the experiences they provide. We also feature these parks as a way to introduce our visitors to this part of the country and all that they offer.”

The peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis was conducted by economists Catherine Cullinane Thomas of the U.S. Geological Survey and Lynne Koontz of the National Park Service. The report shows $21 billion of direct spending by more than 327 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. This spending supported 340,500 jobs nationally; 278,000 of those jobs are found in these gateway communities. The cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy was $41.7 billion.

Lodging expenses account for the largest share of -visitor spending, about $7.1 billion in 2019. The restaurant sector had the next greatest effects with $4.2 billion in economic output. Motor vehicle fuel expenditures were $2.16 billion with retail spending at $1.93 billion.

Visitor spending on lodging supported more than 58,000 jobs and more than 61,000 jobs in restaurants. Visitor spending in the recreation industries supported more than 28,000 jobs and spending in retail supported more than 20,000 jobs.

Report authors also produce an interactive tool that enables users to explore visitor spending, jobs, labor income, value added, and output effects by sector for national, state, and local economies. Users can also view year-by-year trend data. The interactive tool and report are available at the NPS Social Science Program webpage: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm

To learn more about national parks in New Mexico and how the National Park Service works with New Mexico’s communities to help preserve local history, conserve the environment, and provide outdoor recreation, go to www.nps.gov/newmexico.

www.nps.gov

About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 419 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube..

Bandelier National Monument – www.nps.gov/band

Fort Union National Monument – www.nps.gov/foun

Pecos National Historical Park – www.nps.gov/peco

Historic Kozlowski Trading Post to open in the Spring at the Park

Community Outreach, PNHP News

Many of us frequently drive by the historic Kozlowski trading post on NM-63 between Pecos and Rowe. For the past year this pink adobe building has been undergoing a transformation, from an idle building alongside the highway to a wonderful new Pecos National Historical Park improvement that will soon be available to the public.

Santa Fe New Mexican article featuring the trading post

Inside view of construction in the Trading Post. Photo credit: Paul Weideman

Kozlowski trading post at Pecos National Historical Park — Photo credit: Paul Weideman. Inside courtyard of the trading post construction site.

Annual Feast Day Celebration at Pecos Pueblo

Community Outreach, PNHP News

Traditional dancers from the Pueblo of Jemez

Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park will host the annual Feast Day celebration at Pecos Pueblo on Sunday, August 11^th. Join in a time honored tradition as community members from the Pueblo of Jemez and Pecos celebrate Feast Day mass inside the ruins of Our Lady of the Angels ofPorciúncula (Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula). Following the 9:30 a.m. mass, the Feast Day celebration continues with traditional dancers from the Pueblo of Jemez and fresh rolls from the horno. Dances are expected to begin late morning; photography is permitted.

Feast Day at Pecos Pueblo represents the fulfillment of a long-standing promise. Before leaving Pecos Pueblo in 1838, the last inhabitants of Pecos Pueblo entrusted a special painting to St. Anthony’s Parish. A symbol of the pueblo’s adoption of Christianity as another form of religion, this portrait depicts the patron saint bestowed upon the Mission of Pecos in the 1620s. Every August, Pecos village fulfills its promise to perpetually honor the saint by celebrating a feast day mass in the remains of her final church.