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NUMEROUS LEGENDS ABOUT GOLD OR SILVER TREASURE IN NEW MEXICO lost (or buried) by early Spanish explorers persist to this day. Whether there is anything to those stories is a question that remains to be answered. In the meantime, the priceless jewels of New Mexico's unique landscape are hidden in plain sight: its stunning mountain ranges and peaks.
The mountains of New Mexico are much more than hiking trails and grand vistas. With more than one hundred named mountain ranges, New Mexico has more volcanoes than anywhere else in the US. Its mountains are full of geological wonders, historical dramas, colorful characters, endangered plants, rare animals and some of the oldest rocks on earth.
Only in New Mexico will you find a mountain that was once an ocean, the oldest apple trees in the US, plant species found nowhere else in the world, the second fastest mammal on earth, sightings of Big Foot, and ancient footprints of Tyrannosaurs Rex.
So dig in-no shovel or pickax necessary. What you find may surprise you!
About the author
Peggy O'Mara is the editor and publisher of peggyomara.com, which focuses on natural families, healthy living, and the over-arching issues of conscious living and social justice. She was the editor and publisher of Mothering Magazine from 1980 to 2011 and founded Mothering.com in 1995. Peggy is the author of Having a Baby Naturally (Atria Books, 2007), Natural Family Living (Atria Books, 2000), The Way Back Home (Mothering, 1993), and A Quiet Place (Mothering, 2005).
She has conducted workshops at Omega Institute, Esalen, La Leche League, and Bioneers, and is the recipient of the La Leche League International 2001 Alumnae Association award, the International Peace Prayer Day 2002 Woman of Peace award, the National Vaccine Information Center 2009 Courage in Journalism award, the Holistic Moms Network 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, plus five Maggie Awards for public service journalism from the Western Publishing Association. Peggy is the mother of four and grandmother of three. She has lived at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Santa Fe, NM for more than 30 years.
Summary
This first volume of the Natural Treasure Guide series focuses on the jewels of New Mexico's unique landscape that are hidden in plain sight: its stunning mountain ranges and peaks. Full color.
