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White Sands National Park bucks this trend ... please do not assume winter is the only time for affordable lodging. Alamogordo hotel rates are reasonable year-round. When planning our New Mexico ...

According to park officials, it’s because the sand is made of gypsum, a soft, white mineral that breaks ... is a rare form of sand, making the national park so special.

Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national ... the park’s signature ride. It climbs from below sea level to 880 feet above it, offering views of the surrounding moon-like white sands ...

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New Mexico is breaking records but not in a good way. The state’s Environment Department found unprecedented levels of “forever chemicals” in a state lake. The Department of Health issued a warning to ...

The contamination of the forever chemical was found at Holloman Lake, a wastewater reservoir for Holloman Air Force Base, located near Alamogordo and close to White Sands National Park.

Environmental regulators and health officials in New Mexico are warning hunters that harmful chemicals known to cause cancer in people have been found at record levels in birds, sm ...

Foam is seen March 13, 2019, along the shoreline of Holloman Lake near Alamogordo ... It sits at the edge of the base and near White Sands National Park. While hunting is now prohibited there ...

located near White Sands National Park and Holloman Air Force Base, contained what may be the highest recorded levels of plant or animal contamination from the “forever chemicals” in the world.