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Bandelier National Monument
For Kids
Pocket Gopher
NPS Photo by Sally King
Pocket gophers dig burrows underground searching for food and can be very damaging to archeological sites.

Bandelier has a Junior Ranger program for kids from kindergarten to 8th grade and a Deputy Ranger program for those older individuals who want to participate. For more information click on the Be A Junior Ranger link.

Bandelier Daycamp for Kids

Valles Caldera  

Did You Know?
The Valles Caldera is the collapsed summit of the Jemez Volcano which erupted over 1 million years ago. Ash from this volcano formed the volcanic tuff from which the Ancestral Pueblo people built their homes.

Last Updated: March 19, 2008 at 16:37 EST