News Release Archive

Significant Fossil Discoveries Made in Park
Alamogordo, N.M. - Over the last four years, hundreds of fossilized tracks have been found throughout White Sands National Monument, greatly expanding the number of fossil track sites known from the Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexico. These tracks are thought to possibly represent one of the largest concentrations of Cenozoic tracks within the United States and possibly the world. Print copy of release.

 

Woman Dies While Hiking in White Sands National Monument
Alamogordo, N.M. - A 23-year old woman from Sheldon, Iowa, died today (June 15, 2011) while hiking the Alkali Flat Trail in White Sands National Monument. Print a copy of the press release.

 

White Sands National Monument Proposes to Construct a New Comfort Station
The National Park Service proposed to construct new restrooms at White Sands National Monument. The purpose of this project is to provide safe, healthy, and accessible restroom facilities for monument visitors. A new comfort station is needed to provide an improved visitor experience for White Sands’ nearly 475,000 annual visitors. Print copy of release.

 

Foundation Plan Meeting
White Sands National Monument hosted a public meeting on February 5, 2009, to gain input and ideas for the park’s future management. The meeting is part of continued public conversation that will lead to the publication of a Foundation Planning Document later this summer. For more information, download the press release.

 

NASA Eyes White Sands National Monument for Testing Mars Equipment
Crawling over the surface of Mars, looking for life, the rover keeps plugging along and finding information. Here on Earth, scientists are practicing for more planetary exploration, and they have found the best analog to Mars on Earth: White Sands National Monument. For more information, download the press release.

 

National Park Service Centennial Challenge
White Sands National Monument will benefit from among the national proposals National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced at a press conference in Yosemite National Park today to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the NPS. For more information...