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Closures and Missile Tests
Upcoming Missile Tests: Friday-Saturday, April 27-28 -- Missile test scheduled on both mornings. Highway 70 will be blocked at Red & Yellow checkpoints. No backcountry camping on Thursday and Friday, April 26 & 27. More »
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High Winds
We are in our windy season, so please be aware of possible high winds.
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Backcountry Camping
There will be no backcountry camping available the night of Saturday, April 7, 2012.
Crafty Kids
Get your hands involved in learning! Join rangers every Sunday at 10 am in the visitor center courtyard for a free one-hour craft and interpretive program. Rangers will share surprising facts about the creepy crawlers, amazing adapters, and out-of-this-world geology of White Sands whlie guiding kids through a take-home craft project. Targeted age range is 6-10 years old. Parents are welcome to stay and participate in the program.
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Did You Know?
Some species of plants can survive burial by a moving dune by a process called "stem elongation." As the sand rises, the plants quickly grow upward to keep their leaves above the rising sand.