Walks.pdf
75 walks in the Black Range and variants for several of them. Maps, narrative, photographs, and trail histories.
Dragonflies.pdf
More than 35 species occuring in the Black Range and Doña Ana County are covered in this volume and more are added as addendums all the time. The natural history of each species is thoroughly documented in an impressive array of photographic studies.
See, also, the following addendum: Southwestern Form of Eastern Ringtail.pdf.
Damselflies.pdf
More than 20 species occuring in the Black Range and Doña Ana County are covered in this volume and more are added as addendums all the time. The natural history of each species is thoroughly documented in an impressive array of photographic studies.
See, also, the following addendums: Aztec Dancer.pdf and Vivid Dancer.pdf.
Butterflies and Moths.pdf
An extensive photographic and narrative of 135+ species found in the Black Range. This work includes identification aids, natural history narratives for each species, and biographical sketches of the leading enthomologists and collectors who worked in the Black Range.
Plants+ of the Black Range Vol. 1.pdf
More than 1700 species are referenced in this checklist which is arranged by Latin binomial. Species are listed in alphabetical order by family name and within the family by species name. The common name(s) for each species are provided as a cross reference and links are provided to sources used to verify their presence in the Black Range.
A listing of major plant collectors who worked in the Black Range is provided, arrayed in alphabetical order and by the dates they collected in the area.
A short biographical sketch of O. B. Metcalfe, who collected in the range between 1902 and 1905 is also included.
Plants+ of the Black Range
Vol. 2.pdf
More than 1700 species are referenced in this checklist which is arranged by Latin binomial without regard to Family.
The common name(s) for each species are provided as a cross reference and links are provided to sources used to verify their presence in the Black Range.
A listing of the major plant collection areas in the Black Range including maps and road videos in the general area of the sites are provided.
A short biographical sketch of William R. Chapline, Jr. who was a significant collector and researcher in this area in the early 1900s.
Plants+ of the Black Range
Vol. 3.pdf
More than 1700 species are referenced in this checklist which is arranged by English common name. The Latin binomial for each species is provided as a cross reference and links are provided to sources used to verify their presence in the Black Range.
Early Naturalists of
the Black Range.pdf
The history of the early exploration of the Black Range and the history of the study of its natural history is covered in this work. It covers the written history of the area through about 1930 by focusing on the men and women who added immensely to our collective knowledge.
Reptiles.pdf
60 species of snakes and lizards are included in this, the first edition, turtles will be added in the second edition. In addition, to the extensive photographic documentation of these species there is a substantial amount of information about their natural history and morphology.
Spell of the Black Range.pdf
Mildred Rea’s grandparents moved to Chloride, New Mexico in 1881. The story of her, and her family’s, life along the east slope of the Black Range between 1881 and 1921 is told in this journal. Her first-hand account of these times is augmented by newspaper reports from the Black Range newspaper which was published in the late 1880’s.
Ninety Miles From Nowhere.pdf
Anabel Howell homesteaded and taught school on the east slope of the Black Range in 1931. This is the story of that experience, told in her own words.
The Silver Fire.pdf
In the summer of 2013 the Silver Fire burned much of the Black Range. The fire, the excavations, and the flooding which followed, imprinted heavily on the minds of those who lived through it. This is the chronicle of the fire and the human reaction to it, told day by day as the events unfolded.
