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      • Ponderosa Group Campground to Upper Crossing
      • Main Loop Trail (Pueblo Loop Trail)
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        • Hummingbirds
        • Turkey Vultures
      • Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes
        • Identification of Bandelier Butterflies
        • Tarantulas and Tarantula Hawks
        • Robber Flies
        • Ambush Bugs
        • Pleasing Fungus Beetles
        • Ladybugs
        • Butterflies (and Moths)
      • Mammals
        • Bighorn Sheep
        • Abert's Squirrel
        • American Badger
        • American Pika
        • Bats
        • Black Bears
        • Coyotes
        • Elk
      • Reptiles
        • Lizards
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    • Plants
      • Cacti / Desert Succulents
        • Not All Pink Cactus Flowers are the Same
      • Wildflowers
        • Yucca
    • Natural Features & Ecosystems
      • A Place of Diversity
        • Rio Grande and Delta Wetlands
        • Canyon Riparian Areas
        • Pinon-Juniper Woodlands and Savannahs
        • Ponderosa Pine Forests
        • Mixed Conifer Forests
        • Aspen Groves
        • Montane Grasslands
      • Bandelier Geology
        • Bandelier Rocks
    • Wildland Fire
      • 2011 Las Conchas Fire
      • 2007 Upper Frijoles Prescribed Burn
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      • Preservation/Restoration at Bandelier
      • Restoration of the Pinon-Juniper Woodland
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