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Feds Plan Meeting To Discuss Valles Caldera Transition

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Federal officials plan three public listening sessions as management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve transitions from a board of trustees to the National Park Service.

The first session will be in Albuquerque on May 11. Two more sessions will follow in Jemez Springs and Los Alamos.

The head of the park service's intermountain region, Sue Masica, says the meetings offer a chance for the agency to learn about the communities near the 140-square-mile property.

She says the goal is to form a working relationship with them.

In December, Congress designated the preserve as a national park. The management transition will happen this fall.

Valles Caldera is home to vast grasslands, the remnants of one of North America's few super volcanoes and one of New Mexico's most famous elk herds.

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