Protectors of the Water Monument

  Photograph – © Christena Stephens  

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Camera Trap Captures After Winter Storm Goliath

  Winter storm Goliath dumped upwards of two to three feet of snow in Texas towards the end of the 2015. Strong, violent winds created snowdrifts as high as eight to ten feet. Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus received around 12 inches or more of snow from this storm. I checked my camera traps on January…

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Capturing a Bobcat

It’s not often you get a capture like this on a camera trap – a smiling bobcat (Lynx rufus) looking directly into the camera. Camera traps have confirmed at least two bobcats roaming Comanche Springs in Texas. Photograph – © Christena Stephens  

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Remains of Black Willow Tree

On a brisk, cloudy October day in 2009, I went hiking with Sammy, who was an 80+ year-old lady. She wanted to show me the site of a known “Billy the Kid” hideout in Bailey County, Texas less than 15 miles from the New Mexico border. As we hiked up the side of the hill,…

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