• Just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, within O’ga Pogeh and Cochiti Pueblo territories is a place of cosmic connection and cultural convergence: The Caja del Rio.
  • Caja del Rio (Spanish: "box of the river") is a dissected plateau, of volcanic origin, which covers approximately 84,000 acres of land in northern Santa Fe County, New Mexico...
  • The Caja del Rio Plateau is one of the most ecologically rich landscapes in the Southwest, playing a critical role in maintaining a diverse range of plants and wildlife.
  • My family has lived near the Caja del Rio plateau in northern New Mexico for generations, long before it was even part of the United States.
  • If the plans for a highway, utility lines and the country’s highest bridge come to pass, the Caja del Rio will be drastically altered.
  • Scroll below to read stories from Caja del Rio Business Stars and learn why the permanent protection of the Caja del Rio aligns with local business values.
  • The Caja del Rio offers a superb network of dirt roads suited to overnight bikepacking, with fine views of the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
  • There are more than 4,000 petroglyphs at the La Cieneguilla Petroglyph site in the Caja del Rio that help tell the story of its spiritual and cultural significance.
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