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Bison removal: Part of the push for industry over conservation
39+ min ago (452+ words) A bison is one of the most memorable symbols of the United States " the national mammal. Its home is the range, despite the many efforts over the years by profiteers and settlers to hunt it to extinction. But conservationists and…...
Earth, Wind and Fire: Bighorns bounce back with a little help from their friends
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (500+ words) A bighorn sheep walks through the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge rest area in April 2026. In the early 2000s, Bryan Bartlett spotted a desert bighorn ram east of Caballo Lake." Driven close to extinction by the end of the 20th century by disease,…...
Senate confirms former New Mexico GOP Chair Steve Pearce as BLM director
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1183+ words) Steve Pearce, a former congressman and past chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico, testifies in February before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The Senate on Monday confirmed Pearce as the new director of the U. S. Bureau of…...
The battle to save public lands is in full swing
5+ day, 39+ min ago (497+ words) The current United States government " not the people " is hostile to the notion of public lands. These are the lands owned by the people, cared for by federal, state and local governments, not for exploitation or profit but as a…...
Steve Pearce's nomination to lead Bureau of Land Management advances amid confusion
1+ week, 3+ day ago (439+ words) Bureau of Land Management'nominee Steve Pearce, a former congressman and past chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico, testifies in February before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Monday night, the U. S. Senate voted 46-45 to advance the nomination of…...
New Mexico's Ted Turner: Conservation, tax protests and loads of land
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1162+ words) Now it will be up to First Judicial District Chief Judge Bry" The interim president spoke to members of the Highlands comm" The 156, 439 acres of Ladder Ranch, along with Ted Turner's Armendaris property, is now open to an exclusive set…...
Reject Steve Pearce as head of BLM
3+ week, 2+ day ago (395+ words) Public lands are central to the lives of New Mexicans. We camp, hike, harvest food, spend time with friends and family, and trace the stories of ancient cultures across public lands throughout the Land of Enchantment. The federal Bureau of…...
Senate should say no to Steve Pearce at BLM
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (568+ words) For generations, New Mexicans have explored, cherished and lived off public lands. As president of the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, I know how much access to our shared landscapes means to sportsmen and women in our state, and I…...
Federal appeals court affirms public access to streambeds on private land in New Mexico
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (236+ words) Ralph Vigil of Pecos removes trash in 2015 from his property along the Pecos River, next to a section of fence that was cut down by fisherman wanting access to the river." Federal judges sided with New Mexico officials Tuesday in…...
Wildfire a risk for plants and animals that depend on Rio Grande
4+ week, 1+ day ago (664+ words) A dead fish in the mud of a drying Rio Grande river seen last year. Paul Tashjian, a hydrologist by training, said he anticipates the river will be dry through Albuquerque again this year " and likely earlier than last summer....