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New Mexico panel opts to end recreational cougar trapping

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators have adopted new rules that will prohibit trapping or snaring cougars for sport, marking a small victory for animal protection groups that have been fight...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors

Seeds collected to plant in scorched areas

DATE: Nov 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Judge eases Christmas tree-cutting ban in fight over owl

ALBUQUERQUE – The scope of a tree-cutting ban across several national forests in the Southwest has been further narrowed to allow for Christmas tree permits and prescribed burns under a new ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Southwest tribes oppose spent nuclear fuel storage plans

ALBUQUERQUE – Native American leaders from New Mexico are opposing plans that call for storing in the desert Southwest tons of spent nuclear fuel from power plants around the U.S. ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups: Saving Mexican gray wolves requires new approach

ALBUQUERQUE – Dozens of environmental groups and scientists have asked U.S. wildlife managers to rethink how they plan to ensure the survival of Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest. ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. forest managers want judge to revisit tree-cutting ban

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Forest Service wants a federal judge to reconsider an order that halted tree-cutting across thousands of square miles of forest in the Southwest, saying efforts to add...

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Renewable energy firm doubles down on western wind projects

ALBUQUERQUE – A California-based renewable energy developer plans to increase by seven-fold its investments as it prepares to build more wind farms in New Mexico over the next several years....

DATE: Oct 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lizard protections sought amid U.S. oil boom

ALBUQUERQUE – A small lizard found among the dunes straddling New Mexico and West Texas in one of the nation’s richest oil basins is at the center of a new lawsuit. Environmentali...

DATE: Oct 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chocolate’s ancient path leads to Chaco Canyon

Discovery a link to Mesoamerica

DATE: Sep 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Holtec preparing to build nuclear waste storage facility

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Jersey-based company has reached an agreement with a construction trades group as it pushes for approval to build a multibillion-dollar facility for temporarily storing s...

DATE: Sep 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. appeals court to decide fight over jaguar habitat

ALBUQUERQUE – It will be up to a federal appeals court to decide whether tens of thousands of acres in New Mexico should be reserved as critical habitat for the endangered jaguar. ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico moving to crack down on unpaid wage claims

ALBUQUERQUE – A popular New Mexico restaurant was the first business to be targeted Thursday in a state and local push to enforce wage laws. Officials said they were suing Haciend...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business