NewsRack: flenvcenter/Policy-and-Governance_Regional/Government/New-Mexico

Sunland allowed to reopen peanut plant after salmonella outbreak - Headlines: All Headlines

By Dow Jones Newswires — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

A U.S. district judge has signed a consent decree imposing requirements on Sunland Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of peanut products, after the privately held company was linked to an outbreak of salmonella that affected 20 states, the Food and Drug Administration said.

The war on New Mexico's water - From the Blogs

Eric Jantz — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

The governor's political appointees are dismantling environmental protections

NM offers late-season elk hunting licenses - Denver Post: National News Headlines

The Associated Press — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M.—The Game and Fish Department is offering late season licenses to sportsmen to hunt trophy bull elk in New Mexico.

Workshop takes the pulse of the Animas River - Durango Herald

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

FARMINGTON Two hundred people involved in water-quality issues from Silverton to Northern New Mexico described projects, compared notes and asked questions of others Tuesday.

Yes Virginia, there is poop in your well - From the Blogs

Neil LaRubbio — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT

EPA study ties dairies to water pollution in Washington

Utah conservationists ask Interior Secretary not to de-list wolves. - Salt Lake Tribune

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT

By christopher smart The Salt Lake Tribune Published Sep 27, 2012 05:07PM MDT More than a dozen Utah conservation groups are asking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to keep protections in place that would allow “natural re-introduction” of wolves into the Beehive State. In a letter to Salazar, the conservationists say they are concerned with a planned de-listing of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list across the lower 48 states. In addition, they fear for the health of the Mexican gray wolf population that straddles the line between northern Arizona and New Mexico... ...

Without state funding, Pecos still just a park - Durango Herald

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:30:00 GMT

SANTA FE Funding is so tight that there is not enough money available to make Pecos Canyon a state park, said New Mexico State Parks Division director Tommy Mutz.

NM considering antelope hunting license change - Denver Post: National News Headlines

The Associated Press — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:30:00 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M.—The state Game Commission plans to consider changing how hunters can get licenses to hunt antelope in parts of New Mexico.

New Mexico emissions case gains delay - Durango Herald

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:30:00 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday gave New Mexico officials, the states largest electricity provider and others more time to sort out a solution for curbing haze-causing pollution at a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico.

N.M. bear-management methods prompt concerns - Durango Herald

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:30:00 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE No one knows exactly how many black bears are roaming the mountains that border New Mexicos most populous area, but conservationists Tuesday accused state wildlife managers of targeting the areas bears for removal to bring an end to nuisance calls.

Wildfires force evacuations in New Mexico, along Colorado-Utah border - Denver Post: National News Headlines

Sat, 26 May 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town were ordered Saturday to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically, as Colorado crews took to fighting a new fire along the Utah-Colorado border.

Horse slaughterhouse in N.M. should be fined, Colorado advocates say - Durango Herald

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:30:00 GMT

LAS CRUCES, N.M. A Colorado-based horse advocacy group says a New Mexico company seeking to become the nations first slaughterhouse for horses since 2007 should face fines for violating laws on waste disposal.

Cougar on the Rise - NewWest.Net Travel & Outdoors

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:30:00 GMT

In rural New Mexico, trailheads leading into cougar country often are posted with signs that explain what a hiker should do in case of an encounter. Maybe Robert Giannini had read such advice, because he did the right thing—eventually.

Western outfitters in court over NM hunting law - Denver Post: Outdoors

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:30:00 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Outfitters from four Western states argued Wednesday in federal court that their constitutional rights to conduct business in New Mexico were being upended by changes to

San Juan River remodeled, not just renovated - Durango Herald

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:30:00 GMT

For those of you who stopped fishing the San Juan River because of the lousy river conditions from the Kiddie Hole upstream, you need to rethink your position. I say this from recent experience.

Researchers: Earth's crust in NM is stretching - Denver Post: National News Headlines

The Associated Press — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:30:00 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—The Earth's crust in New Mexico is stretching at a rate of an inch of east-west growth every 40 years, researchers said in a new study.

Water-quality standards unfairly burden rural communities - Current Issue

Judith Lewis Mernit — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:30:00 GMT

The plight of a small water and sewer association in rural Mora, N.M -- caught in a tangle of federal and state clean water rules it can’t afford to meet -- echoes experienced by other rural communities around the West.

A tough year for prairie dogs - Telluride: News

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:30:00 GMT