(Press File Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
Forest Service personnel light the Elks Pasture prescribed burn in June 2019 in the Gila National Forest. If passed, a bill making its way through the state Legislature would enable landowners to conduct more prescribed burns on private property. “We need to use fire where we can to manage our resources and help protect communities,” said Punky Moore, fire communications specialist for the Southwestern Region of the Forest Service. “Proper coordination and communication could lead to a comprehensive approach to treat the landscape. In many places the fuel condition is similar on both sides of the fence and working with local landowners would benefit both parties.”
Health Institute. Long spearheads the nonprofit’s effort to strengthen the substance use
infrastructure in 14 rural, southern New Mexico counties, especially regarding opioid use
disorder.
“I’ll be aiding all the rural counties in New Mexico south of Interstate-40,” said Long, a resident of Mesilla, NM.
Long’s efforts focus on Catron, Chaves, Cibola, De Baca, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Roosevelt, Sierra, and Socorro counties.
The three-year project is funded by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) as part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP).
The funding implements plans created by the communities to strengthen and expand services for substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD) prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts by the rural counties.
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An oryx roams the Armendaris Ranch in southern New Mexico. Oryx have thrived in the region, where they have no natural predators. They are well equipped to defend themselves against mountain lions, coyotes and other local species. (Richard Pipes/Albuquerque Journal)
LAS CRUCES – Sarah Silva was hiking with her partner, journalist Heath Haussamen, one day last July on the Achenbach Canyon Trail in the Organ Mountain Desert Peaks National Monument.
Both experienced hikers and hunters, the couple had seen Facebook posts reporting sightings of oryxes, a large antelope species native to Africa, close to the trail. They decided to hike up and see if they could spot one themselves.
01/27/21
WorkersCompensation.com
Albuquerque, NM (WorkersCompensation.com) - After a nationwide search, the Board of Directors of New Mexico Mutual has appointed Kellie Mixon as the company s next chief executive officer. Mixon, who currently serves as vice president and CFO of the workers compensation insurer, will assume her new role after CEO Norm Becker retires at the end of March.
The Los Alamos native joined New Mexico Mutual as an accounting trainee and advanced to progressively more responsible positions during her 25-year tenure with the company. She is the first New Mexico Mutual team member to work her way up through the ranks to the company s top position.