WOTUS rule offers certainty, but little clarity for New Mexico waters
State officials are waiting for more guidance from federal agencies about New Mexico’s waters and push for a state permitting program.
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State officials are waiting for more guidance from federal agencies about New Mexico’s waters and push for a state permitting program.
Thursday, August 13, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited the sites in New Mexico to highlight the upgrades funded by the Great American Outdoors Act. They include improvements to locations like Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Rescue, Socorro Nature Area, and Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.
For her PhD research, University of New Mexico graduate student Rowan Converse is part of the team using new tech to better understand wildlife passing through New Mexico. The Drones for Ducks program is using drones and machine learning to record birds migrating through New Mexico's Bosque del Apache, near Socorro.
Crowding is increasingly affecting all kinds of public lands. Adjoining communities need to find ways to manage it, or risk harm to the attractions that make them a destination.
After a wet start of the year, drought conditions are returning to New Mexico. A seasonal outlook from the National Integrated Drought Information System indicates that the drought conditions will likely develop over most of the state and the drought conditions that currently exist in portions of the state will persist over the next three […]