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Published April 28, 2018 at 1250 × 833 in IMG_1212

The Rio Grande in Mesilla, N.M., April 2018

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Researcher says ancient agricultural fields are threatened by oil and gas near Chaco
By Hannah Grover | 5 mins ago
When the ancestral Puebloans lived in the Chaco Canyon area, they chose to locate their great houses in areas with high agricultural productivity, according to a new study in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Lead author Wetherbee Dorshow said these ancient agricultural fields can be hard to identify.
A parrot now lost in the United States may have been part of the pre-Columbian bird trade
By Hannah Grover | November 23, 2022
About four years ago, John Moretti, a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, was digging through animal bones found at the Bonnell archaeological site in southeastern New Mexico when he found one that stood out.
‘The need is there’: Borderland Ministries helps migrants and asylum seekers
By Nicole Maxwell | November 22, 2022
Ana Reza has served as bridge chaplain for the Rio Grande Borderland Ministries of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande for about three years.

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BernCo commission votes State Rep. Maestas to fill state senate vacancy
By Nicole Maxwell | November 16, 2022
The Bernalillo County Commission voted to appoint New Mexico State Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas to the state Senate seat recently vacated by Jacob Candelaria Tuesday night.
Bernalillo County seeks applicants for vacant state senate seat
By Nicole Maxwell | October 31, 2022
The Bernalillo County Commission is looking for applicants for the vacant District 26 New Mexico State Senate seat.

About Laura Paskus

Laura Paskus has been writing about New Mexico’s natural resources and communities since 2002, as an assistant editor of High Country News, a radio producer at KUNM-FM, managing editor of Tribal College Journal and a freelancer for a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico In Depth and Indian Country Today. Her work has also appeared in Al Jazeera America, Ms. Magazine, National Geographic Online, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, The Progressive, Columbia Journalism Review, The Mountain Gazette, Audubon and Orion. She's a correspondent for New Mexico In Focus and a graduate student in the University of New Mexico’s Geography and Environmental Studies Department.

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