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Published May 14, 2017 at 1250 × 938 in IMG_1574

David Gensler, MRGCD’s hydrologist, surveys the Rio Grande’s high waters in early May

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Why won’t the EPA fine New Mexico’s greenhouse gas leakers?
By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | 20 hours ago
In the fall of 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired a helicopter equipped with a leak-detecting infrared camera to criss-cross the Permian Basin looking for gaseous emissions, part of a monitoring program undertaken at the behest of and in partnership with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED).
USFS says January burn led to Calf Canyon Fire
By Hannah Grover | May 27, 2022
The U.S. Forest Service officially took responsibility for the Calf Canyon Fire on Friday in an announcement.
New Mexico’s legal desert affects victims of violence
By Susan Dunlap | May 27, 2022
While the federal reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act will ensure services for victims for several more years, victims will likely still struggle due to New Mexico’s “legal desert.” VAWA] provides funding to state and local programming and agencies to help those who suffer gender-based violence.

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Weather station network intended to provide some security for farmers, ranchers
By Hannah Grover | May 2, 2022
Government programs provide insurance for ranchers if they lose their forage crops due to lack of rain, but the scarcity of rain gauges in New Mexico has limited the usefulness of this insurance, according to legislators who secured funding to build a network of weather stations throughout the state.
Rail Runner funding removed from junior spending bill
By Hannah Grover | April 6, 2022
The Rail Runner will not be receiving $1 million to temporarily reduce fares to riders.

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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