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Campfire Commandments

Published May 29, 2017 at 1250 × 938 in Campfire Commandments

Fire Protection Officer Ron Gallegos passes out “Campfire Commandments” to visitors

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Native American tribes have vast energy resources, but face barriers developing them
By Hannah Grover | 18 mins ago
While Indigenous nations across the United States have vast energy resources, it can be hard for them to develop that potential.
Biden vetoes GOP-pushed resolution that would have stripped protections from endangered bird
By Hannah Grover | September 28, 2023
President Joe Biden vetoed resolutions on Tuesday that would have stripped protections from the endangered lesser prairie chicken in New Mexico as well as a bat found in the eastern United States.
ACLU-NM files complaint against CoreCivic over wrongful death claim
By Susan Dunlap | September 28, 2023
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and a private Albuquerque attorney have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against CoreCivic, the for-profit company that operates the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia.

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Superintendent of Insurance discusses challenges, priorities during interim committee meeting
By Susan Dunlap | 20 mins ago
New Mexico’s Superintendent of Insurance Alice T. Kane identified some issues for her office to work on as she moves forward in her new position as the top insurance regulator in the state during her presentation to the interim Legislative Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee on Thursday.
Behavioral health advocates ask for $1 billion to improve and build behavioral health and substance abuse treatment facilities
By Susan Dunlap | 22 mins ago
An advocate for behavioral health in Albuquerque asked the Legislative Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee for $1 billion to build a “world class” behavioral health and substance abuse treatment center in New Mexico.

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New Mexico congresswoman leads efforts to support agriculture in arid environments
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-New Mexico, has joined two colleagues in introducing legislation that aims at supporting agricultural practices in arid climates of the western United States.
AG gathers law enforcement to discuss possible solutions to gun violence
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez opened a Law Enforcement Summit Tuesday to address gun violence.
Heinrich calls on indicted U.S. Senator to step down
New Mexico’s senior senator says that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should resign because of his recent indictment in an alleged bribery case. Mendendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, has faced calls to resign from a number of Democratic politicians.

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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