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Published April 11, 2019 at 3264 × 2448 in IMG_7618

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What the Supreme Court abortion draft opinion means for Indigenous people
By Susan Dunlap | 13 hours ago
Earlier this spring, the need for financial assistance to obtain an abortion caused abortion fund provider Indigenous Women Rising to take a break so the grassroots organization could “catch up” financially.
Fish and Wildlife Service releases draft recommended decision for Mexican wolves
By Hannah Grover | May 14, 2022
A draft recommended decision in the Mexican gray wolf recovery plan would eliminate the population cap and temporarily restrict when a wolf can be killed, but environmental advocates say it still falls short of the reforms needed to ensure genetic diversity.
What the court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade could mean to New Mexico’s LGBTQIA+ community
By Susan Dunlap | May 13, 2022
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as is now expected this summer, the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community will be thrown into jeopardy, advocates believe.

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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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