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    Published February 13, 2019 at 1632 × 1224 in mIMG_4557

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    • Researcher says ancient agricultural fields are threatened by oil and gas near Chaco
      By Hannah Grover | 15 hours 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.

    • Rev. Kathy Hudak speaks to a group of asylum seekers as part of the Rio Grande Borderland Ministries. She is presenting a video on the rights the asylum-seekers have.
      ‘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.

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    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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