Environment

Op-Ed: The Shared Vision Of Jane Goodall And Pope Leo

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By TERRY HANSEN
Milwaukee, WI.

Conservationist Jane Goodall has passed away at age 91. As a United Nations Messenger of Peace, she urged: “You’re supposed to share the planet, and yet species are disappearing. Ecosystems are collapsing. That’s going to affect us.”

More recently, Pope Leo XIV implored: “We cannot love God, whom we cannot see, while despising his creatures. Nor can we call ourselves disciples of Jesus Christ without participating in his outlook on creation and his care for all that is fragile and wounded.”

Pope Leo and Goodall share deeply rooted values: reverence for life, Read More

Scenes Of Local Trees Emerging In Glorious Fall Colors

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‘I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree’, written by Joyce Kilmer seems to ring true when seeing the beautiful trees emerging around the community this week in all their fall glory. This golden colored tree was viewed on Thursday along Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost

Amber colored tree viewed Thursday on Aster Drive in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost

Golden colored tree viewed Saturday in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost

Amber colored tree viewed Friday along Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Read More

New Mexico Environment Department Warns Of Harmful Algae Blooms In Charette, Clayton, Maloya Lakes

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NMED News:

COLFAX AND UNION Counties — The the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is urging visitors to Charette Lake, Clayton Lake, and Lake Maloya in Northern New Mexico to use caution due to the formation of harmful algae blooms.

Samples collected by NMED from these three lakes show that harmful algae blooms are present.

NMED is urging visitors to take the following precautions: 

  • As always, do not drink untreated surface water;
  • Avoid swimming in algae blooms;
  • Rinse fish with clean water thoroughly before cooking, eat only the fillet portion;
  • Keep pets and livestock out of the water
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New Mexico Environment Dept. Enhances Transparency With New Streamlined Records Requests Portal

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NMED General Counsel Zachary Ogaz

NMED News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is enhancing transparency by making public records more accessible by improving its records requests portal.

NMED launched its online public records portal in December 2024, allowing requestors to submit requests electronically.

The department has implemented two major improvements to the portal designed to streamline the records request process and improve the overall user experience:

  • NMED updated its public-facing page to help requestors more clearly define the records they are
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State Awards $2.2M To Connect 22,000 Youth To Outdoors

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EDD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) awarded $2,178,029 through its Outdoor Equity Fund to 61 programs that will provide outdoor education and career training to more than 22,000 youth across the state, with a special emphasis on low-income families and Tribal communities.  

The Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) is funding programs that provide hands-on outdoor education for young people from low-income families, with 14 serving Tribal communities. Recipients will provide over $1.7 million in matching funds, multiplying the impact. Forty of the Read More

Daily Postcard: Vivid Fall Colors Blanket Pajarito Mountain

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Daily Postcard: Vivid fall colors this week blanket Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Lauren Hughes

Another view of fall colors this week on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Lauren Hughes

Another view of fall colors this week on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Lauren Hughes

Another view of fall colors this week on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Lauren Hughes Read More