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Forest Service ban on prescribed fires stalls work to protect Colorado residents, water supplies

DENVER — The federal suspension of prescribed burns pending a review of how recent fires lit during extreme drought escaped boundaries is reverberating in the West — and complicating Colorado efforts to revive ailing forests and reduce the severity of wildfires.

The Denver Post

Firefighters rescued an elk calf from the ashes of the New Mexico blaze

A firefighter happened upon the motionless animal on the ground of a fire-blackened forest as he patrolled and extinguished hot spots. The calf, dubbed Cinder, is recovering at a wildlife center.

WEKU

Firefighters rescue 'Cinder' the elk calf from fire's ashes

Firefighters say they have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf from the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire, as calving season approaches its peak in early June and fires rage across the American Southwest

The Independent UK

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Ancient fossilised footprints of adult and child discovered in New Mexico desert

The footprints, believed to date back thousands of years, were found in White Sands National Park

The Independent UK

Rain, snow slow New Mexico fire, but hot, dry weather looms

Light rain and a bit of snow in the mountains of northern New Mexico helped slow the largest wildfire in North America

The Independent UK

New Mexico sees the fewest candidates running for the U.S. House since 2016

The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New Mexico this year was March 24, 2022. Eight candidates are running for New Mexico’s three U.S. House districts, including four Democrats and four Republicans. That’s 2.67 candidates per district, less than the 6.3 candidates per district in 2020 and the…

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Percentage of New Mexico state legislative incumbents facing primaries at its highest since 2014

Twelve of the 57 New Mexico state legislators running for re-election—eight Democrats and four Republicans—face contested primaries. That equals 21% of incumbents seeking re-election, the highest rate since 2014. The remaining 45% of incumbents are not facing primary challengers.

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Cooler weather helps firefighters battling New Mexico blaze

Firefighters in New Mexico battling the nation’s largest active wildfire say favorable weather helped them prevent the blaze from growing over the last 24 hours

The Independent UK

Priceless seeds, sprouts key to US West's post-fire future

The mission was to rescue tens of thousands of invaluable tree sprouts from a research center in New Mexico and to keep safe a vital bank of millions of pine, spruce and other conifer seeds that will be used to restore fire-ravaged landscapes across the West

The Independent UK

One woman’s mission to find millionaire’s buried treasure - and she walked right past it

Miriam de Fronzo spent nearly four years of her life searching for £2m buried treasure in the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, only to discover that she was days late in finding it

Daily Mirror

Inside the Roswell UFO report which sparked questions of an alien cover up

The Roswell UFO report was published to quell rumours about alien life being found and hidden on Earth, but theorists called it a cover up and demanded to know the truth

Daily Mirror

US forest chief calls for a pause on prescribed fire operations

The U.S. Forest Service has been facing much criticism for the prescribed fire in New Mexico that escaped its containment lines and joined with another blaze.

WEKU

Drought, heat and extreme wind bring ‘explosive fire behavior’ to US

New Mexico still battling US’s biggest wildfire as blazes test fire crews in Texas and Colorado

The Guardian - US

New Mexico wildfire sparks backlash against controlled burns. That's bad for the West

Experts worry a devastating wildfire in New Mexico, partly started by a controlled burn that got out of control, may create a backlash against this important forest management tool.

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The Independent UK

Gusty winds fuel wildfires in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado

More than 5,000 firefighters are battling multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest

The Independent UK

Firefighters slow grow of massive New Mexico wildfire

Firefighters have been able to slow the growth of a massive wildfire burning in the mountains of northeastern New Mexico as they prepare for another round of red-flag weather

The Guardian - US

‘Nothing to go back to’: the way of life lost to New Mexico’s historic fire

The largest wildfire in state history has torn through centuries-old rural communities, displacing thousands

The Independent UK

$121.5M settlement in New Mexico clergy sex abuse scandal

One of the oldest Catholic dioceses in the United States has announced a settlement agreement to resolve a bankruptcy case in New Mexico that resulted from a clergy sex abuse scandal

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The Independent UK

New Mexico fires prompt forest closures, governor seeks aid

Three of New Mexico’s five national forests will be off limits to the public starting this week due to active wildfires and extreme fire danger

Chicago Sun-Times

Oil tax revenues in New Mexico, other states spotlight a dependence on fossil-fuel taxes

Their budgets might be rich for now with petroleum cash. But, if tackling climate change cuts into that, will they tax residents more — or reduce public services?

WEKU

The wildfires burning in the Southwest are bad but 'not unprecedented'

Experts say the Southwestern U.S. is drier than it's been in some 1,200 years, which is one of, but not the only, drivers of the large infernos burning in New Mexico.

The Independent UK

New Mexico marks record with massive wildfire

A monster blaze churning in northern New Mexico for more than a month has blackened enough acreage to earn a place in the state’s record books

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Calf Canyon wildfire becomes largest in New Mexico history

The fire surpassed a 2012 blaze for the top spot, and it is still growing.

The Independent UK

In US, states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue

Major energy producing states from Alaska to Pennsylvania are reaping a windfall from soaring oil and natural gas prices, stoked by the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-led ban on Russian oil imports

The Independent UK

10 things to do in Santa Fe

With the inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festival coming up, now’s the time to visit this arts and culture hotspot, says Elizabeth Miller

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