A recently published scientific study has found that common wildfire reduction strategies in the Southwest – like tree thinning and prescribed burning – are detrimental for some declining bird populations.
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FRI: NM Dept. of Justice says Otero County ICE contract extension violated Open Meetings Act, + More
The Otero County Commission violated the New Mexico Open Meetings Act when it held an emergency meeting March 13 to extend a contract allowing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to house detainees at its jail, the New Mexico Department of Justice said on Friday.
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There are currently 193 Indigenous people listed as missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation on the online portal run by the New Mexico Department of Justice. As an effort to combat this ongoing issue, the department will be hosting its quarterly Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples task force meeting on Friday in Acoma to give updates and allow for the public to weigh in.
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