http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 13. http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15943 The Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico was supposed to be a grand experiment in collaborative management, but the current board’s push to expand grazing and curtail public input has led to clashes with local environmentalists No publisher Laura Paskus Grazing Valles Caldera National Preserve Baca Ranch Jemez Mountains New Mexico Valles Caldera Trust Valles Caldera Coalition Ernie Atencio Ray Powell Pete Domenici public lands grazing overgrazing ranching Billy Stern Forest Guardians Tracy Seidman 2010-02-05T08:31:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15941 The long and carefully planned campaign to protect the Ojito Wilderness in New Mexico holds useful lessons for wilderness activists across the West No publisher Laura Paskus Legislation Ojito Wilderness New Mexico wilderness legislation Richard Pombo Congress George W. Bush BLM Coalition for New Mexico?s Wilderness Martin Heinrich Zia Pueblo Tom Udall Jeff Bingaman Pete Domenici Heather Wilson House Resources Committee Wil 2010-02-05T08:31:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15364 A groundbreaking settlement between New Mexico environmentalists and the city of Albuquerque may keep water in the Middle Rio Grande and help both farmers and endangered silvery minnows No publisher Laura Paskus Fish Endangered Lawsuits And Water Rights Middle Rio Grande Albuquerque silvery minnow water rights irrigation agriculture water conservation Endangered Species Act Martin Chavez Bill Richardson Pete Domenici U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Abiquiu Reservoir Chama River John Horning 2010-02-05T09:23:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15187 Despite nearly unanimous support for designating the Ojito Wilderness Area, New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, R, is stalling over reserved water rights and – according to critics – trying to undermine the Wilderness Act No publisher Deanna Belch Wilderness Legislation Ojito Wilderness Study Area Pete Domenici Wilderness Act reserved water rights New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Steve Capra Tom Udall Heather Wilson 2010-02-05T09:22:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15182 The omnibus appropriations bill just passed by Congress contained more than a few anti-environmental riders, but not all of them survived for the president’s pen to sign No publisher Deanna Belch Congress omnibus appropriations bill spending bill riders Conrad Burns Pete Domenici Randy Moorman Earthjustice Ralph Regula fee demo Yellowstone snowmobiles Larry Craig Gordon Smith salvage logging Dianne Feinstein Endangered Species Act K 2010-02-05T09:22:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16271 Executives from six of the nation’s largest energy companies have asked federal lawmakers to set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions No publisher Brett Wilkison Science Climate Change Energy Policy Energy companies global warming greenhouse gas emissions climate change energy policy Congress Pete Domenici Jeff Bingaman Shell General Electric David Doniger Natural Resources Defense Council Marnie Funk Republicans Democrats Senate Energ 2011-11-11T18:57:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15748 Silvery minnows had a good run this year on New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande, but an increase in the number of dead fish has prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to raise the "incidental take" numbers allowed for the species No publisher Laura Paskus Endangered Silvery minnows endangered fish Endangered Species Act U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Middle Rio Grande incidental take numbers Pete Domenici Jim Brooks Fisheries Resources Office Letty Belin 2012-03-08T22:16:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/356/17278 California’s continuing water troubles; saving water for the Delta smelt; New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici to retire; Idaho grizzly shot; polygamous community in the spotlight; Vegas goes a glitzy shade of green. No publisher Jonathan Thompson polygamous community Short Creek Delta smelt Pete Domenici California water shortage grizzly bear 2010-08-25T22:01:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15689 New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici says he wants to give more money to the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program – if the program will trim its membership and put itself under federal authority No publisher Patrick Farrell Water Rivers Consensus Pete Domenici Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program silvery minnow southwestern willow flycatcher endangered species consensus groups Kara Gillon Alliance for the Rio Grande Heritage David Probst New Mexico Department of Advocacy Groups 2012-04-09T19:14:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15504 The House of Representatives passes an energy bill with even more industrial pork than the Bush administration requested. No publisher Laura Paskus Energy Task Force oil and renewable energy energy industry energy bill Daylight Environme coal George W. Bush Pete Domenici gas industry ethanol energy subsidies Savings Time Environmental Protection Agency nuclear power Dick Cheney National Energy Policy 2012-03-30T19:08:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16628 Louisiana Energy Services, a European-based company, breaks ground on the first uranium enrichment facility in the U.S. near Eunice, N.M. No publisher Laura Paskus nuclear waste National Enrichment Facility nuclear energy Pete Domenici radioactive waste storage uranium enrichment Nuclear Regulatory Commission weapons Nuclear Energy Patricia Bill Richardson Louisiana Energy Services Marshall Cohen Madrid URENCO nuclear Waste 2010-09-23T23:30:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16545 The nation may be intrigued by the contest between incumbent Republican Rep. Heather Wilson and New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid, but the New Mexicans who will actually vote in the election seem fairly disinterested. No publisher Laura Paskus Social Security Republican Party Heather Wilson administration Elections U.S. House of Representatives New Mexico politics Tom DeLay Bush Pete Domenici minimum wage election Democratic Party New Mexico attorney general Iraq war issues Patricia Madrid 2010-10-26T22:29:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/336/16727 Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., does an about-face and moves to protect New Mexico’s Valle Vidal from oil and gas drilling No publisher April Reese Matt Letourneau Lands Congress Oil and Gas Senate Energy The Wilderness Society Coalition for the Valle Sangre de Albuquerque City Council Valle Vidal Vida Pete Domenici Valle Vidal Protection Act Cristo Mountains Martin Heinrich Dave Alberswerth New Mexico wilderness Public 2010-09-09T20:21:46Z News Article