ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two separate collisions — a double fatal and pedestrian crash — left three people dead on Thursday night across Albuquerque. The Bernalillo County Sheriff s Office said the double fatal crash…
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A lesser prairie chicken seen earlier this month on the Portales-area property of rancher Mack Kizer. (Roberto Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service under Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is at a crossroads.
The lesser prairie chicken is coming perilously close to extinction in her home state of New Mexico. With only approximately 5,000 birds remaining on the shinnery oak prairie of eastern New Mexico and far West Texas, the service must make a call on listing this iconic western bird under the Endangered Species Act by May 26 pursuant to court order.
New Mexico private landowner ranchers, the N.M. Department of Game and Fish and other groups are now trying hard to work in a collective effort to move forward on a public-private solution. N.M. Game and Fish, under the leadership of Mike Sloane, has been exceptional in working collaboratively with other stakeholders, incl