The Gila River is proposed for federal wild and scenic designation.
Howard Hutchinson bought his first parcel of land in southwestern New Mexico near the Gila Wilderness in the 1970s.
“I hitchhiked into here in 1973. And I said, ‘Wow, paradise. This is awesome. This is where I want to live to raise my family,’” Hutchinson told
NM Political Report.
At the time, Hutchinson said he was a “radical environmentalist,” and an early member of the controversial environmental group Earth First.
But Hutchinson said his views on environmentalism have evolved since then.
“As I aged, and became closer with a lot of the longtime residents here, I began to realize that there was a land use ethic that they had developed quite naturally,” he said. “You don’t develop that land use ethic, and you don’t survive in the arid Southwest. That’s just the facts of the matter.”
Carrollton Democrat proposes changing Texas law to let Denton have countywide vote centers
Denton’s surrounding counties Dallas, Tarrant and Collin already have countywide vote centers.
State Rep. Michelle Beckley talks with a colleague on the second day of the 86th Texas legislature on January 9, 2019 at the Texas Capitol.(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
AUSTIN State Rep. Michelle Beckley wants to bring countywide voting centers to Denton, which would allow residents to vote at any polling location in the county.
To do so, she is pushing a bill in the Legislature to allow counties with paper-based ballots, like Denton, to participate in the state’s countywide polling place program.