State land commissioner bans mining in Upper Pecos Watershed
SANTA FE — New Mexico's commissioner of public lands banned mining on state land in the Upper Pecos Watershed, a move meant to pressure the federal government to follow through on similar protections ...
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NM Land Commissioner bans mineral mining in a portion of the Upper Pecos Watershed
An executive order banning mineral mining on approximately 2,500 acres of state trust land in the Upper Pecos Watershed will ...
Land commissioner hopes mining ban on state lands in Upper Pecos spurs federal action
The Upper Pecos is under “attack,” according to State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard. On Wednesday, just a day after the state House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for long ...
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A 4.6 magnitude earthquake reported near Carlsbad
According to the U.S. Geological Survey's website, an earthquake occurred Tuesday morning in Whites City, New Mexico ... earthquake shook the area around Pecos at around 10:28 p.m. Even though ...
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Pecos Pupfish Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
The small freshwater fish lives in the Pecos River Basin of New Mexico and Texas. Conservationists petitioned in 2007 for protection for the Pecos pupfish. But it took a 2020 lawsuit for the Service ...
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Roswell, Carlsbad feel aftershocks from Texas earthquake
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Residents in southeast New Mexico got a surprise after feeling an earthquake Friday. According to the USGS website, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake was measured near Pecos ...