State, Nation & World

New Mexico Announces Funding For Conservation Innovation Grants

Graduate student Vesh Thapa and NMSU-ASC farm staff Landon O’Rear collecting soil samples for soil health testing. Courtesy/NMSU
 
USDA News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in New Mexico is accepting applications for Conservation Innovations Grants (CIG) to fund innovative ideas for conservation strategies and technologies.
 
NRCS uses CIG to accelerate the transfer and adoption of promising technologies and approaches that address some of the state’s most pressing natural resource concerns. New Mexico NRCS will provide up
Read More

Udall Presses FDA Commissioner For Strong Protections To Address Epidemic Of Youth E-Cigarette Use

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), questioned U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on the alarming national increase of high school students using e-cigarettes and pressed the commissioner to take meaningful action to address the epidemic.
 
“I am pleased that this budget gives additional funding to help evaluate e-cigarettes – but I remain deeply concerned about the skyrocketing use of e-cigarettes by our nation’s youth. CDC survey data showed an astounding 78 percent increase in e-cigarette
Read More

SFNF: Prescribed Burn In Santa Fe Watershed

Fire managers may conduct a prescribed burn as early as Tuesday near the Nichols Reservoir on the Santa Fe National Forest. Courtesy photo 
 
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE  Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to proceed with the previously announced prescribed burn near Nichols Reservoir in the lower Santa Fe Municipal Watershed as early as April 2, if conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, remain favorable.
 
Up to 500 acres, including 50 acres of piles, will be treated with hand and aerial ignitions.
Read More

Protect Communities, Protect Climate: No New Leases

SIERRA CLUB News:
 
SANTA FE Crowds gathered today for a climate strike in front of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state office in Santa Fe to protest the lease sale of 11,000 acres of public and ancestral tribal lands in Greater Chaco and Greater Carlsbad regions.
 
The BLM is moving forward with this controversial lease sale despite having received over 33,000 protest comments from tribal leaders, environmental groups, and members of the public expressing concerns that the sale would have negative impacts on cultural resources, public health, and the climate.
 
“How
Read More

Game & Fish: Expect Roadblocks Statewide During Hunting And Fishing Seasons

NMG&F News:
 
SANTA FE The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks throughout the state during hunting and fishing seasons to collect harvest data and to detect wildlife law violations.
 
The 2019-2020 hunting and fishing season begins April 1. All hunters and anglers are required to purchase a new license before hunting and fishing. Anglers can expect roadblocks throughout the summer. Guides and outfitters are also reminded that new registration is required.
 
Youth turkey season begins April 12 and the general season begins April 15. For more information,
Read More

Balderas On US Senate Seat: I’m Staying Home

Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE Attorney General Hector Balderas appeared on the Erica Viking Show, along with his daughter Arianna Balderas, and announced that he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tom Udall.
Click here to view the video message from AG Balderas and his daughter.
Read More

Governor Recommits State To Film And TV Industry, Signs Legislation Aimed At Steadier Growth, Expansion

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaking Friday at Albuquerque Studios. Courtesy photo
 

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 2 Friday at Albuquerque Studios. Courtesy photo

 
STATE News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 2 Friday at Albuquerque Studios, delivering on a promise to boost the state’s film, television and media industry and provide for steady growth in an economic sector that keeps New Mexicans employed and offers young adults the opportunity to build a sustainable career.
 
Senate Bill 2 more than doubles the annual
Read More

Global Health Expert Richard Skolnik Evaluates U.S. Healthcare For Cost, Coverage, Fairness

Global health expert Richard Skolnik. Library. Courtesy photo

 
By REBECCA CHAIKEN
LWV

Richard Skolnik, an expert on global health, spoke to the League of Women Voters at a recent “Lunch with a Leader” talk at Mesa Public Library. 

His topic was “56 Countries Later – A Global Perspective on Healthcare in the United States”.

Skolnik has nearly 40 years of experience at the World Bank and has lectured at George Washington and Yale universities. 

Skolnik explained that the goal of a health system is to maximize the health of the population, in fairly distributed ways, and at the least Read More

NWS: Today’s High Near 48, Tonight’s Low Around 27

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 48 with increasingly cloudy skies and tonight’s low around 27 with a 30 percent chance of scattered snow showers after 7 p.m. … new snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible. Courtesy/NWS

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s peak wind gusts around the state. Courtesy/NWS Read More

AG Tells US Dept. of Health New Draft Drug Report Is Dangerous, Potentially Deadly For New Mexico

AG News: 

 

ALBUQUERQUE – Today, Attorney General Hector Balderas sent a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services sharing concerns about the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Draft Report.

 

AG Balderas, and 35 additional Attorneys General believe that the draft report, sent to the chief medical officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, weakens guidelines published by the CDC, believes reports should be aimed at decreasing the risk of opioid misuse in the United States.

 

“The opioid crisis has been Read More

Search
LOS ALAMOS

ladailypost.com website support locally by OviNuppi Systems