/tags/chris-smith Chris Smith en-US Copyright Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:04:38 GMT /local-news/2025-01-23/beaver-fever-1-5m-proposed-for-beaver-restoration-efforts One of the largest general fund appropriations in the department’s history, the recommendation from the Legislative Finance Committee – which would be spread across three years – would bring aid for “species of greatest conservation need” with dwindling or threatened populations. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:04:38 GMT /local-news/2025-01-23/beaver-fever-1-5m-proposed-for-beaver-restoration-efforts Bryce Dix /local-news/2024-07-19/beavers-key-to-fighting-climate-change-in-new-mexico Historically, beavers in the U.S. were killed for their fashionable pelts and unique scent glands typically used in perfumes or food flavoring.Nowadays, while tens of thousands of beavers are still snared, trapped, or shot across the country, there’s a push to introduce more beavers into crucial riparian habitats to combat climate change. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:52:13 GMT /local-news/2024-07-19/beavers-key-to-fighting-climate-change-in-new-mexico Bryce Dix /local-news/2023-11-03/advocates-call-for-abolition-of-mexican-gray-wolf-population-area For the second time this year, a well-known wolf nicknamed “Asha” has wandered outside of the established Mexican gray wolf population area in southern New Mexico. Advocates are now calling on the federal and state agencies to abolish the area, which they call “arbitrary” and “political.” Fri, 03 Nov 2023 19:54:21 GMT /local-news/2023-11-03/advocates-call-for-abolition-of-mexican-gray-wolf-population-area Bryce Dix