/tags/the-conservation-beat The Conservation Beat en-US Copyright Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:41:03 GMT /local-news/2012-08-31/nm-quickly-reverses-decision-to-drop-trail-funding New Mexico has reversed its decision to pull out of a program that provides money to build, improve and maintain recreational trails.The New Mexico… Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:41:03 GMT /local-news/2012-08-31/nm-quickly-reverses-decision-to-drop-trail-funding /local-news/2012-08-20/owls-put-a-stop-to-las-cruces-trail-project The discovery of a nest of protected burrowing owls has brought work on a trail extension in Las Cruces to a screeching halt.The 4.5 mile extension of the… Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:34:11 GMT /local-news/2012-08-20/owls-put-a-stop-to-las-cruces-trail-project The Las Cruces Sun-News /local-news/2012-07-02/environmental-groups-oppose-sf-forest-road-plan The majority of roads in the Santa Fe National Forest will now be closed to motorized travel, according to the Albuquerque Journal. But two environmental… Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:35:08 GMT /local-news/2012-07-02/environmental-groups-oppose-sf-forest-road-plan Megan Kamerick /local-news/2012-06-29/little-bear-fire-95-percent-contained A New Mexico wildfire that destroyed 242 homes and businesses is now 95 percent contained as crews finish mopping up around the fire's perimeter.Crews… Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:39:06 GMT /local-news/2012-06-29/little-bear-fire-95-percent-contained /local-news/2012-06-26/doe-proposes-storing-tons-of-mercury-near-wipp-site The U.S. Department of Energy is eying two sites in Eddy County to store 10,000 metric tons of mercury (about 22 million pounds). A site in West Texas was… Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:10:08 GMT /local-news/2012-06-26/doe-proposes-storing-tons-of-mercury-near-wipp-site The Carlsbad Current-Argus /local-news/2012-06-26/industry-plans-for-uranium-deconversion-plant-near-hobbs On Thursday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be hosting a public meeting about a proposed uranium deconversion plant near Hobbs, N.M.In 2009,… Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:40:28 GMT /local-news/2012-06-26/industry-plans-for-uranium-deconversion-plant-near-hobbs Laura Paskus /local-news/2012-06-20/romero-fire-over-360-acres-in-bosque-north-of-albuquerque UPDATE 6/22 6:00AM: A wildfire in a wooded area along the Rio Grande on the northern edge of New Mexico's largest city has charred about 360 acres.… Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:35:56 GMT /local-news/2012-06-20/romero-fire-over-360-acres-in-bosque-north-of-albuquerque KRQE-TV /local-news/2012-06-20/group-concerned-about-nm-bear-management Conservationists are accusing state wildlife managers of trying to eliminate the black bear population in the mountains that border Albuquerque.Sandia… Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:14:38 GMT /local-news/2012-06-20/group-concerned-about-nm-bear-management /local-news/2012-06-18/sentencing-reset-for-men-in-arizona-wildfire-case The sentencing hearing for two cousins charged with accidentally causing the largest wildfire in Arizona history has been reset.Caleb Malboeuf and David… Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:48:52 GMT /local-news/2012-06-18/sentencing-reset-for-men-in-arizona-wildfire-case /local-news/2012-06-18/gila-fire-prompts-rescue-of-threatened-fish Biologists are trying to save a threatened trout species in southwestern New Mexico, even as crews around the West struggle to contain blazes that have… Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:59:28 GMT /local-news/2012-06-18/gila-fire-prompts-rescue-of-threatened-fish Laura Paskus