Bryce Dix

Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have earmarked money to permanently boost federal wildland firefighter pay — leaving advocates cautiously optimistic.

A federal court in Portland, Oregon has found the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service violated environmental laws by failing to consider alternative pest management methods when spraying for crickets and grasshoppers.

Officials sitting on the Radioactive & Hazardous Materials interim committee received an update last week on how the state plans to clean up the decommissioned San Juan Generating Station.

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurances is seeing a substantial increase in insurance providers canceling or not renewing coverage plans for homes in wildfire-prone areas.

An idle excavator sits at the headwater gate of the Rio Gallinas River.

Across New Mexico, there are over 15,000 areas where abandoned coal mining equipment, facilities, and legacy mine shafts continue to pose serious health, safety, and environmental hazards to rural and urban communities.

Across New Mexico, there are over 15,000 areas where abandoned coal mining equipment, facilities, and legacy mine shafts continue to pose serious health, safety, and environmental hazards to rural and urban communities.

Downtown Albuquerque is an example of what a "urban heat island" looks like — the proximity of car travel, asphalt, concrete, and minimal tree cover elevates temperatures more so than other areas in the city.

The two existing transmission lines that carry power to Los Alamos National Lab. If approved, the Caja line would make a 90 degree turn and snake up the plateau, pictured on the right.

New Mexico Wild's Garrett VeneKlasen points at the Norton Substation, which provides a portion of LANL's power.