Controlled burns started in northern New Mexico

KOB-TV - Thu Nov 05

Two controlled burns ignited by Santa Fe National Forest crews on Thursday are liable to be visible in northern New Mexico for the next few days.

Farmers weigh in on Fort Sumner water pipeline project

SantaFeNewMexican.com - Wed Nov 04

Farmers from Eastern New Mexico showed up at a city Public Utilities Committee meeting Wednesday to voice both objections and support for a privately owned pipeline that would deliver water from Fort Sumner to the City Different.

Weary 49ers find surprises in New Mexico

SantaFeNewMexican.com - Fri Oct 16

The great California Gold Rush of 1849 lured fortune seekers from all over the world, about 85,000 in that year alone.

Several prescribed burns planned in northern NM

KOB-TV New Mexico - Thu Oct 15

Several prescribed burns are planned for the next few days by the Santa Fe National Forest.

Drilling lease gets Santa Fe Opera in hot water

KCBD-TV Lubbock - Fri Oct 09

The Santa Fe Opera is taking another look at its decision to allow drilling for oil and gas on nearly 27,000 acres in rural Mora and San Miguel counties.

N.M. Civil War trail tells tale of 'the Gettysburg of the West'

USA Today - Wed Oct 07

Interpretive markers in Glorieta Battlefield tell the story of a Civil War battle near Pecos, N.M., that historians call "the Gettysburg of the West." IF YOU GO ... PECOS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK: Pecos, N.M.; http://www.nps.gov/peco/ or 505-757-7200. Located about 25 miles from Santa Fe; $3 entrance fee.

Prescribed burn on tap for Santa Fe watershed

SantaFeNewMexican.com - Fri Oct 02

The Santa Fe National Forest plans to aerial ignite a prescribed burn on 850-acres in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed today if weather conditions hold.

Prescribed burn slated for Santa Fe watershed

SantaFeNewMexican.com - Thu Oct 01

Santa Feans may see another big plume of dark, thick smoke east of the city in the municipal watershed this afternoon.

Water emergency declared near Las Vegas, N.M.

SantaFeNewMexican.com - Tue Sep 29

Water emergency declared near Las Vegas, N.M. More on this site Staci Matlock 9/29/2009 - 9/29/09 Residents in a subdivision that has run out of water near Las Vegas, N.M., are asking Gov.

Search for lost hunter resumes Saturday

SantaFeNewMexican.com - Thu Sep 24

Volunteer searchers coordinated by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse will be looking this weekend again for Mel Nadel, 61, the hunter who disappeared Sept.