Groups call for reintroduction of jaguars in U.S. Southwest
Environmental groups and scientists with two universities want U.S. wildlife managers to consider reintroducing jaguars to the American Southwest.
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U.S. Park Service releases video involving tasing of visitor
A man who was tased during a confrontation with a ranger at a national monument in New Mexico was seen climbing on and among petroglyph cliff features off-trail in violation...
U.S. House OKs protections near historical park in New Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historical Park is at the center of a decades-long debate over how to manage oil and gas development
Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors
With snow ready to fall, the scramble was on to collect as many ponderosa pine cones as possible.
Finland agrees to return Native American remains to tribes
The ancestral remains of Native American tribes that once called the cliffs of Mesa Verde National Park home will be repatriated as part of an agreement between Finland and the...
Boy Scout ranch focuses on wildfire recovery as season nears
Tucked away in the foothills of the southern Rockies, the Philmont Scout Ranch has become a holy grail, its stretches of untamed wilderness and challenging backcountry treks drawing more than...
Oil and gas development complicates effort to protect sacred sites
The battle over oil and gas development across the high desert that surrounds Chaco Culture National Historical Park has been brewing for years.
Past projects show border wall building is complex, costly
President Donald Trump is not giving up on his demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying a physical barrier is central to any strategy...
New Mexico city celebrates $450M drinking water project
A $450 million drinking water project that was first conceived decades ago is paying off as New Mexico's largest metro area has slashed its reliance on groundwater by almost 70...
El Nino teases as Southwestern U.S. remains in drought
National climate experts have been watching and waiting but El Nino has only been teasing, leaving the American Southwest to hang on longer until the weather pattern develops and brings...