WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the swale paintbrush as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This 19-inch-tall, yellow-reddish flower is only known to survive in one spot in southwest New Mexico. "The disappearance of this ornate, almost luminous flower went unnoticed as cattle trampled our desert grasslands into a struggling remnant of what they once were," s  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Dec. 5 -- The Western Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: Community and conservation groups successfully defended a "proximity proposal" and other provisions of New Mexico's ozone precursor rule from an Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico (IPANM) challenge before the New Mexico Court of Appeals. IPANM's legal challenge was rejected by the New Mexico Court of Appeals. The "proximity proposal" requires increased leak detection and repair (LDAR)   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 4 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Local advocates tap Earthjustice to bring lawsuit aiming to protect vital grizzly bear corridor * * * MISSOULA, Mont.-- Local and national wildlife conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging federal agencies' plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot National Forest that would cause harm to grizzly bears and bull trout; both of which are listed as Threatened   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 5 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: The University Art Museum (UAM) at New Mexico State University is among 32 organizations in the U.S. and Mexico awarded grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "Frontera Cultural Fund." The UAM received $300,000 to assist with the art museum's general museum operations for the next three years. The Mellon Foundation's "Frontera Cultural Fund" is providing $25 million to arts and community org  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 5 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: A partnership between New Mexico State University's Department of Criminal Justice and New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will help students to complete their bachelor's degree and become commissioned police officers faster. The idea evolved when NMSP Chief Troy Weisler, an NMSU alumnus, and Dennis Giever, NMSU criminal justice professor and department head, came together to discuss police recruitment   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: Organisms that respond quickly to changing environments have an advantage over those that don't. However, reacting too quickly wastes time and energy in tracking meaningless environmental changes. Former SFI Postdoctoral Fellow Eddie Lee (Complexity Science Hub), SFI President David C. Krakauer, and former SFI Professor Jessica Flack have devised a mathematical model for optimal learning in a changing  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * The proposed changes could double - and potentially even triple - logging levels across Pacific Northwest National Forests * * * Portland, OR - On November 15th the Forest Service released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) proposing sweeping amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP). The proposed changes could double - and potentially even triple - logging levels across Paci  more