Compromise Reaches Fees for Lizard Habitat Protection
Oil and gas and agricultural groups in New Mexico face habitat fees to enroll acres for lizard protection. Fees vary by activity up to twenty thousand dollars, with funds managed by an independent panel including biologists from the Service BLM NM Game and Fish and the Center of Excellence. Senators Udall and Bingaman support continued cooperation with Texas landowners and industry, while county officials note the high stakes of conservation decisions.
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Jerry Fanning Jr
Yates Environmental
Yates
Case
New Mexico
Center of Excellence For Hazardous Materials Management
Carlsbad
CCA
BLM
N.M. Game and Fish Department
Center
Oil and Gas
Fanning
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Leadership
U.S
Tom Udall
Jeff Bingaman
Texas
Dan Ashe
USFWS
Gasoline prices drop from last year amid easing crude
Gasoline drivers may pay less at the pump than a year ago with prices down in 11 states. The national average is $3.88, off from $3.94 peak, and analysts expect further declines to just above $3.80. Lower crude costs, softer demand, and rising supplies push prices down while East Coast refineries face closures and potential reopenings.
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Oil Price Information Service
Tom Kloza
Stuart Hoffman
PNC Financial Services Group
Iran
West
Saudi Arabia
Libya
United States
U.S
Debate Over Farm Bill Cuts Shrinks SNAP and Direct Payments
The Congressional Budget Office projects SNAP at about 400 billion dollars over five years under the new farm bill while crop insurance and subsidy programs average 9 and 6.6 billion dollars annually. Debbye Stabenow and Frank Lucas proposed replacing direct payments with a revenue insurance plan, a framework echoed by the Obama administration. The House seeks deeper cuts totaling roughly 180 billion dollars over a decade, with 134 billion from SNAP, prompting Senate focus on a safety net for commodities and a shift to shallow loss or crop insurance schemes. Farmers favor crop insurance subsidies, while rice cotton and peanut producers prefer traditional payments tied to prices.
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Congressional Budget Office
Congressional
Senate Agriculture Committee
Debbie Stabenow
D-Mich
House
Frank Lucas
Oklahoma
Agriculture Committee
Barack Obama
Budget Committee
Paul Ryan
R-Wis
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Spring River Park and Zoo hosts Waste in Place cleanup event
At Spring River Park and Zoo the Waste in Place program organized by KRB, Reneé Roach, and partners from Xcel Energy and BLM teaches students and adults about local ecosystem loss and conservation. Samantha DeRosier, 11, learns about species like river otter mink and gray wolf and the ongoing Mexican wolf recovery efforts.
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Spring River Park and Zoo
Reneé Roach
KRB
Michael Mayes
Mike McLeod
Xcel Energy
Bureau of Land Management
Berrendo
Samantha DeRosier
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Melissa DeRosier
Roswell Controller Beeton Tells Of Dynamic FAA Role
Beeton, a Roswell air traffic controller at RATCT since 2008 and local union president, describes the job as constant analysis of changing winds and flight data. He praises FAA union collaborations for safety programs and notes Roswell’s aviation history including Walker AFB and the Enola Gay. He recalls guiding Red Bull's Felix Baumgartner test flight and finds meaning in moving hundreds safely home after each shift.
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Beeton
RATCT
FAA
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
Walker
Red Bull
Felix Baumgartner
Rare 1792 experimental penny sells for 1.15 million dollars
The copper penny with a silver plug, never circulated, sold at Heritage Auctions in Schaumburg for 1.15 million. Kevin Lipton bought it for unnamed investors. The coin bears Liberty and United States of America inscriptions and is one of only about 14 known examples.
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Schaumburg, Ill
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center
Chicago
Kevin Lipton
Beverly Hills
Calif
Todd Imhof
Heritage Auctions
Miss Liberty
Liberty Parent of Science & Industry
United States of America
Imhof
Schaumburg
Ill
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Earth
DeRosier
Keep
America
Ful
Grant From
V.kahin
Rdrnews.com
Nvernau
Roswell Civic Center
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