NM Game and Fish reshuffle sparks wildlife conservation debate
Environmentalists worry the New Mexico Game and Fish Department reorganization will harm nongame and endangered species work. Officials insist the plan improves field efficiency, cross division collaboration, and landscape level wildlife management while maintaining science based decisions despite funding largely from hunting and fishing licenses.
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Study challenges view of Western forest fires history
University of Wyoming researchers analyzed 13 000 forest descriptions from mid 1800s land surveys across Colorado Oregon and Arizona to argue that Western dry forests were denser and experienced higher severity fires than once thought. They say fuel reductions may create artificial conditions and call for rethink of management.
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Ecological Restoration Institute
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Covington
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Yale University
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Harold Weaver
Oregon State
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Waldo Canyon fire evacuations delayed two hours
Radio traffic reviewed by The Denver Post shows Colorado Springs delayed mandatory evacuations for two hours as the Waldo Canyon fire approached, leaving residents with minutes to flee. No deaths or injuries were reported from the delay, though one evacuee said lives were put at risk.
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