Overlook Preservation Guides Taos Land Transfer to BLM
Indicators point to preserving Taos Overlook viewscape as Kiauer Manufacturing sells 2,581 acres to public trust. Congress funds first 860 acres with final sale due by 2001, then two more years for rest. BLM plans visual resource management Class I, light recreation, road reviews, and riparian habitat restoration along the Rio Grande.
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Taos
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Federal
Ron Huntsinger
Huntsinger
Congress
Kiauer Manufacturing Company
New Mexico
Clare Swanger
Taos Land Trust
Swanger
Public Land Trust
Rio Grande Corridor
Rio Grande
Video arraignments key issue in New Mexico courts
The New Mexico Public Defender's Office seeks to address legal and constitutional concerns over video arraignments. Officials propose attorney presence at two locations, courthouse staff, and careful planning to protect defendants' rights while leveraging cost savings and security benefits. A meeting is planned for early next month.
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New Mexico
Lubin
Magistrate Court
Subin
Clovis
Taos County
Erminio Martinez
Toews
Farmington
Aztec
Las Cruces
Public Defender’s Office
Administrative Office of the Courts
Public Defender
Leslie
Martinez
Donald Gallegos
Gallegos
Courts
Taos weighs landfill bird risk and cover rules sparks debate
Local officials and critics clash over Waste Management practices at the Taos site with claims of nightly cover and bird hazards. Project engineer Jack Chappelle and town officials say FAA rules are met and birds pose no danger, while CBT member Mike Supple urges caution. Meetings extend Waste Management contract and plan berm reductions, tree plantings, and a spring seeding program as the project moves toward a new on line landfill.
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Jack Chappelle
FAA
Bird
Chappelle
Taos
Gus Cordova
Cordova
Rodke
Mike Supple
Citizens For A Better Taps
CBT
Supple
Marlene Feuer
Feuer
State of
IGC
Taos Graduate Joins Sam Steel Society At NMSU
Eric Gonzales, a New Mexico State University Las Cruces graduate from Taos, is inducted into the Sam Steel Society. He earned a bachelor’s in fishery and wildlife sciences, joined the American Fisheries Society and NMSU Wildlife Society, interned with the Bureau of Land Management, did a NM Game and Fish co-op, and will pursue a master’s in fisheries at Humboldt State University.
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Eric Gonzales
New Mexico State University of
NMSU
The
Wildlife Society
Bureau of Land Management
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Gonzales
Humboldt State University
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