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Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (City) Newsletter for Saturday August 03, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Conservation Groups Renew Challenge to Endangered Species Act Regulations
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 2 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Revised rules still undermine the fundamental purpose of the landmark conservation law * * * SAN FRANCISCO -- Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today renewing their challenge to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The lawsuit aims to correct sections of the rules that fail to pr  more

Heinrich Announces Committee Passage of Over $79 Million for New Mexico
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Investments Heinrich Championed Support Service Members, Defense Installations and National Labs, Clean Energy, Water Infrastructure, Economic Development, Education, Health Care, and Workforce Development Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Defense, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General  more

Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Pays Over One Billion Dollars to Claimants, Commits to Building Upon Momentum
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: SANTA FE, N.M. The FEMA Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office ("Claims Office") has reached a significant milestone, disbursing over one billion dollars to claimants affected by the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and subsequent flooding. To date, the Claims Office has disbursed more than $1 billion to claimants who have filed Notices of Loss, marking a critical  more

Letter Urges Agencies to Keep Mexican Wolves in Grand Canyon Ecosystem
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 2 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * These incredible wolves should be allowed to be wild and free * * * FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.-- Twenty-three wildlife conservation groups today urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Arizona Game and Fish Department not to remove a family of endangered Mexican gray wolves from just south of the Grand Canyon National Park. The agencies have announced they intended to capture and re-re  more

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3.7 Million to Support Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Resiliency in New Mexico
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $3.7 million in the state of New Mexico to support emergency preparedness and disaster resiliency. The EDA investments announced today are: Lincoln County will receive a $3.2 million grant to construct infrastructure at the Lincoln County F  more