Public Comment

This week the Santa Fe City Council unanimously passed the Midtown Master Plan, a framework for how the 64-acre city-owned property in the center of Santa Fe could be redeveloped after being largely vacant for more than four years.

After four years of planning and a restart when a developer walked away from the project in early 2021, the Santa Fe Midtown Campus has a new master plan going to the city council Wednesday. It covers things like zoning and land use for sections of the parcel that would become homes, businesses, and parks.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a regulation change under the Endangered Species Act that would allow some species to be introduced outside their historical ranges. With more flexibility some endangered and threatened species could be moved to other suitable habitats.

Environmental advocates are worried that the coronavirus is preventing the public from engaging with planning processes, comment periods and policy…

Farming and ranching generate nearly half of the agricultural and food processing industry’s revenue in New Mexico - about 4 billion dollars a year. A…

Wilderness boundaries and some protections for at-risk animals and rivers are determined by National Forest management plans. Three forests in New Mexico…

New Mexico Game and Fish is proposing changes to trapping rules of furred animals in the state.Some of those proposed changes include mandatory education…

The public can now weigh in on whether to ban controversial ‘cyanide bombs’ that federal officials use for wildlife control.The ‘cyanide bombs’ are called…

The state Supreme Court created a commission to look at how adult guardianship works in New Mexico, and to figure out how to improve the system. After a…

The city of Albuquerque plans to break ground next month on phase two of a controversial multi-use trail in the Rio Grande bosque. The new trail system is…