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Roswell Daily Record

BLM discusses lizard, chicken

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JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

FERDINAND A LUCKY CALF

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Miles from anywhere, they found him, a tiny, muddy, helpless thing, cemented neck-deep in the muck of a drying watering hole. They might have not noticed the calf were it not for the vultures circling overhead, waiting for him to die like his mother had days before, mired in the murky goo nearby. - PAGE B3

With their fate on the endangered species list lingering, the dunes sagebrush lizard and the lesser prairie chicken made their way to the forefront of the Pecos District Resource Advisory Council’s meeting in Roswell Wednesday. The 10-member RAC advises the secretary of the interior through the Bureau of Land Management on a

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

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variety of platforms associated with public land management in the state. The mission of the meeting was two-fold: to present rehabilitation methods executed through the Restore New Mexico process; and to discuss the collaborative approach to ensure that the safety of the lizard and chicken is preserved, and the livelihood of the industries in their habitat areas remains intact. The initiative behind Restore New Mexico,

Burger said there are a combination of conservation techniques, some of which have been used for a long time ...

launched by the BLM in 2005, was to refurbish disturbed lands through landscape restoration. The focus is on controlling invasive brush species such as mesquite and salt cedar, improving habitat along or near riverbanks, reducing woodland encroachment, and reclaiming abandoned

oil and gas well pads. Between 2005 and 2011, 874,737 acres in the Pecos district were treated, 1,573,065 acres were treated statewide, and about $29 million was spent by all partners on target treatments. Of this money, $11 million was contributed by the BLM, $9 million came

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A grackle takes advantage of a fountain in front of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Wednesday, to spruce up for the day.

Syria says it will stop fighting by deadline

WACO, Texas (AP) — The NCAA put Baylor on three years of probation Wednesday after an investigation turned up hundreds of impermissible telephone calls and text messages sent to prep recruits by coaches and assistants on the basketball teams. The violations were considered to be major infractions, and they were announced less than a week after the Lady Bears won the national championship with the first 40-0 season in NCAA history. - PAGE B1

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BEIRUT (AP) — Syria promised to comply with a U.N.-brokered cease-fire beginning today but carved out an important condition — that the regime still has a right to defend itself against the terrorists that it says are behind the country’s year-old uprising. The statement Wednesday offered a glimmer of hope that a peace initiative by special envoy Kofi Annan could help calm the conflict, which has killed some 9,000 people. But the regime still has ample room to maneuver. In comments carried on the state-run news agency, Syria said the ar my has successfully fought of f “armed terrorist groups” and reasserted state authority across the coun-

try. The government denies that it is facing an uprising by Syrians who want to dislodge the authoritarian family dynasty that has ruled the country for more than four decades. Instead, the regime says, terrorists are carrying out a foreign conspiracy to destroy Syria. Because the regime has treated any sign of dissent as a provocation, there are only dim hopes for an abrupt end to the bloodshed. The White House cautioned that President Bashar Assad’s regime has reneged on promises to stop the violence in the past. Annan is scheduled to

from the Natural Resources Conservation Service and $9 million was generated from other partners.

“Many components of Restore New Mexico end up getting used to help the lizard and the chicken,” Doug Burger, BLM’s Pecos District manager, said. “If you have mesquite that is invading into that sand dune complex that the chicken and the lizard live

Teen birth rate down from 2000

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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico teens are giving birth at significantly lower rates than they did 10 years ago, but the state still ranks No. 2 in the nation for teen pregnancy. A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows 5.3 percent of women ages 15 to 19 in New Mexico gave birth in 2010. That’s down from 2000, when a state Health Department report shows 6.5 percent of females that age having babies. New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition executive director Sylvia Ruiz says she’s thrilled by the drop. “The credit needs to go to the young people,” Ruiz told The Albuquerque Journal. “They’re listening. They’re getting it. They’re understanding that their future will be diminished if they don’t make See TEEN, Page A2

College Blvd. extension opens Friday

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The intersection of Sycamore Avenue and College Boulevard will become a four-way stop today in advance of the opening of the extension of College west to the Relief Route on Friday. Motorists should expect minor lane closures and slow equipment that will be watering recently-seeded areas. For more information, contact the city Engineering Department at 910-6477.

Carnella and Abby share a true- Feds review 140 ideas for boosting water supply blue friendship at Casa Maria See SYRIA, Page A3

VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

An unlikely yet trueblue friendship has sparked a mixture of curious awe and heartwarming emotions from workers and residents alike at Casa Maria Health Care Center. At the center of this improbable relationship are two locals who have found just the right companionship in each other — a precocious kindergartener on the one hand, and a great-grandmother on the other. Abby Gonzalez, 5, used Vanessa Kahin Photo to spend Wednesday Abby Gonzalez, 5, and Carnella McKinney spend some See FRIENSDSHIP Page A3 time at Casa Maria Health Care Center, Wednesday.

DENVER (AP) — Demand for water in a river basin that serves more than 36 million people in the West and Mexico is expected to overwhelm supply in the next half-century as the region grows. So the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation asked the public what to do about it. It got more than 140 ideas: Tow an iceberg to Califor nia and capture what melts for the Colorado River basin. Divert water from the Mississippi River. Deliver water bags from Alaska to southern California. Change the desire for beef to reduce demand for thirsty cattle. The bureau won’t single out any options to pursue, but it will review them as part of its larger study of water supply and demand

in the arid Colorado River basin through 2060. It published the suggestions in late March. “It’s an entertaining list,” said Jim Pokrandt, who handles education and outreach for the bureau’s Colorado River District in Colorado. “There’s a couple good ideas on there that bear further discussion. Other ideas are kind of fantastic, as in maybe not based in reality.” The identities of most of the people submitting the ideas weren’t disclosed. Other suggestions: Desalination, or removing salt to create fresh water. Covering swimming pools to keep water from evaporating. Reforming the oil See WATER, Page A3


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