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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Regents at Western New Mexico University threw their support behind President Joseph Shepard on Friday as he faces scrutiny over spending on overseas trips and his wife’s use of a university credit card. He reiterated to regents that trips to Zambia and elsewhere have helped put Western New Mexico on the map and attract more foreign students. Other members of his leadership team ticked off statistics on enrollment, graduation rates among foreign students and fundraising that has boosted university programs. Regents agreed Friday to conduct a broad review that will include their handbook, travel policies and other procedures in the coming months. They also agreed to a proposal by Shepard to create an ad hoc committee that can work on updating policies.

Persons: Joseph Shepard, Shepard, WNMU, Shepard’s, Valerie Plame, ”, “ Organizations: —, New Mexico University, Regents, Southwestern, Higher Education Department, CIA Locations: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, Silver City, Zambia, Western New Mexico, Southwestern U.S, Mexico, Brazil, New Mexico

Federal and state wildlife managers confirmed Thursday that the endangered female wolf has traveled north of Interstate 40 and beyond a recovery zone that spans parts of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Both state and federal wildlife managers said they were monitoring the wolf’s movements and have yet to decide whether it will be captured again and relocated. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove all Mexican wolves north of Interstate 40, even in cases where the wolf causes no inconvenience or loss. Fish and Wildlife Service show there were at least 241 Mexican wolves roaming the southwestern U.S., marking the seventh straight year that the numbers have trended upward. Federal wildlife managers also documented more breeding pairs and pups last winter than in any year since reintroduction efforts began more than two decades ago.

Persons: Bryan Bird, ”, Loren Patterson Organizations: Federal, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Southwest, of Wildlife, Rockies, New Mexico Cattle Growers ’ Association Locations: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, Northern New Mexico, North America, New Mexico, Arizona, Albuquerque, Jemez Springs, Rocky, Taos , New Mexico, Colorado, Canada, Sierra of Mexico, U.S, Federal

ENGLE, N.M. (AP) — While the average lifespan of North America's largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century. The “safe harbor agreement” will facilitate the release of captive tortoises on the Armendaris Ranch to establish a free-ranging population. The tortoise is just the latest example of a growing effort to find new homes for endangered species as climate change and other threats push them from their historic habitats. Absent a willingness by wildlife managers to think more broadly, he said, species like the Bolson tortoise could have a bleak future. That work will include getting state and federal permits to release tortoises outside of the enclosures on Turner lands.

Persons: ENGLE, Ted Turner's, Martha Williams, Shawn Sartorius, ” Sartorius, It's, it's, Mike Phillips, Phillips, ”, can’t, ” Phillips Organizations: Fund, Fish, Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Turner, Species Fund, Southwestern, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Locations: N.M, America's, New Mexico, U.S, Southwest, Mexico, United States, Texas, Oklahoma, Southwestern U.S, Carlsbad, Turner

☆ Hilary weakens to Category 1 hurricane as storm moves within striking distance of Mexican peninsula
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The maximum sustained wind speed remained unchanged at 85 mph while spreading "heavy rains" northward over the peninsula. Jamie Rhome Director, U.S. National Hurricane CenterIt was not immediately clear whether officials considered the fatality related to the hurricane, but video posted by local officials showed torrents of water coursing through the town's streets. Forecasters said the storm was still expected to enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, bringing flash floods, mudslides, isolated tornadoes, high winds and power outages. Hilary brought heavy rain and flooding to Mexico and the southwestern U.S. on Saturday, ahead of the storm's expected Sunday border crossing. Forecasters warned it could dump up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) — a year's worth of rain for some areas — in southern California and southern Nevada.

Persons: Hurricane Hilary, Reuters Hurricane Hilary, Edith Aguilar Villavicencio, Jamie Rhome, Elizabeth Adams, Gavin Newsom, Hilary Organizations: Reuters, Reuters Hurricane, National Weather Service, National Weather Center, National Hurricane, Santa, National Weather Service San Diego, California Gov, Sunday Locations: Armeria, Colima, Mexico, Baja California, Miami, Punta Eugenia, San Diego , California, Mexican, Santa Rosalia, Mulege, Southern California, Santa Catalina, Southern, California, U.S, Canada, Hawaii's, Maui, Lahaina, Nevada

☆ Heat camera captures scorching nature of record Phoenix heat wave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Carlos Barria | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Filed: August 07, 2023, 2 p.m. GMTAs the world registered the hottest month of all time in July, the southwestern U.S. city of Phoenix shattered its own 1974 heat-wave record, with temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43°C) for 31 straight days. Before 10am at one of the city’s favorite sites - the Desert Botanical Garden - the thermometer is already at 111F (44°C), but a Saguaro cactus records a surface temperature of 120F (49°C). A man walks on a road with no shirt and a bottle of water. The camera puts his temperature at 105F. In the thermal images, the lighter the colours, the higher the temperature.

Locations: U.S, Phoenix

☆ ‘Birds Are My Eyesight’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Alexandra Marvar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

‘Birds Are My Eyesight’ For some blind birders, avian soundscapes are a way to map the world around them. Cheer up, cheer, cheer. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty.” Northern Cardinal Watch here! Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty. To some, the Northern cardinal sounds like it’s saying “pretty, pretty, pretty.” Audubon Vermont compares its call to a Star Wars light saber.

Persons: Susan Glass, ”, “, Michael Hurben Ms, Glass, martin, lockdowns, Sarah Courchesne, Courchesne, Freya McGregor, birdsong, Jim Wilson, cheerily, Robin Cheer, Jerry Berrier, Berrier, Berrier's, Kayana, Berrier’s, ’, Jerry Berrier Mr, that’s, ” Mr, ‘, ’ ”, I’ve, ” Trevor Attenberg, Mr, Attenberg, Hurben, —, Michael Hurben, Claire Strohmeyer, piha, trekked, Werner Herzog’s, “ Aguirre, I’ll Organizations: West Valley Community College, Massachusetts Audubon, New York Times, Audubon Society, New Haven Birding Club, ”, “, The New York Times, Baltimore oriole, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Watch, Audubon, Star, Ornithologists Locations: Saratoga , Calif, Pittsburgh, Erie, Michigan, Massachusetts, Newburyport, Cape Cod, Colombian, Ipswich, Malden , Mass, Audubon Vermont, Portland ,, Mexican, U.S, California, Bloomington, Minn, Cape, N.J, Brazil

☆ Extreme Heat Pushes Summer Camps Inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Jim Carlton | Photographs Ilana Panich-Linsman For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Summer camp is becoming an increasingly indoor experience throughout the Southern and Southwestern U.S., as temperatures are rising and heat waves are becoming more common due to climate change. An indoor obstacle course at Best Kids After School & Summer Camp.

Organizations: Southwestern, School, Summer Locations: Southern, Southwestern U.S

☆ California braces for next bout of heavy rain, snow and high winds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

High-wind warnings and advisories were posted for a vast region stretching from the Mexico border through Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay area. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an excessive- rainfall notice for much of the Southern California coast, warning of an at least a 40% chance of showers exceeding flash-flood conditions. Heavy showers began drenching the Los Angeles region before dawn and triggered some street flooding but tapered off by early afternoon. Up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of rain was expected in coastal regions and valleys of Southern California, and as much as 6 inches in lower mountains and foothills, the NWS said. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles.

“Around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms,” Mr. Biden said, using Mr. Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan to describe the former president’s allies. While he had repeatedly and consistently said he intended to run, Mr. Biden stoked renewed speculation by delaying his kickoff for months. Mr. Biden tapped Julie Chávez Rodríguez, a senior White House adviser and granddaughter of the iconic labor leader Cesar Chávez, as his campaign manager. But the operation is expected to be overseen from the White House by top presidential aides. While polls show that most Democrats have favorable opinions about Mr. Biden, a majority of them would still rather he not run again.

The promise of job security and work-life balance drew Fernando Gonzalez to become a water operator. But this is the reality of what we have to do in order to conserve water." In 2017, Gonzalez enrolled in community college, took six courses and got certified by the California State Water Resource Control Board to work as a water operator. "I found out the water comes from Northern California, and we don't actually store any water here in the south. Fernando Gonzalez says job security, work-life balance and the ability to work outdoors drew him to becoming a water operator.

☆ Making $70K as a "water cop" in Los Angeles County
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Tasia Jensen | Elham Ataeiazar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMaking $70K as a "water cop" in Los Angeles CountyFernando Gonzalez, 43, makes $70,000 a year as a water operator based in Calabasas, California, and says he is on track to make close to $100,000 with overtime this year. He is on the frontlines of combatting the historic "megadrought" in the southwestern U.S., and works with customers across parts of Los Angeles County to conserve water in the desert.

☆ Record Arrests at Southern U.S. Border Fueled by Migration Wave
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Alicia A. Caldwell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A group of migrants who entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico were transported earlier this month from Calexico, Calif.Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans drove a wave of migration over the last year, as total annual arrests at the southwestern U.S. border reached an all-time high. There were a record 2.2 million arrests in the last year by the U.S. Border Patrol of people caught crossing the southern border illegally, according to new data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Separately, 172,508 people were processed at U.S. ports of entry along the Mexican border.

Oct 18 (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge has outlawed a militia group blamed for sparking violence at a 2020 anti-statue demonstration in the southwestern U.S. state where a protester was shot. The New Mexico Civil Guard (NMCG) was banned from operating as a military unit on grounds that only the state governor had the authority to activate a militia, District Court Judge Elaine Lujan ruled on Monday. During ensuing violence a counter-protester unaffiliated with the group shot and injured a man calling for removal of the statue. Bryce Provance, founder of the now disbanded NMCG, said the group tried to protect the community and prevent clashes. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting By Andrew Hay in Taos, New Mexico; Editing by Richard PullinOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Mexico's government filed a new lawsuit against five Arizona gun dealers on Monday accusing them of participating in illicit weapons trafficking, a Mexican official told Reuters, in a push to hold retailers responsible for the deadly trade. Mexican leaders have for years blasted illegal arms smuggling from the United States, with military-style guns often turning up at deadly crime scenes in the country. All of the retailers named as defendants are based in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, which borders northern Mexico's Sonora state. The new suit follows a $10 billion civil lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers last year in Boston, which was dismissed by a U.S. judge late last month. "There is traceability information that shows that weapons that have been found in criminal scenes in Mexico were sold by those corporations we are suing today," Celorio said.

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