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2 HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015
Stidham receives award from NMBE
Lordsburg Municipal Schools' Principal Tom Stidham was the recipient of a 2015 Excellence for
Student Achievement Award from the New Mexico's Boards of Education. The award seeks to
enhance and focus on efforts to improve student achievement in school districts throughout New
Mexico.The award recognizes recipients for their role in improving student achievement at the local
district level. Lordsburg Board of Education President Manuel D.V. Saucedo presented Stidham,
above, with the award at the last regular meeting. Courtesy photo
ressman Pearce introdu bill to
NM southern-border
Courtesy information ensure our safety. This bill does
Last week, U.S. Rep. Steve not change the size of, or, the
Pearce issued this statement an- monument. It simply ensures that
nouncing the introduction of the United States Border Patrol
H.R. 2467, legislation that will has unfettered access to the monu-
help protect New Mexico's local ment to serve the people of south-
communities, secure its southern ern New Mexico and safeguard
border and strengthen national our nation. I call on my col-
security, leagues in the House to move this
"It has been one year since important legislation as soon as
the President misused the Antiq- possible," Pearce added.
uities Act to unilaterally seize The Organ Mountains-
500,000 acres in southern New Desert Peaks National Monument
Mexico," said Pearce. "Not only Corrections Act (H.R. 2467) guar-
did this monument designation antees that federal, state and lo-
disregard the concerns of the cal law enforcement including
people in southern New Mexico, the U.S. Border Patrol, have un-
it also has prevented proper bor- fettered access to the national
der security measures from being monument - an area that covers
carried out. We have seen this is- 500,000 acres.
sue play out in Arizona at the Or- H.R. 2467 has strong support
gan Pipe Cactus National Monu- from the local community and law
ment, which has become a human enforcement, as evidenced by
and drug smuggling corridor." endorsements from the Greater
"We cannot afford for this to Las Cruces Chamber of Com-
happen in New Mexico and we merce, the Las Cruces Hispanic
must not restrict the access of Chamber of Commerce, Luna
border patrol agents who work to County, and the National Border
Patrol Council.
"The National Border Patrol
Council supports efforts like H.R.
2467 to clarify that our agents
have the unfettered access re-
quired to do our jobs in federally
controlled areas like the Organ
Mountains-Desert Peaks Monu-
ment area." said Brandon Judd,
:he Council's President.
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FWS sued over "critical habitat" in County
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been occupied by jaguars in many
decades, and it is not home to any
environmental features that are
essential to the future of jaguar
recovery. Indeed, the closest jag-
uar population to New Mexico is
a small one (100 animals or fewer)
living fully 130 miles south of
the border, according to the
FWS's Recovery Outline.
Hurting landowners and wast-
ing environmental resources
"Habitat designations mean
significant -- sometimes crip-
pling -- restrictions on property
owners and managers, both pri-
vate and public," said PLF Senior
Staff Attorney Tony Francois.
"They also compete for the lim-
ited money and resources avail-
able for environmental protec-
tion.
"Clearly, the government
doesn't have the luxury of care-
less overreach when it comes to
roping off property as critical
habitat," he continued. "But
that's exactly what we see with
the jaguar habitat designation in
New Mexico. The bureaucrats
have cordoned off tens of thou-
sands of acres for a phantom spe-
cies. This amounts to reckless
regulating, and a heavy-handed
power play against landowners.
"At most, only two jaguars
have been credibly sighted any- :
where in the state over the past
four decades," Francois noted,
"There are no breeding pairs or
evidence of resident jaguars in
the state. This species' connec-
tion to New Mexico is a matter of
distant memory, not recent real-
ity. There is no justification for
bringing down the regulatory fist
on property owners, and wasting
scarce environmental resources."
Jaguar regs' threat to fire pre-
vention
A significant portion of the
New Mexico habitat designation
lies within the Coronado National
Forest -- creating an impediment
to fire-prevention and fire-fight-
ing initiatives in that region.
Indeed, the FWS's "Final
Critical Habitat Designation" for
the jaguar admits that the desig-
nation of critical habitat creates
new regulatory hurdles for forest-
fire management strategies, such
as "fuels-management activities,
and some prescribed fire."
"Over and above the legal
issues, it's simply poor public
policy to designate a fire,prone
National Forest as critical habi-
tat for an animal that isn't there,"
said Francois. "Important
projects to reduce fire risk will be
impeded by new layers of bureau-
cracy and a time-consuming ap-
proval process. It will be harder
to implement effective, flexible
fire-prevention strategies. This
means increased danger of cata-
strophic wildfire, with potentially
devastating impacts not just for
people, property and natural re-
sources -- but also for species.
That's right: The environment is
at greater risk because of unjusti-
fied regulations by the very bu-
reaucrats who are paid to protect
the environment.
"The jaguar habitat designa-
tion can also impede develop-
ment of community infrastructure
like road improvements and pipe-
lines, and range improvements
for cattle ranches that are impor-
tant to the local community and
economy," he noted.
Statement from the New Mexico
Farm & Livestock Bureau
"Food producers in New
Mexico are under the gun as the
federal government continues to
endanger their livelihood," said
Chad Smith, CEO of the New
Mexico Farm & Livestock Bu-
reau. "The designation of tens of
thousands of acres of prime New
Mexico ranch lands as critical
habitat for endangered jaguars is
one more example of how endan-
gered species have taken prece-
dence over people. We must re-
store balance, and members of the
New Mexico Farm & Livestock
Bureau ask the federal govern-
ment to ensure a successful future
for ranchers in Southern New
Mexico by overturning the des-
ignation of jaguar habitat."
Filed in the U.S. District
Court for the District of New
reports prog
Mexico, the lawsuit is New
Mexico Farm & Livestock Bu-
reau, et al. v. Jewell. More infor-
mation, including the complaint,
may be found at PLF's
website: www.pacificlegal.org.
About Pacific Legal Foundation
Donor-supported Pacific Le-
gal Foundation is the leading le-
gal watchdog organization that
litigates for limited government,
property rights, and a balanced
approach to environmental regu-
lations in courts across the coun-
try.
in
fight
gainst Ebola
Submitted by NM DEPT of were muted by thoughts for all
HEALTH~Santa Fe those who have diedand suffered
The World Health Organiza- as the result of this disease. The
tion (WHO) declared Liberia free WHO is aiming to control the
from Ebola on Saturday after 42 outbreak in Guinea and Sierra
days without a new case of the Leone by June.
virus, which killed more than The New Mexico Depart-
4,700 people there during a year- ment of Health has continued to
long epidemic. A total of 11,005 actively monitor all returned trav-
people have died from Ebola in elers from countries with Ebola,
the three West African countries staying in contact with them and
of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and monitoring each one for fever or
Guinea since the outbreak began other symptoms for 21 days. The
in December 2013, according to Department of Health has a com-
the WHO. prehensive Ebola Virus
"Many New Mexicans have Disease Response Plan that has
volunteered and spent consider- been used around the state to
able time in these West African make sure that both local govern-
countries helping in the fight ment and health care facilities are
against Ebola," said New Mexico prepared to deal with a potential
Department of Health Secretary Ebola patient.
Retta Ward, MPH. "Some have "Along with individual New
volunteered as health care work- Mexicans volunteering in West
ers in Ebola treatment units, tak- Africa, hospitals and emergency
ing care of the sick; while others medical services (EMS) around
have helped with the training of New Mexico have stepped up and
local police, advising on infra- spent numerous hours preparing
structure projects, or education of to take care of an Ebola patient,
the general public." should someone returning to New
Liberia was documenting Mexico from one of the countries
hundreds of new cases a week at with Ebola fall ill during their
the peak of the outbreak between monitoring period. We want to
August and October of 2014, caus- thank them for their time and ef-
ing alarm throughout the region forts in helping to deal with this
and the rest of the world. Celebra- deadly disease," said Secretary
tions in Liberia and elsewhere Ward.
for
nt
bicycle
attendance
Valerie Guerrero, a student at R.V. Traylor Elementary School in
Lordsburg, was the recipient of this bicycle in recognition for her
perfect attendance during the 2014-15 school year. The bicycle
was donated by Randy and Oralia Piper.
Courtesy photo
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