Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Fire threatens Mayhill
The U.S. Forest Service, New Mexico State Forestry and local volunteer fire departments continued to fight the Mayhill Fire that started around 1:30 p.m. Monday. Fire crews are expected to be battling the fire throughout the night and into this morning. Mayhill residents were evacuated from the area. A temporary shelter is set up at Cloudcroft High School for residents seeking shelter Monday night. New Mexico State Forestry spokesman Dan Ware said the fire started on U.S. Highway 82 about two miles west of Mayhill. Ware said three structures have been destroyed in the fire. U.S. Highway 82 is closed between Cloudcroft and Mayhill. The fire is on private, state and federal lands, Ware said. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman LaDawn Saxton said the fire has burned about 2,000 acres of vegetation in the area...more
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