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The information contained within this report comprises the recommendations of the New Mexico Department of Game
and Fish (Department) for management and mitigation of proposed project impacts to wildlife and habitat resources;
see the Project Recommendations section below for further details. No further consultation with the Department is
required based on the project's location and, with implementation of mitigation measures described in the Project
Recommendations section below, no adverse effects to wildlife or important habitats are anticipated. However, a
Department biologist may be in touch within 30 days if they determine that further review is required.
Minimal Impact Exploration Permit Application, Chino Main Entrance Project
On April 14, 2025, the Mining and Minerals Division ("MMD") received an application from Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company ("FMI") for a minimal impact exploration project outside the current permit boundary of the Chino Mine (Permit No. GR009RE). The project is named the Chino Main Entrance Project and has been assigned provisional Permit No. GR096EM. Pursuant to 19.10.3.302.G NMAC, MMD is requesting comments from your agency regarding this application. The application from FMI can be downloaded from MMD's website at https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/mmd/chino-main-entrance-project-provisional-permit-nogr096em-
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This project is a management plan being created for a private landowner. Forest thinning is anticipated on the property and will most likely occur in spring, fall, or winter. Tracked and tired mechanical forestry equipment including feller bunchers and masticators may be used during this thinning. Ground disturbance should be minimal due to shallow slopes and prohibitions on machinery operation during wet conditions. Wildlife surveys and mitigation will be the responsibility of the landowner and will largely be through visual identification of species on site. No formal surveys will take place.
The proposed project is a solar facility. Preliminary wildlife and wetland surveys will be performed at this site. Surveys for T&E and SOC/SGCN species will be conducted and we are using this NMERT to identify all possible species that will be surveyed for. Wetlands will be surveyed and mapped to avoid proposed project activities. Areas of special concern are also being reviewed such as conservation and protection areas. Activities will be timed in accordance with species. Additional species including any covered under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act will be surveyed for as well.
DPEA Addressing Air Force Research Laboratory Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Activities
AFRL has been conducting RDT&E activities on Kirtland AFB since the 1960s.
There are many existing Environmental Assessments and EIAP documents, including Air Force
Form 813s, spanning the decades from 1970 to present day. The Proposed Action consolidates
all current and proposed future AFRL RDT&E activities into one Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA), ensuring these activities can continue to occur on Kirtland AFB into the future.
Two units of AFRL conduct these activities, ARFL's Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/RD) and
AFRL's Space Vehicle Directorate (AFRL/RV).
AFRL/RD develops directed energy weapons (including high energy lasers, high-power
microwave, and high-power electromagnetic system prototypes) to counter, disable, and attack
adversary sources. Equipment, components, and designs for warfighter weapons are created and
tested in laboratories across Kirtland AFB before being tested outdoors at the High Energy
Research and Technology Facility (HERTF)/HERTF Canyon, Frustration Canyon, Starfire Optical
Range/1-Mile and 2-Mile sites, and Outdoor Laser Propagation and Firing Area to evaluate
performance of the new technology.
AFRL/RV ensures that the United States and its allies maintain space superiority by developing
and transitioning technologies that provide space-based capabilities to the nation. Equipment,
components, and designs for space-based technologies are created in laboratories across
Kirtland AFB and then tested outdoors at the Skywave Technologies Laboratory, Improved Solar
Observing Optical Network, and South Park Antenna Field.
US82 is in need of repairing dangerous rockfall locations - NMDOT is working on data collections to review low, moderate, and high priority areas. Will overlap critical habitat, t&e species, with rockfall hazard classifications. No current timeline on the project - still in data acquisition phase.
The Pueblo of Isleta is proposing to install sidewalks and ADA ramps for the Pickle Heights community in the Pueblo of Isleta, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. All installations will occur within the existing ROW
This is purely for scoping potential environmental issues along the Interstate 10 corridor, restricted to the State of New Mexico. We are looking for high level issues before breaking the project down further. This is an overall broad look on I-10 of the things you might typically expect to see out there? Historic of course, various types of endangered species, maybe there are some hot spots. Ultimately, the parts will be scoped as individual projects across several packages with culvert replacements or upgrades built geographically along the corridor.
Rescinding the Definition of Harm Under the Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of ''harm'' in our Endangered Species Act (ESA or the Act) regulations. The existing regulatory definition of ''harm,'' which includes habitat modification, runs contrary to the best meaning of the statutory term ''take.'' We are undertaking this change to adhere to the single, best meaning of the ESA.
Fish/Wildlife Conservation/Management, Proposed Rulemaking, Threatened or Endangered Species
loan to provide long-term financing for the rehabilitation and refurbishment of a historic hotel property located in Taos, New Mexico. The investment will allow for the renovation of the existing eight-building property along with new hotel additions that include a meeting and conference space, co-workspace, a pool and hot tub, bar and café, a full-service restaurant, climbing wall, and 1.75 acres of green space
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